If an influential colleague is turning your workmates against you, there’s a chance you could be a victim of groupthink.
May 15, 2026 — 5:01am
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A person at work has a powerful and vindictive personality. They turned a committee of colleagues against me using only hearsay lies. Could this have been an instance of groupthink?
I ran your question past Dr Connie Zheng, an associate professor in human resource management in the School of Management at Adelaide University. She told me that your situation may well have involved some elements of groupthink.
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