Since when did incivility equal productivity?

Women who face rude and disrespectful behaviour in the workplace tolerate it and react by working harder. This has been found as part of research done by Edith Cowan University and the University of New England. ECU school of psychology and social science senior lecturer Dr Jennifer Loh said while women often had to deal with more negative behaviour than men, men reacted by withdrawing. Men who are treated rudely tended to react by taking longer breaks away from work and taking spurious sick days. But Loh, an organisational psychologist, said one possible reason for women's reaction to incivility in the workplace was the importance women tended to place on a good personal and social relationship with colleagues. "Therefore, when they are faced with incivility in the workplace - and this would generally be over work issues - women are more likely to attempt to work harder with the aim to improve their work relationships," she said. But don't take this as a licence to harass female coworkers in the hope that they will be more productive. It's still not nice to endure, so don't even bother because your job could be on the line. In other news, Nelson Peltz, one of America's best-known corporate raiders, could push for a US$170 billion merger of PepsiCo and Cadbury-owner Mondelez - formerly known as Kraft Foods - after secretly buying major stakes in the two consumer giants.