If you answered yes, you're not alone. A recent study has found that almost one in four Americans experience chronic anger in the workplace. Correspondent Russ Mitchell spoke on CBS This Morning with Edward LaFreniere, an expert in employer-employee relationships at The Marlin Co., which sponsored this study. The authors interviewed and surveyed 1,400 workers and generated a list of suggestions on improving the workplace culture. The study also found that rude people are three times more likely to be in higher positions than their targets.
Men are seven times more likely to be rude or insensitive to underlings than to superiors.
But women are equally rude to superiors and subordinates, the study found. This study, produced with the help of the Yale School of Management, really wasn't about violence in the workplace, but the prevalence of anger was one of the findings. Many factors contribute to the fact that 8 million to 10 million people say they are angry or very angry. LaFreniere cited a connection with the downsizing of recent years. There is still a lot of that going on.