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How to handle your work jerk

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Have you ever worked with a freeloader or a micromanager? Then you know just how toxic some work jerks can be. In a new Author Talks interview, Tessa West talks about her new book, Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them, and explores difficult work relationships and how best to counter them. Rather than agonizing over the idea thief or backstabber, learn more about why it’s important to tackle office conflicts head on. Read more to take advantage of effective strategies for foiling bad behavior, including your own. Now get to work!

— Emily Adeyanju, digital editor, New York

Author Talks: How to handle your work jerk

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—Amy Zegart, an academic and political scientist, on data collection in the government and the private sector in a new Author Talks interview

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