1Assistant Professor Sinhgad Institute of Management & Research Kondhwa BDk, Pune
2SIBAR MBA II year
Online published on 22 June, 2018.
This paper aims to consider workplace negativity from the manager's point of view. It underlines the upfront and hidden causes of workplace negativity and suggests some ways to deal with it. Findings-It highlights the crucial role which a manager can play in ensuring that workplace negativity is properly investigated and that a fair and proper outcome is achieved. Negativity drain workplace energy and it is reflected in the form of increased customer complaints, high labour turnover ratio at the same lack of creativity and innovation amongst the workers, loss of motivation and morale, increased absenteeism and ultimately loss of loyalty towards the organization. It was found that miscommunication, inequitable treatment, ethical weakness and work life imbalances are the major workplace negativity triggers in all the groups. Workplace negativity can kill your productivity and hurt your motivation, concentration and engagement. People with negative emotions have a much greater chance of experiencing negative stress and are more likely to experience dissatisfaction with their lives and jobs. Some people appear to be born with a genetic tendency toward negativity while others appear to become negative as a result of their environment circumstances. People who chronically express negative thoughts, feelings, and behaviors increase the likelihood of engaging in destructive actions. Workplace negativity is rapidly “emerging as a disease of the 21st century corporate world, ” and like any other chronic illness, it could undermine corporate operations and cripple long-term growth. Thus the studies at hand analyze the attempts made by the managers to curb negativity in employees in the corporate world.
Workplace Negativity, NEGAHOLIC, Reduced efficiency and effectiveness/productivity, Negativity cycle, breaking the negativity cycle