RE: Yup, works for us too!

["William Lefkovics" <william () emailonastick com>]

It does not have a positive effect in all environments. 

 

I think this is a key:

> > Managers need to understand how their staff feel about swearing.

 

 

 

From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Alex Eckelberry
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:57 AM
To: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: [funsec] Yup, works for us too!

 

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071017125814.w6whem5y
<http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=071017125814.w6whem5y&show_article=
1> &show_article=1

        

Swearing at work boosts team spirt, morale: research

        

 


 

 

Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing
them to express better their feelings as well as develop
<http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=> social relationships, according to a
study by researchers. 

Yehuda Baruch, a  <http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=> professor of management
at the  <http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=> University of East Anglia, and
graduate Stuart Jenkins studied the  <http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=> use
of profanity in the workplace and assessed its implications for managers. 

They assessed that swearing would become more common as traditional taboos
are broken down, but the key appeared to be knowing when such language was
appropriate and when to turn to  <http://search.breitbart.com/q?s=> blind
eye. 

The pair said swearing in front of senior staff or customers should be
seriously discouraged or banned, but in other circumstances it helped foster
solidarity among employees and express frustration, stress or other
feelings. 

"Employees use swearing on a continuous basis, but not necessarily in a
negative, abusive manner," said Baruch, who works in the university's
business school in Norwich. 

Banning swear words and reprimanding staff might represent strong
leadership, but could remove key links between staff and impact on morale
and motivation, he said. 

"We hope that this study will serve not only to acknowledge the part that
swearing plays in our work and our lives, but also to indicate that leaders
sometimes need to 'think differently' and be open to intriguing ideas. 

"Managers need to understand how their staff feel about swearing. The
challenge is to master the 'art' of knowing when to turn a blind eye to
communication that does not meet their own standards." 

The study, "Swearing at work and permissive leadership culture: when
anti-social becomes social and incivility is acceptable", is published in
the latest issue of the Leadership and Organisational Development Journal. 


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