Good manners 'essential' for career progression

Employees who want to advance in their marketing jobs or other roles may be interested to read that good manners are widely considered important for success.

A new survey by NFI Research reveals that 95 per cent of senior executives and managers believe that good manners matter for career advancement, while two-thirds said that they were very important, Management-Issues reports.

"This [report] makes it clear that people should watch their manners at work if they are looking to get ahead," NFI Research chief executive officer Chuck Martin told the news provider.

Employee productivity and engagement can also be affected by rude behaviour in the workplace, the study adds.

Meanwhile, Accounting Web reports on a separate study by the Camelot Group, which found that staff morale is improved when workmates get together to participate in group activities, such as sport or socialising.

Some 12 per cent of respondents even claimed that these good relationships had increased their earnings.