Smart people avoid risk at work when experience tells them speaking up carries personal cost. Why encouragement fails and ...

“You always mess things up. Why are you even on this project? Just quit already.” Demeaning, hostile or undermining behaviour like this is more common in the workplace and damaging than many people ...

Cases of antisocial, deviant, or even criminal behavior at work have been hitting the headlines. Just to mention some example, there was the case of a man in the UK who repeatedly sprayed company’s ...

New research, led by Aston University and published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, has revealed how self-efficacy plays a crucial role in shaping workplace behaviour.

When Tiffany Cheng first moved to Brussels, Belgium, to serve as the global communications director at Volvo, she kept her head down, did her work, and tried not to make waves. But while Cheng, 40, ...

Self-efficacy refers to an individual's belief in their capacity to execute behaviours necessary to produce specific performance outcomes, essentially their confidence in their ability to succeed. The ...

You walk into the office and are greeted with smiles, small talk, and compliments. It seems like everyone is warm and approachable — a dream work environment. But as time passes, the cracks begin to ...

What are your assumptions about difficult people at work? Considering their possible motivations can change your perspective.