🎂 Wharton research reveals minor workplace mistreatment, like delayed birthday greetings from managers, can lead to a 50% increase in absenteeism and over two lost working hours per employee per month.

😞 Slighted employees demonstrated lost productivity through increased use of paid sick time, lateness, early departures, and longer breaks, described as a form of "revenge" for perceived disrespect.

🔬 The study, "The Lower Boundary of Workplace Mistreatment: Do Small Slights Matter?", published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to measure the cause and effect of minor workplace infractions.

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