Last updated on October 28th, 2019

Read this Moneyish.com article including quoted contribution from Dr. Chris Allen

While griping to friends, peers or loved ones about work can feel cathartic in the moment, research shows it may not be all that productive

Take a breath before you blow your lid.

While venting excessively to friends, peers or loved ones about an intolerable boss, colleague or subordinate can feel cathartic in the moment, it may not be all that productive: A 2017 study in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, for example, linked low “sportsmanship” — i.e., putting up with workplace annoyances and discomforts without complaining — with diminished positive affect and engagement. On the other hand, the authors wrote, “withholding complaints on days that negative daily events happened worked to minimize their impact.”

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