Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Workers fight back by slacking

Employees toiling under an abusive supervisor often <A HREF="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071008/sc_livescience/abusedworkersfightbackbyslackingoff">rebel quietly and indirectly by slacking off</A> on the job and handing in sloppy work.

Researchers at Florida State University surveyed more than 180 employees from a wide variety of professions, asking whether they had endured a history of abuse from their bosses, then asking a slew of workplace performance questions.

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