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social science subjects > business and management > organization studies > organizational behavior > organizational toxicity
... > social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > group dynamics > organizational behavior > organizational toxicity

Preferred term

organizational toxicity  

Definition

  • Organizational toxicity is the widespread, intense, energy-sapping, negative emotion that disconnects people from their jobs, coworkers, and organizations. Painful emotions that are inevitably part of organizational life become toxic when others respond to them in harmful and destructive ways. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies; Organizational Toxicity]

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