Swearing at work boosts team spirt, morale: research

by mtippett | October 18, 2007 at 10:32 am
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I love that this kind of research gets funding.  Forget curing cancer, let's investigate the F-bomb:

LONDON (AFP) - Regular swearing at work can help boost team spirit among staff, allowing them to express better their feelings as well as develop social relationships, according to a study by researchers.

Yehuda Baruch, a professor of management at the University of East Anglia, and graduate Stuart Jenkins studied the use of profanity in the workplace and assessed its implications for managers.

Fuckin' A!

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ryan

See here for a related article from Christopher Byrne.

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AlanEvans

I do hope this is going to become NowPublic company policy ... time to get in some practice ...

Kaitlin
Kaitlin
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at 11:32 on October 18th, 2007

This company has already instituted this policy, hasn't it?

If not, then I've been behaving horribly. Shit!

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Jordan Yerman

I despertely try to keep it in check around others... with varying degrees of success. But, hey, A for effort, right?

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