[gallery size="full" ids="61233,61234,61235,61236,61237,61238,61239,61240,61241,61242"] Bad behavior and a negative attitude at work may be more common than in the past. But bosses still don't like it, and those who exhibit such behavior should expect career consequences.

Workplace researchers have been on a behavior kick of late. Last week British jobs website, TipTopJob.com, informed us that cussing out the boss is apparently an office commonplace in London and other parts of Europe. Now comes CareerBuilder with survey data that suggests bad attitudes are encountered daily on the job. However, CareerBuilder also found, bosses don't like it and will hold it against the perp when it comes to promotion time.

First, just because it's more fun, let's see what types of bad behavior the 5,500 American workers CareerBuilder surveyed identified, and how often they said they witnessed it..

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Dan Cook

Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.