142 Examples of Work Attitude

John Spacey, July 21, 2022

Work attitude is the general cognitive and emotional stance that an individual adopts at work. Just as workplaces may benefit from cognitive diversity, they may benefit from different attitudes. For example, a team that has both cautious and ambitious members such that different aspects of things are covered. This being said, some professions and roles greatly benefit from a particular attitude such as customer service representatives who are approachable and helpful. The following are common work attitudes.

Active	Affable
Aggressive	Agreeable
Aloof	Ambitious
Amenable	Antagonistic
Anxious	Apathetic
Approachable	Argumentative
Assertive	Attentive
Authoritative	Belligerent
Biased	Bitter
Callous	Calm
Candid	Careless
Caring	Cautious
Cheerful	Close-minded
Combative	Commanding
Committed	Complacent
Composed	Confident
Conscientious	Constructive
Controlled	Cooperative
Courteous	Creative
Critical	Cynical
Decisive	Defensive
Detail-oriented	Direct
Disciplined	Disgruntled
Dishonest	Disinterested
Dismissive	Disorganized
Disrespectful	Distracted
Distrustful	Eager
Easygoing	Emotional
Empathetic	Energetic
Engaged	Enterprising
Enthusiastic	Flexible
Forgetful	Fragile
Friendly	Generous
Hard-working	Helpful
Honest	Hospitable
Hostile	Humble
Imaginative	Impatient
Independent	Industrious
Inflexible	Inspired
Intolerant	Irritable
Logical	Methodical
Motivated	Negative
Neutral	No-nonsense
Objective	Open-minded
Optimistic	Organized
Outgoing	Overconfident
Passionate	Passive
Patient	Pessimistic
Pleasant	Polite
Political	Positive
Practical	Pragmatic
Productive	Professional
Rational	Realistic
Reasonable	Resentful
Reserved	Resilient
Responsible	Responsive
Self-Directed	Self-motivated
Sensitive	Serious
Short-tempered	Shy
Sincere	Skeptical
Sociable	Structured
Stubborn	Supportive
Systematic	Thoughtful
Tireless	Tolerant
Touchy	Trusting
Unapproachable	Unassuming
Uncommunicative	Unenthusiastic
Unfeeling	Unfriendly
Uninspired	Unmotivated
Unprofessional	Unstable
Warm	Withdrawn