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A person who would be described as someone who is selfish basically sums up the 'Crab Mentality' definition. Some people have never heard of this term although they have heard of the definition before. This is because this term is usually used with Filipinos. Filipinos have a name for someone with this kind of personality. It is important for someone to understand how their mentality works especially if you are suffering from this, so you can control it. Someone with crab mentality does not allow another person to get out of the same situation or get ahead. If someone with crab mentality cannot get ahead, neither can someone else.
Overall, employees feel appreciated. Management can initiate this bottom-up approach irrespective of organizational size. Being given a voice and being respected for their opinions is important to every employee. It is an important step to eliminating crab mentality. When people are treated fairly, instead of pulling others down, they will, instead, lift each other up, ensuring not just growth for the employees but allowing for the flourishing of the entire organization. Noellen DelosSantos is an MBA student at De La Salle University's Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business. This essay was written as part of the requirement in her Strategic Human Resource Management class.
My Explaining of "Crab Mentality" "Crab mentality" describes the phrase "If I can't have neither, should you have it. The metaphor has an illustration of a bucket of crabs. Singly a crab tries to escape out of the bucket, but instead all the other crabs pull it back down too. The phrase is compared to human behavior on how a group of people may bring someone else down from there success because they cant reach that, out of jealousy or competitive feelings. In the story of "Harrison Bergeron" they use examples of "crab mentality" from the handicaps, the mask that the ballerinas had to wear because they were beautiful, and the ear devices that over intelligent people had to wear so no one would be smarter than anyone else. In "Harrison Bergeron" wanted to have that dystopian world. By making everyone equal, with having no one be extraordinary. An example of one way we act in our century as the people in the story "Harrison Bergeron" is in the Monroe City Schools System through the reading program.
The term "crab mentality" is used to describe a kind of selfish, short-sighted thinking that runs along the lines of "if I can't have it, neither can you. " This term is especially widely used among Filipinos, who use it specifically to refer to people who pull other people down, denigrating them rather than letting them get ahead or pursue their dreams. As a general rule, an accusation of having this type of mentality is a poor reflection on someone's personality. The blue crab has a reputation for pulling its peers back down into the pot or barrel, hence the idea of a crab mentality. This concept references an interesting phenomenon that occurs in buckets of crabs. If one crab attempts to escape from a bucket of live crabs, the others will pull it back down rather than allowing it to get free. Sometimes, the crabs seem almost malicious, waiting until the crab has almost escaped before yanking it back into the pot. All of the crabs are undoubtedly aware of the fact that their fate is probably not going to be very pleasurable, so people are led to wonder why they pull each other back into the bucket instead of helping the clever escape artist.
Individually, the crabs could easily escape from the pot, but instead, they grab at each other in a useless "king of the hill" competition which prevents any from escaping and ensures their collective demise. The analogy in human behavior is that members of a group will attempt to "pull down" any member who achieves success beyond the others, out of envy, conspiracy or competitive feelings. Crab mentality is common not just in the workplace, but in our everyday lives. There is always someone who treats us as competition and would not like to see us grow in our craft. But inspite of that, we all should be motivated to improve our performance in the workplace. We should try our best to improve ourselves professionally, to move up. While there are factors that hinder us from performing well, including lack of growth, lack of benefits, low compensation, cultural differences, and poor working environment, I believe that it is in the person's mindset if these factors will indeed hinder them from moving forward.
I believe so. Some seem to be computer literate. It's what keeps progress at bay. Thinking laterally.... (i. e. creative, unconventional.... ) E. G. We are in a us climb over one another to escape- let us go vertical instead of sideways... their brains r in mental hospital... Still have questions? Get your answers by asking now.
However- one needs to learn how to control it. When it comes to someone you love or maybe even a friend, they succeed and you don't, of course you might be jealous. However, you need to be happy for them. Crab Mentality usually comes about when you are in a competitive kind of environment.