What causes poor employee morale in the workplace?
The absence of effective communication between management, employees, and co-workers are a leading cause of poor morale in the workplace. Effective communication is the exchanging of information that produces a desired result. Employees need to understand their objectives. An employee without a clear understanding of the goals or without a sense of how their work fits into the overall goal of the unit, department, or section, can easily waste time on tasks that arent consistent with the bosss objectives. (Javitch) Without clear understanding, a group of people will hear different expectations from the same information. (Smith) Effective communication involves personalization, understanding, and feedback. Employees also need to know that their managers have concern for their employees. If the employee believes the boss doesnt care about the task at hand or doesnt care about the employee, then the employee probably wont care about the task, the employer, or the company. And voila! – you
