This personality trait can tan your career, the study says

Being the bad job may seem like it will make you ahead, but new research indicates the opposite.


Everyone has heard the phrase "beautiful guys finish last", but when it comes to succeeding at work, new research shows that the difficulty could actually retain you. A document 31 August published in theActs of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that unpleasant people - those with selfish, combative or manipulative personality traits - do not really come out whenmake their way in the career scale.

Determine what effect, if applicable, thesePersonality traits grouped under the umbrella of "disintegrationNeveneration" on a person's career, researchers at the University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business have examined the behavior of people in two studies, noting the levels of disintegration of study topics before To enter the workforce and 14 years later and how much power or status that they had gained in their workplaces in the intermediate period.

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A study found no relationship between unpleasant behavior and career achievements - which means that theseBehaviors less than nature in the workplace Will not pay long-term dividends.

In the other study, researchers found that unpleasant people were generally involved in two separate behavioral schemes that have been canceled in terms of realization of their career. Although unpleasant people were studying dominant-aggressive behavior, associated with the realization of superior power or career power, they failed to display the generosity or the useful behavior, of Community spirit, including the Lack of career success.

Unfortunately, while people who have unpleasant behavior in the workplace are not likely to grasp this brass ring faster than their more friendly counterparts, this does not mean that they are out of the race. Status positions, either.

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"[Organizations] authorizes jolts of gaining power at the same rate as anyone, even if jolts in powercan do serious damage to the organization, "explained the co-author of the studyCameron Anderson, PhD, Professor at Berkeley Haas.

Although an antagonistic nature does not prevent you from moving forward in your career, the authors of the document noted that there was a trait of a feature particularly associated with career success: Extraversion. Of course, mesh with the culture of your business - and not alienate your colleagues - goes as far. "My advice to managers would be paying attention to approval as an important qualification for power and leadership positions," said Anderson. And if you want to get the most out of your career while you are WFH, check out these7 secret zoom tips to help you make the most of your meetings.


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