I’ve been studying the development and impact of low-morale experiences since 2016, and my work also includes data collection for kaleidoscopic aspects of this phenomenon. From people’s encounters with workplace abuse and neglect to dealing with the impacts of the experience while looking for work – or even how the experience has been influenced by the Pandemic – my goal is to continue documenting these experiences until they are significantly reduced or eradicated. See below for links to my ongoing data collection projects. I also share periodic briefings on the results of these projects. Please participate, and thank you for your interest in and support of my research.
- Share your story – a place for you to anonymously share your experience(s) of low morale.
- Low morale concerns spot check (Academic librarians) – you can share up-to-the-minute concerns about low morale at your current college or university library workplace.
- Low morale concerns spot check (Public librarians) – you can share up-to-the-minute concerns about low morale at your current public library workplace.
- Strategies for reducing low morale (Academic librarians) – have you reduced or eradicated low morale at your college or university library workplace? Share your actions/practices!
- Strategies for reducing low morale (Public librarians) – have you reduced or eradicated low morale at your public library workplace? Share your actions/practices!
- Black, Indigenous and People of Color librarians and deauthentication – for BIPOC who have experienced deauthentication during their low-morale experience(s).
- Job hunting during low-morale experiences – exploring the impact of the low-morale experience as people seek new employment (please also see my work, “Leaving Low Morale“)
- Low-morale experiences and Coronavirus (COVID-19) – exploring the impact of the Pandemic on already established low-morale experiences. NOW CLOSED. Review Data Collection Briefs or Request the Final Report.
- Low-morale experiences at unionized library workplaces – exploring the role and impact of unions in and on low-morale experiences.
- Legacy Toxicity in Formal Leaders’ low-morale experiences – surfacing formal leaders’ experience of and responses to legacy toxicity while leading in low-morale organizations.
- Leaving Leadership roles due to low morale – learning more about how formal leaders decide to leave their roles in response to low-morale experiences, along with their reflections on signals to heed to make the decision more quickly.
- Red Flags of Low Morale Workplaces – gathering narratives about noticing and responding to Red Flags in the workplace – and the impacts of not heeding early signals of workplace dysfunction.
- Leaving Low-Morale Workplaces: Treatment During Resignation Periods – gathering insight on how abused/neglected employees perceive differences in how they were treated at work after they announced their departure from the organization.
- Moral Injury During Low-Morale Experiences – exploring the role and impact of moral injury during established low-morale experiences.
- Reconstitution & Recovery: Sharing Encouragement During & After Low-Morale Experiences – a community/collective care project offering supportive messages and reflections from people who have dealt with and/or are recovering from workplace harm.
- Share Your Hopes for Libraries and Library Workers – as libraries and library workers continue navigating challenges, we also remain hopeful.
- Navigating Deflection Labor During Low-Morale Experience Job Seeking – gaining insight into the emotional labor associated with withholding job-search motivations and activities, navigating interview prepation, and sustaining inadvertent job-interview/recruitment-related harm while job-seeking to leave a low-morale experience.
