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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
3 days ago

If a coworker who used to join group lunches suddenly starts eating alone every day, something more important than introversion is happening. They've likely hit the point where the gap between who they are at work and who they actually are became too expensive to maintain over a sandwich. - Silicon Canals

Suppressing authentic self-expression at work causes measurable psychological and social harm, leading people to withdraw from workplace social interactions to avoid exhaustion from maintaining a false persona.
Careers
fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Should You Be Authentic at Work?

Authenticity at work builds stronger relationships and motivates others, but requires careful judgment about what is work-appropriate and acceptance by colleagues.
Women in technology
fromFast Company
1 week ago

Why 'bringing your whole self to work' is a trap, especially for women

Workplace 'whole self' culture celebrates authenticity rhetorically while rewarding conformity behaviorally, creating contradictions that disproportionately disadvantage women and people of color within systems shaped by masculine, white, middle-class norms.
Psychology
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Is it really so bad to be fake at work?

Strategic self-editing balances genuine expression and social norms, enabling effective impression management that protects reputations and improves workplace interactions.
fromFast Company
4 months ago

Why authenticity at work feels impossible

Authentic is more than a critique of the empty promise of being authentic at work. It is an invitation to question the structural realities of what it takes to be a person at work. To begin, we must take seriously the health and wellbeing of workers most impacted by harmful policies, performative practices, and opportunistic rhetoric about representation and inclusion.
Social justice
fromThe New Yorker
4 months ago

How Corporate Feminism Went from "Love Me" to "Buy Me"

Should women be themselves at the office? In the past two decades, self-expression has become a tacit expectation in many white-collar workplaces, with dress codes relaxing and companies professing interest in their employees' lives and values. You got hired to do your job, the thinking goes; no use sending someone else to the staff meeting. But the past few years of layoffs, hiring slowdowns, and dwindling worker protections have left a subset of wage earners inclined to keep their cards close.
Women
Careers
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

How authenticity' at work can become a trap for people of color

Corporate calls to 'bring your full self' co-opt identity and shift responsibility for institutional change onto already vulnerable workers.
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