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Do your co-workers inspire and motivate you or do they bring you down, making it a difficult to walk into the office each morning? It’s no surprise that dealing with jerks at work can be challenging on an emotional level but new research from Michigan Ross Professor Gretchen Spreitzer shows that having toxic co-workers also affects your work quality.

In this short video, Spreitzer provides real-world advice for dealing with difficult colleagues.


Read more about Spreitzer’s research and the consequences of having de-energizing work relationships at michiganross.umich.edu.