BULLYING bosses take note: simply witnessing people blame others is enough to set up a blame culture.
“We already know that people are more likely to blame others when they themselves have been blamed – a ‘kick-the-dog’ kind of effect,” says Nathanael Fast of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. According to his latest results, a blame attitude spreads to witnesses of a dressing-down too.
“Leaders who want to prevent such a culture from spreading should be careful not to be seen pointing the finger,” he adds.
In one experiment, his team asked one group of volunteers to watch…
