Being pushy at work can help to advance your cause — or not, according to a new study in the Journal of Business and Psychology.
While investigators found that being disagreeable sometimes helps to sell your idea to others, difficult or irritating people should be aware of the social context in which they are presenting their thoughts. The aggressive strategy will not always be successful, warn Samuel Hunter, Ph.D., of Pennsylvania State University and Lily Cushenbery, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University.
People are often labelled as jerks if they are disagreeable by nature, overly confident, dominant, argumentative, egotistic, headstrong, or sometimes even hostile. It’s often touted in the popular press that being so direct and forceful was what made innovators such as Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison successful.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2014/12/09/work-jerks-beware-even-good-ideas-can-be-hobbled-by-attitude/78403.html
Reposted By:
Dr. Charles R. Davenport
Licensed Psychologist
Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D. LLC.
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