1. How toxic work environment affects women
Most of us might have faced toxic environment at the workplace at some point in our lives. When a person is rude to a co-worker, he or she probably has no idea how it might impact the colleague because everyone has his or her own coping mechanism to deal with incivility at the workplace. Interestingly, a study has established the link between incivility at the workplace and women’s parenting methods. Let’s read more about it.
2. Women in a toxic work environment
The research conducted by scientists at the Carleton University studied how mistreatment at the workplace interfered with the parenting methods of working mothers. To reach at a conclusion, the researchers made working mothers were asked to share their personal experience with toxic environment at the workplace. Then their spouses were also asked to share their views on if their wives turned into a demanding parent at home.
3. Women resort to authoritarian parenting
According to the survey results, women working in a toxic work environment often resorted to authoritarian parenting. It seemed rudeness at the workplace made working women feel as if they are not effective parents. As a result of which, such women resorted to stricter parenting strategies just to prove that they didn’t lack parenting skills, explained the study authors.
4. Outcomes of workplace incivility are vast and negative
“We now know, based on much empirical evidence, that the outcomes of workplace incivility are vast and negative. For example, being on the receiving end of workplace incivility has been linked to lower levels of effort and performance on the job, higher levels of stress, and impaired attention, information processing and decision-making,” sated Dr. Kathryne Dupre, co-author of the research, which was presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association.
5. Dealing with workplace incivility
Workplace incivility includes a vast range of behaviour—being disrespectful, ignoring a colleague, making derogatory remarks, taking undue credit for someone else’s hard work, making a co-worker feel inferior etc. According to experts, dealing with such incivility isn’t easy. If this comes from a colleague, confronting him and asking the reason behind such behaviour can be a good idea. But if toxic work environment is the result of a larger group of colleagues, it might be a good idea to look for a change. If possible, asking for a transfer or being placed in a different team can be one solution. Whatever the situation might be, never let your workplace environment affect your mental health.
