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<h2 id="workplace-issues">Workplace issues</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Sexual_harassment/SSJJzLwo">Sexual harassment</a>: Unwelcome sexual advances, conduct or remarks of a sexual nature which unreasonably interferes with the performance of a person's job or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kiss_up_kick_down/wU723jjy">Kiss up kick down</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Toxic_workplace/0K1YawPU">Toxic workplace</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_aggression/TodbW7MX">Workplace aggression</a>: A specific type of aggression that occurs in the workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_bullying/9bPLL5pM">Workplace bullying</a>: The tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior against a co-worker or subordinate.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_conflict/EjmVhIss">Workplace conflict</a>: A specific type of conflict that occurs in the workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_culture/FdAzHDyV">Workplace culture</a>: The social behaviors and norms in the workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Counterproductive_work_behavior/6uXcLNnj">Workplace counterproductive behaviour</a>: Employee behavior that goes against the goals of an organization.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Cyber-aggression_in_the_workplace/TodbW7MX">Workplace cyber-aggression</a>: Workplace e-mail or text messages that threaten or frighten employees.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_democracy/p7WFxXDk">Workplace democracy</a>: The application of democracy in all its forms to the workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_deviance/L70dWy6z">Workplace deviance</a>: Deliberate or intentional desire to cause harm to an organization.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Employment_discrimination/xknjr7IK">Workplace discrimination</a>: Discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Diversity_(business)/3jgr5Pb4">Workplace diversity</a>: Theory that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Emotions_in_the_workplace/DMCDncy2">Workplace emotions</a>: Emotions in the workplace play a large role in how an entire organization communicates within itself and to the outside world.</li> <li>Workplace employee factors leading to job promotion.</li> <li>Laziness in the workplace which could lead to <a href="/facts/Industrial_accidents/laor7xFu">Industrial accidents</a> or other things.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Empowerment/JMeo1X3N">Workplace empowerment</a>: Provides employees with opportunities to make their own decisions with regards to their tasks.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Evaluation_(workplace)/o97KwPIF">Workplace evaluation</a>: A tool employers use to review the performance of an employee.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Feminisation_of_the_workplace/VhvrQmFf">Feminisation of the workplace</a>: Trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_relationships/kkzKgpCR">Workplace relationships</a>: Directly related to several other area of study including cohesion, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gender_inequality/BU6o79IU">Workplace gender inequality</a>: Relates to wage discrimination and career advancement.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Gossip/ysKpfBxF">Workplace gossip</a>: Idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_harassment/f0PTIcXH">Workplace harassment</a>: Offensive, belittling or threatening behavior directed at an individual worker or a group of workers.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_health_surveillance/LqHuuKES">Workplace health surveillance</a>: The removal of the causative factors of disease.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_hazard_controls_for_COVID-19/m8mSkv8m">Workplace hazard controls for COVID-19</a>: Measures employed to control the spread of COVID-19</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_humor/xAnAGjD6">Workplace humor</a>: Comedy that revolves around the inner workings of various jobs.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_incivility/U3yYgJbQ">Workplace incivility</a>: Low-intensity deviant workplace behavior such as rudeness, discourtesy and displaying a lack of regard for others.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_intervention/HXExsVjc">Workplace intervention</a>: Scheme to improve both organizational and individual health as well as help workers manage job stress.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_jargon/GsdDoFnp">Workplace jargon</a>: Highly specialized terminology or needlessly complicated and obfuscated phrases sometimes used by managers or colleagues.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_listening/MmrR75x6">Workplace listening</a>: a type of active listening that is generally employed in a professional environment.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Mobbing/kxP8aVvW">Mobbing</a>: similar concept to workplace bullying.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Morale/kcNmFvBv">Workplace morale</a>: Workplace events play a large part in changing employee morale, such as heavy layoffs, the cancellation of overtime, canceling benefits programs, and the lack of union representation.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Menopause_in_the_workplace/mgEgxbAH">Workplace menopause:</a> The impact <a href="/facts/Menopause/b3Fz6NHb">menopause</a> symptoms can have on attendance and performance in the workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Narcissism_in_the_workplace/cqfok2S2">Workplace narcissism</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_phobia/rbzljeLQ">Workplace phobia</a>: An actual or imagined confrontation with the workplace or certain stimuli at the workplace causes a prominent anxiety reaction in a person.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Office_politics/p4VW6nRy">Workplace politics</a>: The use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_privacy/BdeHldk0">Workplace privacy</a>: Employees typically must relinquish some of their privacy while at the workplace, but how much can be a contentious issue.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Probation_(workplace)/aRcjdSJ8">Workplace probation</a>: A status given to new employees of a company or business.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace/sv897WJD">Workplace psychopathy</a>: Psychopaths can do enormous damage when they are positioned in senior management roles</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_revenge/2LIAmQK1">Workplace revenge</a>: Refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace in an attempt to seek justice.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sabotage/R7IXqV4e">Workplace sabotage</a>: When disgruntled workers damage or destroy equipment or interfere with the smooth running of a workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Occupational_safety_and_health/ko1IeS92">Workplace safety</a>: Occupational safety and health is a category of management responsibility in places of employment.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_spirituality/TIN7lzIj">Workplace spirituality</a>: A grassroots movement with individuals seeking to live their faith and/or spiritual values in the workplace.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_strategy/qMp300VQ">Workplace strategy</a>: The dynamic alignment of an organization's work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_stress/ShyJzFj0">Workplace stress</a>: The harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_surveillance/zo01LrA6">Workplace surveillance</a>: Businesses use workplace surveillance as a way of monitoring the activities of their employees.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Profanity/gf39KK4s">Workplace swearing</a>: In the UK, swearing in the workplace can be an act of gross misconduct under certain circumstances.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Professional_development/Eu22Ueeq">Professional development</a>: Skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_violence/13RLbNPy">Workplace violence</a> Violence that originates from employees or employers and threatens employers and/or other employees.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Workplace_wellness/qteMCxRV">Workplace wellness</a>: Program offered by some employers to support behavior conducive to the health of employees.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Corporation/hykSVoWJ">Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Employment/pqEUAhNv">Employment</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Factory/GPIW0snN">Factory</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Office/uUPmgVFb">Office</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Organization/CR83f1Rn">Organization</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Whistleblower/Ah5QHEW1">Whistleblower</a></li></ul> <ul> <li>Organized labour portal</li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Ron Friedman (2015). <i>The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace</i>. TarcherPerigee. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0399165603.</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Paul Jackson, Reima Suomi, e-Business and Workplace Redesign (2004), p. 37. <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Statistics". www.eeoc.gov. <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/" target="_blank">https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>