New job, same old bad habits?
A new job is supposed to be a fresh start, but the baggage many workers bring from their previous jobs in terms of bad habits or ways of working can often drag down their performance, as well as potentially the performance of those around them. While previous work experience is obviously important when it comes to progressing up the career ladder, managers need to aware that it may not just be new skills and a fresh outlook that new recruits are bringing into their workplaces, new research has suggested. In fact, while prior experience can mean valuable new knowledge being imported into a workplace, recruits may also need to be a period of “unlearning” ways of working or poor practices that could damage both their own and, ultimately, their new employer’s performance. A study by academics at Ohio State University’s Fisher College of Business has suggested that workers who keep old habits and ways of doing things when they move to a new job can potentially hurt their performance in thei
