Toxic work environment survey

[tsunade]

Hi please delete if this isn't allowed,

I'm currently doing a research paper that tackles toxic work environments. The purpose of this research is to find out how toxic environments continue to plague to workplace and I hope to find a solution to either prevent them from happening or resolve them effectively. If you have some free time please take my survey as it's anonymous and should take less than 5 min. Thank you!!

What is your age?

• 16-20
  
• 21-26
  
• 27-35
  
• 35-50
  
• 50-59
  
• 60+
  

Gender

• Male
  
• Female
  
• Other
  

Are you in management?

• Yes
  
• No
  

I'm comfortable working with my team members.

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

I'm comfortable working with my boss

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

I'm satisfied with the culture of my workplace

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

How often does your workplace become toxic?

• Never
  
• Occasionally
  
• Most of the time
  
• All the time
  

Select all that apply. If your work environment has ever felt toxic, select the problems that may have contributed to it.

• Abuse of power
  
• Stress
  
• Unfair assignments
  
• Bullying obvious/subtle
  
• Gossiping
  
• Cliques
  
• Favoritism
  
• Lack of support from team
  
• Lack of support from management
  
• Toxic boss
  
• Toxic coworker
  
• Ineffective communication
  
• Unresolved conflicts
  
• Employees are disconnected from management
  
• Discrimination
  
• Micromanagement
  
• Bureaucracy
  
• NONE
  

I feel appreciated as a team member.

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

Conflicts are resolved effectively at work.

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

If your workplace has ever felt toxic, was it the reason for the turnover rate?

• Yes
  
• No
  
• Partially
  

My workplace fosters a culture of respect

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

Performance and productivity is affected when my work environment feels toxic.

• Strongly Agree
  
• Agree
  
• Neutral
  
• Disagree
  
• Strongly Disagree
  

If your work environment becomes toxic, how does your workplace address it?

What are other issues that have occurred at work that may contribute to a toxic environment not listed above?

What changes need to be made at work in order to maintain a positive working environment?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as well!

[Ruby Vee, BSN]

Did you realize that you can make a poll on AN? Or paste a link to Survey Monkey? I looked at your survey and "easy" or "5 minutes" don't account for the amount of scrolling involved.

[tsunade]

Hi! Thanks for the input! I actually pasted the link but it looks like somehow the questions transferred over to the post which wasn't my intention. It's a mistake on my end so I'm trying to figure out how to edit my previous post in order to share the link instead.

[tsunade]

I noticed many of my respondents are female. I'd also like to get a guy's take on the toxic work environment. How does it affect male employees?

[Orca, ADN, ASN, RN]

You can only edit your post for a limited amount of time after it goes up, after that you lose the capability to change anything. Probably best to abandon this post and direct people to a new one, maybe with a link to it in a final response in this one.

[tsunade]

Ahh understood, thank you!

[traumaRUs, MSN, APRN]

I have edited out some white space. AN does allow post-grad students to post survey links and here is the process.

[NurseCard, ADN]

I attempted to answer the poll questions and kinda gave up. Hope you can utilize Survey Monkey or something similar, and then I will gladly answer your questions!

[tsunade]

Thank you for clarifying this! Is there anyway to close this discussion?

[dianah, ASN]

Topic closed.