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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Swear at work

"Employees use swearing on a continuous basis, but not necessarily in a negative, abusive manner. Swearing was as a social phenomenon to reflect solidarity and enhance group cohesiveness, or as a psychological phenomenon to release stress, " the study stated.  "Most of the cases were reported by employees at the lower levels of the organizational hierarchies and it was clear that executives use swearing language less frequently. "

http://slashdot.org/articles/07/10/17/1428230.shtml
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/20718

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