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Is your manager grumpy in the mornings? Poor sleep can lead to abusive and unethical behaviour

  • Written by Stefan Volk, Professor of Management, University of Sydney
Is your manager grumpy in the mornings? Poor sleep can lead to abusive and unethical behaviourH. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images

You arrive at work, coffee in hand, ready to tackle the day. But your manager seems off, curt in meetings, impatient with questions, and unusually sharp in tone.

Before chalking it up to personality, consider this: they might just be sleep-deprived. Research in organisational behaviour and sleep science...

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