Throughout my studies, librarians mentioned that either they were working in an organization with a union – or that their library’s workforce were contemplating starting a union. Additionally, there has been increased efforts from library workers who seek (or have successfully gained) labor organizing and/or collective bargaining rights and recognition. My previous studies also hinted […]
In addition to collecting low-morale spot-check data for academic libraries, I’m also gathering spot-check data for public libraries – you can review earlier public library data here. Both surveys remain open, so please participate according to your current library workplace. Since the original report, I’ve published a low-morale study focusing on public librarians. The following
Data Collection Brief Update: Public Libraries Low Morale Spot-Check (July 2022) Read More »
Last April I shared Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)- centered results of my ongoing survey on the impact of COVID-19 on low-morale experiences (UPDATE: This Data Collection Project is now closed. Request the final report). This report discloses updated data highlighting the responses and experiences of racial and ethnic minority respondents (n=116 –
Data Collection Brief Update: BIPOC, Low Morale, & COVID-19 (June 2022) Read More »
This report update reveals qualitative responses of my job hunting during low-morale experiences data collection project. You can view earlier qualitative responses here and here. If you haven’t started looking for a job yet, how have your job search concerns impacted your daily work? “I feel stuck, like I’ll be stuck at my current job,
Since December 2019, I’ve been collecting data about job hunting during low-morale experiences. The project explores how people who are contending with negative impacts of workplace abuse and neglect navigate job-seeking processes. While this survey sparked my now published study on leaving low-morale experiences, I am continuing the survey. You can see the initial report
This report offers an update of the qualitative data in my open survey focusing on the impact factor of deauthentication,“a cognitive process that People of Color (PoC) traverse to prepare for or navigate predominantly White workplace environments, resulting in decisions that hide or reduce aspects of the influence of their ethnic, racial, or cultural identity, and
This update offers more qualitative data offered by respondents to my ongoing survey on deauthenticity – please participate if this topic resonates with you; and you can review earlier data here. For review, deauthentication is “a cognitive process that People of Color (PoC) traverse to prepare for or navigate predominantly White workplace environments, resulting in
This report offers an update on deauthentication, an impact factor that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) face while dealing with workplace abuse and neglect (low morale). You can review earlier quantitative reports here and here (as well as qualitative data here). Also, you can read more about this impact factor, as well as
Data Collection Brief Update: Deauthentication Survey Results (February 2022) Read More »
Since 2018, I’ve been gathering and reporting information on the up-t0-the-moment concerns academic librarians have been considering during their low-morale experiences (you may review previous reports here, here, and here). A secondary purpose of this data collection project is to offer people a place to share anonymously their immediate concerns about their low-morale experience or
This is the second of a two-part report summarizing November 2, 2021 results of my ongoing survey on the impact of COVID-19 on ongoing low-morale experiences (UPDATE: This Data Collection Project is now closed. Request the final report). This second part centers qualitative data. Please view the first part focusing on quantitative data. Please share
Data Collection Brief Update: Low Morale and COVID-19, Part 2 (November 2021) Read More »