Refugee
10-19-2007, 04:31 AM
Cussing at work can boost morale and esprit de corps, British researchers say in a report that has spawned headlines around the world. So far this morning, Google News has indexed dozens of stories about the study. We found one that discussed the researchers' methodology.
"The study observed workers at a mail-order warehouse in England, which employed 14 people, and six focus groups of 10 to 20 people, two in England and six in the USA," according to the Eastern Daily Press (http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=Search&itemid=NOED15%20Oct%202007%2021%3A57%3A35%3A240). "They included full-time and part-time workers in a variety of organisations, ranging from restaurants and retail, to a bank, nursing home and hospital."
Here's a press release (http://comm.uea.ac.uk/press/release.asp?id=792) about the journal article. Yehuda Baruch (http://www.mgt.uea.ac.uk/staff.asp?id=mg503), a professor of management at the University of East Anglia, says his findings suggest that managers should take note of the team-building benefits that accompany foul language. "For some people, the use of profanity is a way to create collegiality," he tells ABC News (http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3744655&page=1). "For others, it's a way to relieve stress."
The researchers found that younger, lower-level workers were more likely to use offensive language. "If anybody is offended, it should be banned. But if everybody is happy with it, and we want our people to be happy, then we should be able to live with it," Baruch says.
The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/freeheadlines/LAC/20071018/A2SWEARING18/international/International) asked Baruch if he swears: "Personally, I detest the use of profanity. I don't use it myself and I think it's something terrible to do," he said.
That feeling is not shared by journalists. Here's a selection of the fake expletives that our counterparts at other news organizations used to describe their stories about the study:
F-Yeah! Swearing At Work Is OK, Study Finds
Office Expletives: H--- Yeah!
That's for $@#! sure
What the ...? Workplace profanity boosts morale: study
Hey-ho.. It’s eff to work we go (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article350823.ece)
"The study observed workers at a mail-order warehouse in England, which employed 14 people, and six focus groups of 10 to 20 people, two in England and six in the USA," according to the Eastern Daily Press (http://new.edp24.co.uk/search/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=Search&itemid=NOED15%20Oct%202007%2021%3A57%3A35%3A240). "They included full-time and part-time workers in a variety of organisations, ranging from restaurants and retail, to a bank, nursing home and hospital."
Here's a press release (http://comm.uea.ac.uk/press/release.asp?id=792) about the journal article. Yehuda Baruch (http://www.mgt.uea.ac.uk/staff.asp?id=mg503), a professor of management at the University of East Anglia, says his findings suggest that managers should take note of the team-building benefits that accompany foul language. "For some people, the use of profanity is a way to create collegiality," he tells ABC News (http://www.abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=3744655&page=1). "For others, it's a way to relieve stress."
The researchers found that younger, lower-level workers were more likely to use offensive language. "If anybody is offended, it should be banned. But if everybody is happy with it, and we want our people to be happy, then we should be able to live with it," Baruch says.
The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/freeheadlines/LAC/20071018/A2SWEARING18/international/International) asked Baruch if he swears: "Personally, I detest the use of profanity. I don't use it myself and I think it's something terrible to do," he said.
That feeling is not shared by journalists. Here's a selection of the fake expletives that our counterparts at other news organizations used to describe their stories about the study:
F-Yeah! Swearing At Work Is OK, Study Finds
Office Expletives: H--- Yeah!
That's for $@#! sure
What the ...? Workplace profanity boosts morale: study
Hey-ho.. It’s eff to work we go (http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article350823.ece)