{"id":11961,"date":"2017-05-04T11:00:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=11961"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:59:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:59:43","slug":"politicaltalk-probs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/leadership\/leadership-co-lab\/leadership-co-lab-blogs\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/politicaltalk-probs\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Talk is Causing Problems at Work, Survey Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening Insights: Game On!<\/h2>\n

The Game of Divide and Conquer Has Entered Our Workplace...<\/h3>\n

Political and personal divides are affecting and infecting our workplaces and cultures as a whole.<\/p>\n

Informational Insights: Politics are Taking Their Toll<\/h2>\n
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Political discussions can have a negative impact in the workplace.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Last fall, before the presidential election in November, a survey of U.S. employees<\/a><\/span>\u00a0found many were stressed out by political conversations happening in the workplace<\/a><\/span>. So have stress levels died down now that the election is history? Just the opposite, it seems. A new post-election survey indicates that the political climate for workers has only gotten worse.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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\"We did the survey last fall in the lead-up to the election and found, indeed, all these discussions swirling around at work were affecting people on the job. So, on the heels of the election, we were curious about how that might have changed,\" Dr. David Ballard, director of the American Psychological Association's Center for Organizational Excellence, told CBS News<\/p>\n

The online survey of 1,311 full- and part-time workers, conducted between February and March of 2017 by Harris Poll for the American Psychological Association, found more than half of workers \u2014 54 percent \u2014 have discussed politics on the job since the election.<\/p>\n

And those conversations appear to be taking a toll. Twenty-six percent of workers reported feeling tense or stressed in the latest survey, compared to 17 percent before the election. Twenty-one percent felt cynical and negative during the workday, compared with 15 percent pre-election.<\/p>\n

Those emotions can negatively affect relationships at work, dampen productivity and create a more hostile work environment, Ballard said.<\/p>\n

For 40 percent of American workers surveyed, exchanging political views has led to at least one negative outcome, such as poorer work quality, difficulty getting work done or developing a more negative view of a coworker. It's a big jump from the pre-election survey results that found 27 percent reported at least one negative outcome.<\/p>\n

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