Name: Troubling study reveals how minor workplace slights can trigger suicidal thoughts in depressed people
Brand: fastcompany.com
SKU: fastcompany-com-108
Availability: OnlineOnly

critic

Troubling study reveals how minor workplace slights can trigger suicidal thoughts in depressed people

preview

advertisementadvertisementMinor workplace slights can have a significantly negative impact on susceptible employees, according to a out of West Virginia University.advertisementResearchers followed 279 depressed and bipolar employees over several months to track their experiences, job engagement, and suicidal ideations. Roughly each year, and , and both groups are at higher risk of suicidal thoughts.They found that low-grade negative interactions plummeted workers into suicidal thoughts and, not surprisingly, prompted a nosedive in work quality and productivity. The slights triggering these downward spirals were notably minor, such as excluding a coworker from a conversation, skipping eye contact, and other mostly minor forms of incivility, social undermining, and clique behavior.“These actions are not egregious,” noted coauthor Kayla Follmer, an assistant professor of management at West Virginia University. “They’re not even considered bullying or harassment. These are ways that, on a day-to-day basis, that you might hurt somebody but in a low-grade way. It’s how we may behave, and we don’t think twice about it.”advertisementadvertisementThe take-home: Be nice at work.The study also highlighted the importance of treatment for these conditions. The impact of workplace slights was most negative for the 50% of participants not undergoing treatment.advertisementadvertisementadvertisementadvertisementadvertisement

advertisementadvertisementMinor workplace slights can have a significantly negative impact on susceptible employees, according to a out of West Virginia University.advertisementResearchers followed 279 depressed and bipolar employees over several months to track their experiences, job engagement, and suicidal ideations. Roughly each year, and , and both groups are at higher risk of suicidal thoughts.They found that low-grade negative interactions plummeted workers into suicidal thoughts and, not surprisingly, prompted a nosedive in work quality and productivity. The slights triggering these...

public

Arianne Cohen

Fast Company is a monthly American business magazine published in print and online that focuses on technology, business, and design. It publishes eight print issues per year. Fast Company was launched in November 1995 by Alan Webber and Bill Taylor, two former Harvard Business Review editors, and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_Company

fastcompany.com

Credible

Speculation

Anecdotal Evidence

Generalization

Stacking the Deck

Appeal to Authority

Straw Man

Slippery Slope

Emotional Appeal

Red Herring

False Dilemma

Illogical

Moral Equivalency

Ad Hominem

Correlation w/o Causation

Semantics

Begging the Question

Faulty Analogy

Non Sequitur

Bandwagon

Dogmatism

Failing Occam's Razor

Biased

Pure Opinion

Hit Piece

Racial Bias

National Bias

Religious Bias

Financial Incentive

Political Agenda

Gender Bias

Misused Image/Video

Study Misinterpreted

Mistake

Misused Term

Science Misrepresented

Factual Error

Satire

Surface Level

Lack of Reliable Sources

Sensational

Not Credible

Investigative

Balanced

Well Sourced

Great Context

sports

entertainment

U.S.

international

business

technology

science

culture

politics

media

health

Troubling study reveals how minor workplace slights can trigger suicidal thoughts in depressed people

No article scores yet.

CRITIC REVIEWS

PUBLIC REVIEWS