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Don’t Let Employees Become Too Inhibited to Do the Right Thing

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Don’t Let Employees Become Too Inhibited to Do the Right Thing

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KEY CONCEPT

The beneficial effect of our psychological inhibition system might be overstated. Research supported by multiple experiments show that a little inhibition goes a long way in helping people behave in socially acceptable ways. When the inhibition is too strong, however, the opposite may occur, as in the bystander effect.


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Idea conceived

September 10, 2013

Idea posted

Nov 2022
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