Featured Faculty
Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations; Executive Director of Kellogg's Dispute Resolution and Research Center
Michael Meier
Employees in all kinds of industries have to deal with unpleasant customers.
Waiters get mistreated. Call center operators get screamed at. Salespeople have to smile at difficult clients. But why do those tense moments sometimes escalate to sabotage?
On this episode of the Kellogg Insight podcast, Cynthia Wang, clinical professor of management and organizations at Kellogg, shares what she discovered—and what companies can do about it.
The good news? There’s a way companies can help keep their employees from turning on their customers.
Note: The Kellogg Insight podcast is produced for the ear, and not meant to be read as a transcript. We encourage you to listen to the audio version above. However, a transcript of this episode is available here.
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