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Friday, September 02, 2005

Korean Study Cites Seven Deadly Workplace Sins

As America enters a long Labor Day weekend, a recent Chosun Ilbo article offers insights into issues impacting the Korean workplace and labor force.

The article call them Deadly Sins indicative of the seven types of bad workers. The insights were released by the LG Economic Research Institute. (Most of the big Korean firms have similar think tanks).

According to the Korean LG study they are:

1. Employees who are always grumble about any innovation in the company and habitually criticize colleagues and superiors.

2. Workers who are not loyal to their current job and always look for better opportunities and positions.

3. Workers who don't take care of coworkers or consider other people’s feelings, making competent colleagues leave the company.

4. Employees who avoid conflict and risk at any cost.

5. Workers who manage the organization inefficiently without a clear purpose, inflicting damage on the company.

6. Those who steal the achievements of colleagues or subordinates.

7. Staff who recklessly make wrong decisions or choices.

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