Word: porath
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Benefit cuts can also affect productivity, says Christine Porath, an expert on organizational behavior at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business. "Performance declines, people are not as creative or innovative, and if they don't have a say in the decisions, they don't feel a sense of procedural justice...
...worse. The data, collected in three studies over eight years at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, also reveal that 20% of employees say they are victims of incivility on a weekly basis. Should managers be kinder and gentler? You bet, says author Christine Porath, assistant professor of management, because "incivility has detrimental consequences. Does performance decrease? Yes. Does creativity suffer? Yes. People just don't concentrate." Turnover results too: 1 in 8 employees who experience rudeness ends up leaving. The biggest surprise: the study estimates that the average FORTUNE 1000 executive spends...