# Workplace

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{{Short description|Physical location where someone works}}
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A '''workplace''' is a location where someone [works](/source/Work_(human_activity)), for their employer or themselves; a place of [employment](/source/employment). Such a place can range from a [home office](/source/Small_office%2Fhome_office) to a large [office](/source/office) building or [factory](/source/factory). For [industrialized societies](/source/Industrial_society), the workplace is one of the most important social spaces other than the home, constituting "a central concept for several entities: the worker and [their] family, the employing organization, the customers of the organization, and the society as a whole".<ref>Paul Jackson, Reima Suomi, ''e-Business and Workplace Redesign'' (2004), p. 37.</ref> The development of new communication technologies has led to the development of the [virtual workplace](/source/virtual_workplace) and [remote work](/source/remote_work).

==Issues==
* [Sexual harassment](/source/Sexual_harassment): Unwelcome sexual advances, conduct or remarks of a sexual nature which unreasonably interferes with the performance of a person's job or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/ | title=Statistics | website=www.eeoc.gov | access-date=2016-04-29 | archive-date=2016-05-05 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505130226/https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/statistics/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [Kiss up kick down](/source/Kiss_up_kick_down)
* [Toxic workplace](/source/Toxic_workplace)
* [Workplace aggression](/source/Workplace_aggression): A specific type of aggression that occurs in the workplace.
* [Workplace bullying](/source/Workplace_bullying): The tendency of individuals or groups to use persistent aggressive or unreasonable behavior against a co-worker or subordinate.
* [Workplace conflict](/source/Workplace_conflict): A specific type of conflict that occurs in the workplace.
* [Workplace culture](/source/Workplace_culture): The social behaviors and norms in the workplace.
* [Workplace counterproductive behaviour](/source/Counterproductive_work_behavior): Employee behavior that goes against the goals of an organization.
* [Workplace cyber-aggression](/source/Cyber-aggression_in_the_workplace): Workplace e-mail or text messages that threaten or frighten employees.
* [Workplace democracy](/source/Workplace_democracy): The application of democracy in all its forms to the workplace.
* [Workplace deviance](/source/Workplace_deviance): Deliberate or intentional desire to cause harm to an organization.
* [Workplace discrimination](/source/Employment_discrimination): Discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation.
* [Workplace diversity](/source/Diversity_(business)): Theory that in a global marketplace, a company that employs a diverse workforce is better able to understand the demographics of the marketplace it serves.
* [Workplace emotions](/source/Emotions_in_the_workplace): Emotions in the workplace play a large role in how an entire organization communicates within itself and to the outside world.
* Workplace employee factors leading to job promotion.
* Laziness in the workplace which could lead to [Industrial accidents](/source/Industrial_accidents) or other things.
* [Workplace empowerment](/source/Empowerment): Provides employees with opportunities to make their own decisions with regard to their tasks.
* [Workplace evaluation](/source/Evaluation_(workplace)): A tool employers use to review the performance of an employee.
* [Feminisation of the workplace](/source/Feminisation_of_the_workplace): Trend towards greater employment of women, and of men willing and able to operate with these more 'feminine' modes of interaction.
* [Workplace relationships](/source/Workplace_relationships): Directly related to several other area of study including cohesion, job satisfaction, organizational commitment and intention to leave.
* [Workplace gender inequality](/source/Gender_inequality): Relates to wage discrimination and career advancement.
* [Workplace gossip](/source/Gossip): Idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others.
* [Workplace harassment](/source/Workplace_harassment): Offensive, belittling or threatening behavior directed at an individual worker or a group of workers.
* [Workplace health surveillance](/source/Workplace_health_surveillance): The removal of the causative factors of disease.
* [Workplace hazard controls for COVID-19](/source/Workplace_hazard_controls_for_COVID-19): Measures employed to control the spread of COVID-19
* [Workplace humor](/source/Workplace_humor): Comedy that revolves around the inner workings of various jobs.
* [Workplace incivility](/source/Workplace_incivility): Low-intensity deviant workplace behavior such as rudeness, discourtesy and displaying a lack of regard for others.
* [Workplace intervention](/source/Workplace_intervention): Scheme to improve both organizational and individual health as well as help workers manage job stress.
* [Workplace jargon](/source/Workplace_jargon): Highly specialized terminology or needlessly complicated and obfuscated phrases sometimes used by managers or colleagues.
* [Workplace listening](/source/Workplace_listening): a type of active listening that is generally employed in a professional environment.
* [Mobbing](/source/Mobbing): similar concept to workplace bullying.
* [Workplace morale](/source/Morale): Workplace events play a large part in changing employee morale, such as heavy layoffs, the cancellation of overtime, canceling benefits programs, and the lack of union representation.
* [Workplace menopause:](/source/Menopause_in_the_workplace) The impact [menopause](/source/menopause) symptoms can have on attendance and performance in the workplace.
* [Workplace narcissism](/source/Narcissism_in_the_workplace) 
* [Workplace phobia](/source/Workplace_phobia): An actual or imagined confrontation with the workplace or certain stimuli at the workplace causes a prominent anxiety reaction in a person.
* [Workplace politics](/source/Office_politics): The use of one's individual or assigned power within an employing organization for the purpose of obtaining advantages beyond one's legitimate authority.
* [Workplace privacy](/source/Workplace_privacy): Employees typically must relinquish some of their privacy while at the workplace, but how much can be a contentious issue.
* [Workplace probation](/source/Probation_(workplace)): A status given to new employees of a company or business.
* [Workplace psychopathy](/source/Psychopathy_in_the_workplace): Psychopaths can do enormous damage when they are positioned in senior management roles
* [Workplace revenge](/source/Workplace_revenge): Refers to the general action of purposeful retaliation within the workplace in an attempt to seek justice.
* [Workplace sabotage](/source/Sabotage): When disgruntled workers damage or destroy equipment or interfere with the smooth running of a workplace.
* [Workplace safety](/source/Occupational_safety_and_health): Occupational safety and health is a category of management responsibility in places of employment.
* [Workplace spirituality](/source/Workplace_spirituality): A grassroots movement with individuals seeking to live their faith and/or spiritual values in the workplace.
* [Workplace strategy](/source/Workplace_strategy): The dynamic alignment of an organization's work patterns with the work environment to enable peak performance and reduce costs.
* [Workplace stress](/source/Workplace_stress): The harmful physical and emotional response that occurs when there is a poor match between job demands and the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.
* [Workplace surveillance](/source/Workplace_surveillance): Businesses use workplace surveillance as a way of monitoring the activities of their employees.
* [Workplace swearing](/source/Profanity): In the UK, swearing in the workplace can be an act of gross misconduct under certain circumstances.
* [Professional development](/source/Professional_development): Skills and knowledge attained for both personal development and career advancement.
* [Workplace violence](/source/Workplace_violence) Violence that originates from employees or employers and threatens employers and/or other employees.
* [Workplace wellness](/source/Workplace_wellness): Program offered by some employers to support behavior conducive to the health of employees.

== See also ==
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*[Corporation](/source/Corporation)
*[Employment](/source/Employment)
*[Factory](/source/Factory)
*[Office](/source/Office)
*[Organization](/source/Organization)
*[Whistleblower](/source/Whistleblower)
{{colend}}{{Portal|Organized labour
}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{Cite book |title=The Best Place to Work: The Art and Science of Creating an Extraordinary Workplace |author=Ron Friedman |year=2015 |isbn=978-0399165603 |publisher=TarcherPerigee }}

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