consequences for the organization‚ its members‚ or both. Therefore‚ deviant workplace behavior is likely to flourish where it is supported by group norms. What this means for managers is that when deviant workplace norms surface‚ employee cooperation‚ commitment and motivation is likely to suffer and can later lead to the decreasing employee productivity and job satisfaction and increasing of turnover. Conceptual These deviant behaviors can be violent or non-violent and fall into categories such
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objective of this paper is to analyze when deviant behavior in the workplace becomes a liability. Studies show that this type of workplace behavior is increasing and little work is being done to quantify the economic impact in an organization (Levy & Tziner‚ 2009). Severe effects of deviant behavior in the workplace have economical‚ sociological and psychological implications (Executive Disclosure‚ 2006). This paper provides a general overview of deviant behavior within the workplace and how it
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BULLYING AS DEVIANT BEHAVIOR Deviance acts as a violation of social norms characterized as "any thought‚ feeling or action that members of a social group judge to be a violation of their values or rules".1 Social norms are viewed as the actions or behaviors and cues within a society or group. This sociological term has been defined as "the rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and behaviors.”2 It indicates the established and approved ways of doing
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Every human culture has members who exhibit deviant behavior. Deviant behavior is any action that is criminal‚ unacceptable‚ confusing or just strange to the majority of the culture’s members. Each culture differs in its response and handling of deviant behavior. For example‚ behavior that would land someone in a mental institution in the United States might cause placement as the village shaman in other cultures. Although deviance might be harmful to a culture‚ it is also essential to cultural flexibility
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Abstract The paper focuses on how to manage deviant behaviors and resistance to change. Change affects four basic aspects of the company: its strategy‚ technology‚ structure and employees. All these present individuals with new situations‚ new problems‚ challenges‚ ambiguity and uncertainty and threaten the status quo. Case study was used to examine practical implementation of change processes in some selected organizations. It was discovered that change affects authoritative allocation of both
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Running head: CONTROLLED DRUG USE: IS ADDICTION A “DISEASE”? Application: Controlled Drug Use: Is Addiction A “Disease”? 5/15/2011 Controlled Drug Use: Is Addiction a “Disease”? Alcoholism is a disease in which the intake of alcohol becomes intense. Many of us drink alcohol to socialize which is not alcoholism. In the United States more than half of all individuals at least from time to time drink beverages that contain alcohol (NSDUH‚ 2008). An alcoholic is a recurrent usual. Alcohol
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Chills‚ Chafing and Cross-dressing In our era of “love and acceptance”‚ even for all manner of weirdness‚ I hypothesize that while intolerance for alternative lifestyles is deemed hate-speech‚ some alternative lifestyles are not as widely accepted by the general public as studies‚ polls or media would lead us to believe. I doubt that transvestitism is nowhere near as acceptable to society as a whole as say for instance‚ homosexuality. I intend to prove this point in a somewhat subjective manner;
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I got older a lot of things changed over the years. For example‚ our government has certain parts that are corrupt‚ and people are judged for who they are. These problems are what need to change for the future of America. American government is a deviant subculture. Its leaders stand on soapboxes and polarize the public by pointing fingers while secretly doing the bidding of special interests. Many public employees plod through life with their noses in rule books‚ indifferent to the actual needs of
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Overall‚ individuals who are perceived as deviant or political deviant are viewed as someone who is bad mostly due to how they are depicted by the media and challenge norms. This class took a different look at deviance and political deviance and viewed it is something that is good rather than something that is bad. It is important to understand what the terms deviant and political deviant before going into detail on who is perceived as one or how they become one in the first place. Deviance and protest
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One man having more than one wife can be a deviant behavior depending on the country and a person’s beliefs. Polygamy is considered normal and lawful in many countries‚ but it is outlawed in the United States. The people that believe in it say that monogamy is not natural and it oppresses the social structure. Those against it‚ say it is a religious offense‚ or that it violates a spouse’s right to intimacy. The Mormon belief is that polygamy is holy and was practiced commonly in ancient times. Having
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