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How to navigate a toxic workplace

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Tessa West, a psychology professor at New York University and author of the book, “Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What To Do About Them,” talked with host Indira Lakshmanan in January about how to survive difficult workplaces and bad bosses. We revisit their conversation.

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