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ARE YOU A JERK

AT WORK?
Study says if you are, you probably
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don’t even realize it

HAPPIEST
METROPOLITAN AREAS

WITH A POPULATION
set of studies published in Personal-
GREATER THAN 1 MILLION
ity and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Richmond-Petersburg, Va.
shows that many people seen by oth-
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Norfolk-Virginia Beach-
ers as being assertive or not assertive

Newport News, Va.
Aenough think they’re being appropriately
assertive. Three of the four studies involved MBA students
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Washington, D.C.
enrolled in negotiation courses at Columbia Business School.
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Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
The studies found that negotiators have a lot of work to do in the self-

5 |
Atlanta, Ga.
awareness department. One study found that 57 percent of people
seen as under-assertive thought they had come across as appropriately
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Houston, Texas
assertive or even over-assertive and 56 percent of people actually
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Jacksonville, Fla.
seen by others as over-assertive thought they had come across just ine.

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Nashville, Tenn.
Together these results suggest that people seen as getting assertive-
ness wrong in the eyes of others had about a coin-lip’s chance of recog-
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West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.
10 | Middlesex-Somerset- nizing how they were seen.
To read the complete study, visit online.sagepub.com.

Hunterdon, N.J.

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