The extant literature evidences the link between incivility and workplace culture. Both have a symbiotic relationship whereby a change in one influences the other. When workplace cultures develop dysfunctional values and beliefs, negative traditions, and caustic ways of interacting, they have become “toxic cultures.” This study examined Irish post-primary school teachers’ experiences of incivility and toxic culture in the workplace through in-depth interviews with forty-two participants. Results show that toxic work culture had a negative impact on both the personal and professional lives of the participants. We conclude that antecedents in toxic school culture are linked to epistemological assumptions, group dynamics, and deficiencies in leadership, and we suggest that they act as causes and/or facilitators of workplace bullying.

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学校文化的阴暗面

现存文献证明了不文明与工作场所文化之间的联系。两者都有一种共生关系，即一个的变化会影响另一个。当工作场所文化发展出功能失调的价值观和信仰、消极传统和刻薄的互动方式时，它们就变成了“有毒文化”。本研究通过对 42 名参与者的深入访谈，调查了爱尔兰小学后教师在工作场所的不文明行为和有毒文化的经历。结果表明，有毒的工作文化对参与者的个人和职业生活都有负面影响。我们得出结论，有毒学校文化的前因与认识论假设、群体动态和领导力缺陷有关，我们认为它们是工作场所欺凌的原因和/或促进因素。