Alexander Ha 2/28/23 Course paper Micro Aggressive Behavior in the Workplace The workplace is where employees trust, cooperate and support one another. However, the workplace can easily become hostile and alienate individuals due to their background, culture, and gender. Working in a hostile workplace can negatively affect employees. Employees can suffer from both mental health issues and physical stress. Leading employees to perform poorly and decrease productivity. Slight, insults, invalidations, and offensive behaviors in the workplace can make it a hostile environment to work in. Comments that target a person or group is called micro-aggressive behavior and in a diverse workplace, micro-aggression creates a hostile work environment for the employees. Targeting a person or group using verbal, behavior that communicates hostility, negative stereotypes, or derogatory is called …show more content…
Microaggression makes the workplace less inclusive and alienates individuals. Cause microaggression occurs daily, employees will suffer from lower self-esteem daily. Although microaggression is small comments, it is harmful to the employees who deal with it daily. Employees may feel depressed and lose the energy to be productive. Also, employees may suffer from headaches, high blood pressure, and trauma. According to "Recognizing and Responding to Microaggressions at Work" by Ella F. Washington, 7 in 10 workers would consider leaving their job after microaggression behavior would upset them. The impact microaggression has on the workplace has a negative effect on employee careers and physical and mental health. The continuation of micro-aggressive behavior can cause employees to burn out and ultimately require significant cognitive and emotional resources to recover from them. In the long run, if micro-aggression is allowed to continue then it will negatively affect the