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Working with monsters: counting the costs of workplace psychopaths and other toxic employees

Working with monsters: counting the costs of workplace psychopaths and other toxic employees We explore the role of ‘Workplace Monsters’ in the global burden of disease, including the $US1.15 trillion annual cost of depressive and anxiety disorders. We propose the productivity drain created by these individuals is a wicked problem, integrating several disciplines to position workplace monsters as significant corporate governance issues for organisations. Our discussion covers Monster prevalence, impacts on fellow workers and estimates of the costs incurred to business. We classify Monsters as ‘appreciating liabilities’ and call for future research to develop means of accounting for their inherent organisational costs in an effort to prompt action to address their destructive impacts. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Accounting & Finance Wiley

Working with monsters: counting the costs of workplace psychopaths and other toxic employees

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
Accounting and Finance © 2020 AFAANZ
ISSN
0810-5391
eISSN
1467-629X
DOI
10.1111/acfi.12369
Publisher site
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Abstract

We explore the role of ‘Workplace Monsters’ in the global burden of disease, including the $US1.15 trillion annual cost of depressive and anxiety disorders. We propose the productivity drain created by these individuals is a wicked problem, integrating several disciplines to position workplace monsters as significant corporate governance issues for organisations. Our discussion covers Monster prevalence, impacts on fellow workers and estimates of the costs incurred to business. We classify Monsters as ‘appreciating liabilities’ and call for future research to develop means of accounting for their inherent organisational costs in an effort to prompt action to address their destructive impacts.

Journal

Accounting & FinanceWiley

Published: Apr 1, 2020

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