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Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You
10/17/2007

Coondoggie writes "This is the kind of news that your HR folks don't want to hear, but researchers today said letting workers swear at will in the comfort design can benefit employees and employers. The study found regular use of profanity to express and reinforce solidarity among staff, enabling them to express their feelings, such as frustration, and develop social relationships, indisputable to rule to researchers at the teaching mash unit of East Anglia (UES). Researchers said their aim was to challenge leadership styles and suggest ideas for best practice. "Employees use swearing on a continuous basis, but not necessarily in a negative, abusive manner. Swearing was as a social phenomenon to reflect solidarity and enhance group cohesiveness, or as a psychological phenomenon to release stress, " the study stated." I'm sure the discussion and tags on this story will be completely G Rated

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