• Toxic workplace
  Toxic workplace
  -Overview:In the context of a toxic workplace, a toxic employee is a worker who is motivated by personal gain , uses unethical, mean-spirited and sometimes illegal means to manipulate and annoy those around them; and whose motives are to maintain or increase power, money or special status or divert...
  
  
• Workplace aggression
  Workplace aggression
  Workplace aggression is a specific type of aggression, which occurs in the workplace. Workplace aggression can include a wide range of behaviors, ranging from verbal acts to physical attacks .-Definition:...
  
  : A specific type of aggression that occurs in the workplace.
• Workplace bullying
  Workplace bullying
  Workplace bullying, like childhood bullying, is the tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behaviour against a co-worker or subordinate. Workplace bullying can include such tactics as verbal, nonverbal, psychological, physical abuse and humiliation...
  
  : The tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behaviour against a co-worker or subordinate.
• Workplace conflict
  Workplace conflict
  Workplace conflict is a specific type of conflict that occurs in workplaces. The conflicts that arise in workplaces may be shaped by the unique aspects of this environment, including the long hours many people spend at their workplace, the hierarchical structure of the organization, and the...
  
  : A specific type of conflict that occurs in the workplace.
• Workplace counterproductive behaviour: Employee behavior that goes against the goals of an organization.
• Workplace cyber-aggression
  Cyber-aggression in the workplace
  Cyber-aggression or cyber-harassment can be best described in the words of Whitty and Carr:“Takes the form of obscene or hate e-mail/text messages that threaten or frighten, or e-mails/text messages that contain offensive content, such as sexist or racist material...
  
  : Workplace e-mail or text messages that threaten or frighten.
• Workplace democracy
  Workplace democracy
  Workplace democracy is the application of democracy in all its forms to the workplace....
  
  : The application of democracy in all its forms to the workplace.
• Workplace deviance
  Workplace deviance
  Workplace deviance, in group psychology, may be described as the deliberate desire to cause harm to an organization – more specifically, a workplace. The concept has become an instrumental component in the field of organizational communication...
  
  : Deliberate or intentional desire to cause harm to an organization.
• Workplace discrimination
  Employment discrimination
  Employment discrimination is discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation. It includes various types of harassment....
  
  : Discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation.
• Workplace diversity
  Diversity (business)
  The "business case for diversity" stems from the progression of the models of diversity within the workplace since the 1960's. The original model for diversity was situated around affirmative action drawing strength from the law and a need to comply with equal employment opportunity objectives...
  
  : Theory that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves.
• Workplace emotions
  Emotions in the workplace
  Emotions in the workplace play a large role in how an entire organization communicates within itself and to the outside world. “Events at work have real emotional impact on participants. The consequences of emotional states in the workplace, both behavioral and attitudinal, have substantial...
  
  : Emotions in the workplace play a large role in how an entire organization communicates within itself and to the outside world.
• Workplace empowerment: Provides employees with opportunities to make their own decisions with regards to their tasks.
• Workplace evaluation
  Evaluation (workplace)
  In the workplace, an evaluation is a tool employers use to review the performance of an employee.Usually, the employee's supervisor is responsible for evaluating the employee...
  
  : A tool employers use to review the performance of an employee.
• Workplace feminisation
  Feminisation of the workplace
  In response to the pressure from feminism and cultural trends highlighting characteristics in workers which have culturally been associated with women, feminisation of the workplace is a label given to the trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these...
  
  : Trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction.
• Workplace friendship
  Workplace friendship
  Workplace friendship is a relationship established in a workplace that goes beyond normal expected working relationships. Both Elton Mayo and Abraham Maslow have long brought attention to the social needs of employees within an organization. Mayo claimed that socio-emotional factors of the...
  
  Directly related to several other area of study including cohesion, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave.
• Workplace gender inequality: Relates to wage discrimination and career advancement.
• Workplace gossip: Idle talk or rumour, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
• Workplace harassment: In the UK there is specific legislation that can be used to counter workplace harassment.
• Workplace health surveillance
  Workplace health surveillance
  The concept of workplace health surveillance is new to occupational health and is frequently confused with medical screening. Health screening refers to the early detection and treatment of diseases associated with particular occupations, while workplace health surveillance refers to the removal of...
  
  : The removal of the causative factors of disease.
• Workplace humor
  Workplace humor
  Workplace humor is comedy that revolves around the inner workings of various jobs. For example, The Office makes fun of a typical cube farm....
  
  : Comedy that revolves around the inner workings of various jobs.
• Workplace incivility
  Workplace incivility
  Workplace incivility has been defined as "low-intensity deviant behavior with ambiguous intent to harm the target. ... Uncivil behaviors are characteristically rude and discourteous, displaying a lack of regard for others." Incivility is distinct from violence...
  
  : Low-intensity deviant workplace behavior such as rudeness, discourtesy and displaying a lack of regard for others.
• Workplace intervention: Scheme to improve both organizational and individual health as well as help workers manage job stress.
• Workplace jargon
  Workplace jargon
  "Workplace jargon" is a term used in the United Kingdom to describe the often needless and/or meaningless sentences and phrases used by both managers and colleagues in the workplace instead of plain English....
  
  : Term used in the United Kingdom to describe the often needless and/or meaningless sentences and phrases used by both managers and colleagues in the workplace instead of plain English.
• Workplace listening
  Workplace listening
  Workplace listening is a type of active listening that is generally employed in a professional environment. Listening skills are imperative for career success, organizational effectiveness, and worker satisfaction. Workplace listening includes understanding the listening process Workplace listening...
  
  : a type of active listening that is generally employed in a professional environment.
• Workplace mobbing
  Mobbing
  Mobbing in the context of human beings either means bullying of an individual by a group in any context. Identified as emotional abuse in the workplace, such as "ganging up" by co-workers, subordinates or superiors, to force someone out of the workplace through rumor, innuendo, intimidation,...
  
  : similar concept to workplace bullying.
• Workplace morale: Workplace events play a large part in changing employee morale, such as heavy layoffs, the cancellation of overtime, canceling benefits programs, and the lack of union representation.
• Workplace phobia
  Workplace phobia
  According to the general definition of specific phobias in DSM-IV or ICD-10, workplace phobia can be stated when an actual or imagined confrontation with the workplace or certain stimuli at the workplace causes a prominent anxiety reaction in a person. Secondly, avoidance behaviour towards the...
  
  : An actual or imagined confrontation with the workplace or certain stimuli at the workplace causes a prominent anxiety reaction in a person.
• Workplace politics
  Office politics
  Workplace politics, sometimes referred to as Office politics is "the use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority...
  
  : The use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority.
• Workplace privacy
  Workplace privacy
  Employees typically must relinquish some of their privacy while at the workplace, but how much they must do so can be a contentious issue. The debate rages on as to whether it is moral, ethical and legal for employers to monitor the actions of their employees. Employers believe that monitoring is...
  
  : Employees typically must relinquish some of their privacy while at the workplace, but how much can be a contentious issue.
• Workplace probation
  Probation (workplace)
  In a workplace setting, probation is a status given to new employees of a company or business.It is widely termed as Probation Period of an employee...
  
  : A status given to new employees of a company or business.
• Workplace revenge
  Workplace revenge
  Workplace revenge refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace in an attempt to seek justice. Acts of revenge in the workplace are viewed by the retaliator as a defensive act in response to the offender’s unwarranted and unfair actions...
  
  : Refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace in an attempt to seek justice.
• Workplace sabotage: When disgruntled workers damage or destroy equipment or interfere with the smooth running of a workplace.
• Workplace safety
  Workplace safety
  Workplace safety & health is a category of management responsibility in places of employment.To ensure the safety and health of workers, managers establish a focus on safety that can include elements such as:* management leadership and commitment...
  
  : Workplace safety and health is a category of management responsibility in places of employment.
• Workplace spirituality
  Workplace spirituality
  Workplace Spirituality or Spirituality in the Workplace is a movement that began in the early 1920s. It emerged as a grassroots movement with individuals seeking to live their faith and/or spiritual values in the workplace. One of the first publications to mention spirituality in the workplace...
  
  : A grassroots movement with individuals seeking to live their faith and/or spiritual values in the workplace.
• Workplace strategy
  Workplace strategy
  Workplace Strategy is the dynamic alignment of an organization’s work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.-Components and aims of a workplace strategy:...
  
  : The dynamic alignment of an organization’s work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.
• Workplace stress
  Workplace stress
  Workplace stress is the harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker....
  
  : The harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.
• Workplace surveillance
  Workplace surveillance
  Businesses use workplace surveillance as a way of monitoring the activities of their employees. Today's businesses often use information technology in their operations and communications. Business leaders have concerns related to employee misuse of available technologies. Technology appropriate use...
  
  : Businesses use workplace surveillance as a way of monitoring the activities of their employees.
• Workplace swearing: In the United Kingdom, swearing in the workplace can be an act of gross misconduct under certain circumstances.
• Workplace training
  Professional development
  Professional development refers to skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement. Professional development encompasses all types of facilitated learning opportunities, ranging from college degrees to formal coursework, conferences and informal learning...
  
  : Skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement.
• Workplace violence
  Workplace violence
  Workplace violence refers to violence that originates from employees or employers and threatens employers and/or other employees.-Definition:The definition of work related violence that has received pan-European acceptance is as follows:...
  
  Violence that originates from employees or employers and threatens employers and/or other employees.
• Workplace wellness
  Workplace wellness
  Workplace wellness is a program offered by some employers as a combination of educational, organizational, and environmental activities designed to support behavior conducive to the health of employees in a business and their families...
  
  : Program offered by some employers to support behavior conducive to the health of employees.
• Virtual workplace: A workplace that is not located in any one physical space.

See also

• Corporation
  Corporation
  A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
  
  
• Employment
  Employment
  Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
  
  
• Factory
  Factory
  A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
  
  
• Office
  Office
  An office is generally a room or other area in which people work, but may also denote a position within an organization with specific duties attached to it ; the latter is in fact an earlier usage, office as place originally referring to the location of one's duty. When used as an adjective, the...
  
  
• Organization
  Organization
  An organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
  
  
• Whistleblower
  Whistleblower
  A whistleblower is a person who tells the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities occurring in a government department, a public or private organization, or a company...