You don’t have to look hard to see uncivil behavior these days, whether in political discourse, in college classrooms or on airplanes. One study found that rudeness is even contagious, like the common ...

Rudeness at work has increased since the pandemic began, according to a recent survey from Korn Ferry. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said colleagues were more rude compared to pre-pandemic times, ...

Everyone worries about catching a cold at the office, but if you’ve got a mean co-worker you might also be in danger of catching their rudeness, according to new research from the Journal of Applied ...

Irked by his society’s rudeness, man stares daggers at people after they cut in line, use devices loudly around others, etc.

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Research has shown that negative behaviors, such as overt violence, can be passed on in certain circumstances. For example, an iconic study in the early 1960s found that youngsters who watched adults ...

Most offices have policies in place to stop sexual harassment, abuse, and other problems in the workplace. And rightly so. But smaller-scale issues can do major damage if they’re left ...

Don’t be rude at work: It could come back to bite you. That’s the finding in new research that suggests that workplace rudeness is contagious. The study, published online last month in the Journal of ...

You can’t spread it with a cough, sneeze or kiss, but workplace rudeness is still contagious, researchers say. People who encounter rude behavior from co-workers are more likely to act rudely in later ...

When someone makes a nasty quip, cuts us off in traffic, ignores our suggestions or takes credit for our work, we get mad, sad and even angry. Rudeness, even just little, can really hurt. We know ...