The user, who moved back to India three months ago, is finding it tough to cope with the everyday rudeness they've ...

The man, who returned to the Delhi- NCR region three months ago, shared how he has been struggling with what he called ...

Big, punitive reactions to sass and rudeness often exacerbate rather than eliminate this unwanted behavior that is so ...

Rudeness is so contagious because there’s a mechanism in our brains that’s switched on when we experience or even witness it. “That part of your brain wakes up and is now scanning your ...

The study reached the conclusion that there’s a risk of rudeness becoming a vicious circle when people imitate others’ behavior. And while previous research has also found that to be true, William ...

Be wary of airport gates, security lines, and taxi queues, because it seems that, like a cold, rude behavior can be contagious. Research has shown that when managers feel they are being treated ...

Office rudeness is contagious, just like the common cold To explore this phenomenon, my colleagues and I at the University of Florida (Andrew Woolum and Amir Erez) conducted a study to find out if ...

Dear Miss Manners: I sat at a charity event with a friend who is being treated for anxiety. My friend abruptly pointed out a flaw in another woman’s appearance. That woman ran out of the room ...

Rudeness has also been shown to draw cognitive resources away from individuals, causing them to perform worse and make more mistakes: for example, not remembering details of a conversation.

Christine Porath, associate professor at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and coauthor of the HBR article “The Price of Incivility.” ...

Because rudeness—offensive words or deeds that go against social norms—can be more subtle and benign than harassment or bullying, targets may assume that it’s just a routine, if unpleasant ...