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Lying Issues at the Workplace
Lying Issues at the Workplace
Introduction
Lying practices at the work place has been analyzed.
According to one survey
20 percent of people lie each week at work place and
15 percent of people are caught.
Tendency of people to lie results in bad reputation and loss of productivity for organization.
People practice lie due to their characteristic dispositions and situational factors.
A survey reveals about 20 percent of people lie each week and in them 15 percent is caught. It is also found that out of five people one person lies (Bobinski, 2012). Tendency of people to lie results in bad reputation and loss of productivity for organization.
People practice lie due to their characteristic dispositions and situational factors.
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Causes of lying at the workplace
To please customers
To lie to cover the failure of another employees at the work place
Tardiness and absence
Employees tend to lie to save other employees.
Employees speak lie to look better or trouble other employee.
In negotiation, employees tend to lie
One of very common reason of lying is the please customers at the work place by employees. It is the motivating factor in 26 percent of cases of lying. The second reason to lie is to cover the mistakes and failures at work place by employees.
Third reason is tardiness and absence to not complete the work by employees. Employees tend to lie because they want to save other employees. In certain cases, employees speak lie to look better or trouble other employee.
Various situational and individual characteristics play remarkable role in practice of lying (Jones, 1991; Loe, Fe
ell, & Mansfield, 2000; Hartshorne and May (1928). In negotiating at work place, people tend to lie (Aquino 1998).
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People own conscientiousness,
Angriness in their personality traits,
Impulsiveness,
Agreeableness
Negative affectivity and
Socialization may lead them to lying practices.
External pressures also cause lying.
Performance pressure also forces employees to tell lie (Grover & Hui, 1994
Self interest as well as pressure promotes lying in the work place (Locke & Latham, 1990).
Another reason is competition that compels people to speak lie (Aquino, 1998; Boles et al., 2000).
People own conscientiousness, angriness in their personality traits, impulsiveness, agreeableness and negative affectivity and socialization may lead them to lying practices.
Performance...