Even if employees sincerely want to perform well, a disrespectful work environment can undermine their efforts, Christine Porath of Georgetown University writes on hbr.org. Merely witnessing incivility makes people less attentive to information and worse at solving puzzles, whereas global research shows that employees who feel respected by their leaders report 56pc better health and well-being, 89pc greater enjoyment and satisfaction with their jobs, 92pc greater focus and prioritisation, and 1.26 times more meaning and significance. In a study of 20,000 employees, 54pc said they didn’t regularly get respect from their leaders.

(Source: hbr.org)

Published in Dawn, Economic & Business, December 8th , 2014

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