People who face low-morale often experience emotional conflict – they are generally employed in the career/industry of their choice, and they want to do their jobs well (they are often overperformers). At the same time; however, they find themselves in a tenuous position – they are being abused/neglected at work, and want relief. The resulting […]
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Low-morale is the outcome of being exposed to abuse and neglect at work – and much of the abuse manifests in the negative behaviors of individuals. From low-grade incivility to intense mobbing, these acts may be fueled by shame, insecurity, or selfishness, and enabled by organizational and cultural influences. The following books address these issues
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A fundamental thread throughout low-morale experience development is how the people involved talk (or don’t) talk with each other. Frameworks like library nice and resilience narratives encourage inauthentic or weaponized performances of civility or toxic positivity; in turn, people engage behaviors of hypervigilance and negative self-talk as they try to predict or decipher what people are
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Grace, M. (2018). How to not always be working: A toolkit for creativity and radical self-care. New York: Morrow Gift. Harris, M. (2014). The end of absence: Reclaiming what we’ve lost in a world of constant connection. New York: Current. Hersey, T. (2022). Rest is resistance: A nap manifesto. New York: Little, Brown Spark. Jaffe, S. (2021).
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Low-morale experiences are predicated on long-term exposure to abuse and neglect, and this exposure also impacts the body. From the flight-(freeze) or-flight response stemming from the trigger event and acute stomach knots connected to work dread, to long-term weight gain, muscle tightness, chronic fatigue, or sleep loss, the somatic connections from this phenomenon are undeniable.
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When it comes to the causes of low-morale, leadership is cited as a high quantitative and qualitative trigger. Quantitatively, participants highlight incompetent leaders as the problem; qualitatatively, participants highlight certain leadership styles as the problem. On the other hand, leadership is also a countermeasure for low-morale; those who practice it are more likely to regain a
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People moving through low-morale experiences often face a range of negative emotions and feelings, and these feelings can color how they perceive their relationships with organizational leaders, co-workers, and their long-term career outlook. The following books offer insight into recalibrating perception, emotions, and feelings. What would you add? Carbonell, D. (2016). The worry trick: How
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As a practicing librarian – and also throughout my work surfacing low-morale experiences – I’ve come across several books that have not only illuminated my studies’ qualitative data, but provided deep context into the mental, physical, and emotional impacts of the phenonemon. I’d like to share what I’ve found, so I’m starting an intermittent mini-blog
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