> martyr"--instead of airing their grievances openly. (The fact that we
> use psychopathological terminology to describe something that the
> Japanese consider perfectly normal behavior is pretty revealing in itself.)
A typical example of passive-aggressive behavior in the workplace is
intentionally doing a poor job. Out of curiosity, I ran some google
searches:
"do a poor job" - 1,070,000 hits
"intentionally do a poor job" - 185,000 hits
"下手な仕事をする" - 650,000 hits
"下手に仕事をする" - 1,330,000 hits
"わざと下手に仕事をする" - 0 hits
"態と下手な仕事をする" - 0 hits
"故意に下手な仕事をする" - 0 hits
"意図的に下手な仕事をする" - 0 hits
"意識的に下手な仕事をする" - 0 hits
"故意に仕事を怠る" - 0 hits
"意図的に勤務を怠る" - 0 hits
While not definitive, these results may be suggestive.
Herman Kahn