Analyzing and Managing Microaggressions in the Workplace in the Context of the United States

Microaggressions are brief, intended or unintended, commonplace verbal, behavioral, environmental indignities that communicate derogatory, hostile, negative insults and slights toward people who do not classify within the 'normative' standard. Those microaggress often unaware they engage in such communications when interact with differ from themselves. In workforce, these interchanges exacerbated, as issues regarding implicit biases tend to play themselves out communal settings. response this, discussion of microaggressions its numerous forms, coupled manifestations workplace, adds growing knowledge base on aversive behavior short- long-term impacts. The authors begin by investigating residual effects everyday “isms” work productivity quality life those receiving end. They conclude suggestions for institutional-level education, training, research—specific organizational settings—in effort reduce professional environment.