The Case Against Verbal Abuses in Garment Factories

16 Sep 2014

Verbal abuse is measured by asking workers whether there in concern in their factory with the use of yelling or vulgar language, and the present research shows that such verbal abuse has negative effects on business outcomes.

The findings from this research suggest that, in addition to negatively affecting the well-being of workers, verbal abuse negatively affects worker productivity and factory profitability.

Research briefs are short documents that include key findings from Better Work academic research.

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