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It’s Better to Avoid a Toxic Employee than Hire a Superstar

Harvard Business Review

The dataset spanned 11 global companies and 58,542 hourly workers. And aside from performance, bad guys often win at work because they exhibit other valued traits, like charisma, curiosity, and high self-esteem. and 3) daily performance data. Minor and Housman found that roughly 1 in 20 workers were ultimately fired for toxic behavior.