According to a recent study on workplace ridicule, sexually inappropriate comments were heard almost twice as much in 2007 as they were in 2006. Novations Group, a business performance consulting group, and International Communications Research Media conducted a telephone survey of 546 employed Americans and found that 38 ...
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The extent of workplace ridicule based on age is "intriguing," said Mike Hyter, president and CEO of Novations. "I expect we're seeing heightened awareness particularly because of downsizings. Age-based EEOC complaints hit a 10-year high in 2002 and already outnumber those based on sexual harassment.
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Men are more likely to hear and report any type of workplace ridicule than women, the survey found, especially comments about sexual orientation (31 percent vs. 16 percent, respectively). Men (41 percent) also are more likely than women (29 percent) to report inappropriate sexual comments.
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Men were twice as likely as women to hear any kind of workplace ridicule, but especially sexual comments where the gap was 44% to 22%. ... Novations Groups conducts the workplace ridicule survey annually, said McKinnon. "We find consistency from year to year, but have an obligation to help raise awareness that ridicule...
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The most intriguing finding, believes Hyter, is the extent of workplace ridicule based on age. "I expect we´re seeing heightened awareness particularly because of downsizings. Age-based EEOC complaints hit a ten-year high in 2002 and already outnumber those based on sexual harrassment."
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Novations Groups conducts the workplace ridicule survey annually, explained Hyter. "We can track some trends, but most of all we hope to raise awareness of the harmful effect of so-called workplace humor. Moreover, the new findings suggest the objects of playful remarks may be less willing to play along."
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On average, westerners heard less workplace ridicule than employees in the north central or southern regions. Novations Groups conducts the workplace ridicule survey annually, explained Hyter. “We can track some trends, but most of all we hope to raise awareness of the harmful effect of so-called workplace humor.
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rid·i·cule (rĭd'ĭ-kyōōl') n. Words or actions intended to evoke contemptuous laughter at or feelings toward a person or thing: "I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a ... Ridicule implies purposeful disparagement: "My father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances" (Benjamin Franklin).
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ridicule, deride; snigger; laugh in one's sleeve; banter, rally, chaff, joke, twit, quiz, roast; haze [U.S.]; tehee; fleer; show up., play upon, play tricks upon; fool to the top of one's bent; laugh at, grin at, smile at; ... poke fun at., satirize, parody, caricature, burlesque, travesty., turn into ridicule;
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