Angela _________
"As Many as One in Four Workers Are Angry on the Job, Report Finds
CHICAGO--As many as one in four U.S. workers may be chronically angry on the job, with irate employees also more likely to be bored, have low energy and feel "stuck" in their posts, according to a report released Tuesday. Employees are most likely to be angered by a boss or supervisor, by a fellow employee or by others in the workplace who are not being productive, by tight deadlines or heavy workloads, said Donald Gibson, a professor at the Yale School of Management. The findings, from a 1996 poll of 1,000 workers, were contained in a report Gibson released at a meeting of the Academy of Management in Chicago. "A turbulent economic environment that has produced, on the one hand, productivity and growth and, on the other, wrenching change and uncertainty, has buffeted the workplace," the report said. "While a majority of employees are responding to these conditions with reports of workplace satisfaction, there remains a substantial portion who are dissatisfied, even angry, at work," it added. "Most visibly, anger is linked to workplace aggression, which appears to be increasing. We are weekly confronted with stories of workers taking aggressive, even violent, action particularly against supervisors."
The survey found that 25% of those contacted said they were at least somewhat angry at work on a continuing basis. The study did not speculate on what percentage of angry workers are likely to resort to violence. It did find that they feel less loyal to an employer.
There have been a number of workplace shootings in the United States over the years, including recent rampages in Georgia and Alabama."