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Why Every Leader Needs to Worry About Toxic Culture
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Why Every Leader Needs to Worry About Toxic Culture

by Donald Sull, Charles Sull, William Cipolli, Caio Brighenti
March 2022
Intermediate to advanced
10 pages
26m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review

Overview

New research based on MIT SMR’s Culture 500 and employees’ Glassdoor ratings of their employers identifies the five most common elements of toxic workplace cultures as disrespectful, noninclusive, unethical, cutthroat, and abusive. The authors discuss how unhealthy work environments negatively affect both employees and their employers and how organizations stand to benefit when they identify and address toxic elements in their cultures.

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