In a situation that is commonly experienced by many recent college graduates, you have just been hired
Question:
In a situation that is commonly experienced by many recent college graduates, you have just been hired to work for one of the large public accounting firms. You have been assigned to work on a team of accountants performing a financial audit for a large corporation located in a different city, which requires overnight travel with the audit team and intense interactions between the team members at the site of the client. Because you are the newest member of the audit team, the other team members take it upon themselves to tease you and make you the target of their jokes to let off steam in this high-pressure work environment. For example, one of the team members gave you a funny-sounding nickname that you do not like, and you have made this known to the team—yet the others persist on calling you the nickname anyway. After some time had passed and you returned to the office of the accounting firm, you were informed that some team members have been spreading offensive and untrue rumors about your off-duty behavior, and you want these rumors to stop. Is there anything that you can do to improve the level of civility of team members on the audit team?
Step by Step Answer:
Managing Human Resources
ISBN: 9780135196007
9th Edition
Authors: Luis Gomez-Mejia, David Balkin, Kenneth Carson