Workers Who Love ‘Synergizing Paradigms’ Might Be Bad at Their Jobs

According to a recent study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak may struggle with practical decision-making. The study, conducted by cognitive psychologist Shane Littrell, introduces the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale (CBSR), a tool designed to measure susceptibility to impressive-but-empty organizational rhetoric.

<3> The Problem with Corporate BS

Corporate BS seems to be ubiquitous, but Littrell wondered if it is actually harmful. To test this, he created a “corporate bullshit generator” that churns out meaningless but impressive-sounding sentences. He then asked over 1,000 office workers to rate the “business savvy” of these computer-generated BS statements alongside real quotes from Fortune