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Avoiding the workplace mediocrity trap: Exclusion of top performers can lead to intentional underperformance

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Confidence. Persistence. Ingenuity. Conventional wisdom tells us these are some of the traits needed for success at the office. But within teams, less laudable characteristics—maintaining the status quo, for instance—might be just as desirable, according to new Rutgers research.

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Avoiding the workplace mediocrity trap

Confidence. Persistence. Ingenuity. Conventional wisdom tells us these are some of the traits needed for success at the office. But within teams, less laudable characteristics -- maintaining the status quo, for instance -- might be just as desirable, according to new research. An expert on organizational thinking reports that teams with high rates of envy often ostracize their best performers, in turn leading those standout employees to sabotage…

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Avoiding the workplace mediocrity trap: Exclusion of top performers can lead to intentional underperformance

Confidence. Persistence. Ingenuity. Conventional wisdom tells us these are some of the traits needed for success at the office. But within teams, less laudable characteristics—maintaining the status quo, for instance—might be just as desirable, according to new Rutgers research.

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Avoiding the Workplace Mediocrity Trap

Confidence. Persistence. Ingenuity. Conventional wisdom tells us these are some of the traits needed for success at the office. But within teams, less laudable characteristics - maintaining the status quo, for instance - might be just as desirable, according to new Rutgers research. Cong Liu, an expert on organizational thinking at the Rutgers Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, reports in the Journal of Occupational Health P…

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