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ERIC Number: ED320082
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990-Jun-14
Pages: 15
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The Dysfunctional Workplace: Frankenstein on Campus or Meeting the Monsters We Create.
Kyllo, Paul
Dysfunction occurs when one person's behavior has control over others or when one person allows others to control him/her through the use of manipulative rules accompanied by self-defeating behaviors in the emotional, psychological, or behavioral realms. Examples of people who are dysfunctional among student services personnel include the person who has no life away from the office; individuals with substance abuse problems; staff who plan every minute and cannot tolerate schedule changes; people who cannot say "no" to a request from a student or peer; individuals searching for a compliment; and the person who lives from one new project to the next without completing the last one. The difficult part is for individuals to see themselves as they are. For students, student professionals need to be good role models. For themselves, they need to examine their own behaviors. Organizations need to allow people to be healthy participants in healthy organizations. Student services personnel can work to overcome the infection of dysfunction and begin to infuse health back into organizations, students, and themselves. (ABL)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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