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Report: Leaving Leadership Roles due to Low Morale – Part 2 (September 2023)

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This is part two of a two-part report sharing the initial data from my data collection project about about how formal library leaders decided to leave a workplace where they were experiencing low morale. The first part of this report shared quantitative data. This second part offers selected qualitative data (n=51). Briefly share the tipping …

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Report: Leaving Leadership Roles due to Low Morale – Part 1 (August 2023)

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Late last year I began a data collection project connected to my work focusing on the low-morale experiences of formal library leaders. Specifically, I created the project to learn more about about how formal library leaders decided to leave a workplace where they were experiencing low morale. In this first part of a two-part report, …

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Report Update: Job-Hunting during Low-Morale Experiences – Part 2 (April 2023)

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This report update shares qualitative responses of from my job hunting during low-morale experiences data collection project. View earlier qualitative responses here and here, and view Part 1 of this latest update here. If you haven’t started looking for a job yet, how have your job search concerns impacted your daily work? “It is difficult …

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Report Update: Job-Hunting during Low-Morale Experiences – Part 1 (April 2023)

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In March 2021 I shared an update of my ongoing data collection project on how job-hunting is impacted by low-morale experiences. Specifically, the survey explores the impact and outcomes of the job-seeking process while also dealing with the cognitive, mental, emotional, and physical health tolls of workplace abuse and neglect.  You may also review the initial …

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Report: Legacy Toxicity in Formal Leader Low-Morale Experiences – Part 2 (March 2023)

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Since Fall of 2021 I’ve been tracking formal leaders’ experiences with Legacy Toxicity, and earlier this month I shared the inaugural quantitative dataset for this ongoing data collection project. In this post, I’m sharing qualitative data from the survey (n=53). These are selected responses from two open-ended questions asking participants to offer contextual information about …

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Report: Legacy Toxicity in Formal Leader Low-Morale Experiences – Part 1 (February 2023)

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For the past few years I’ve been considering something I call Legacy Toxicity: the dysfunctional environment inherited by a person who assumes a leadership position in a toxic organization or group. Such toxicity may not be effectively mitigated due to the previous incumbent’s role in a) engaging in or perpetuating abuse/neglect, b) already exhausting avenues …

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Report Update: Share Your Story (September 2022)

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I continue collecting low-morale experience narratives from people who work in various types of library workplaces. Below are updated data (n=127). You may also review an earlier report of this dataset. 37% of respondents are experienced librarians/archivists; 26% are mid-career librarians/archivists; 31% are new librarians/archivists. 64% are currently dealing with low-morale. 35% of these incidents …

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Report: Low Morale at Unionized Library Workplaces – Part 2 (August 2022)

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In an earlier post, I shared the latest quantitative data from my data collection project on the role/impact of library/organization unions during low-morale experiences. This post shares quantitative data from the project (n=26). (52% of respondents did not report instances of abuse or neglect to their union rep). If you did not report the abuse, …

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Report: Low Morale at Unionized Library Workplaces – Part 1 (August 2022)

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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 …

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Report Update: Public Libraries Low Morale Spot-Check (July 2022)

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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 …

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