Weekly Digest for Minding the Workplace, August 13, 2019

August 13th, 2018

By Professor David Yamada

In countless discussions about workplace bullying, mobbing, and abuse, we often speculate on whether the chief aggressors may have narcissistic, psychopathic, or sociopathic tendencies.

Check out interview of Dr. Ramani Durvasula: “Narcissist, Psychopath, or Sociopath: How to Spot the Differences”

August 2nd, 2018

http://www.workplacebullying.org/wbiresearch/wbi-2017-survey/

• 19% of Americans are bullied, another 19% witness it
• 61% of Americans are aware of abusive conduct in the workplace
• 60.4 million Americans are affected by it
• 70% of perpetrators are men; 60% of targets are women
• Hispanics are the most frequently bullied race
• 61% of bullies are bosses, the majority (63%) operate alone
• 40% of bullied targets are believed to suffer adverse health effects
• 29% of targets remain silent about their experiences
• 71% of employer reactions are harmful to targets
• 60% of coworker reactions are harmful to targets
• To stop it, 65% of targets lose their original jobs
• 77% of Americans support enacting a new law
• 46% report worsening of work relationships, post-Trump election

July 30th, 2018

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July 17th, 2018

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July 14th, 2018

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July 12th, 2018

A surreal faculty meeting that Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí would appreciate.

Minding the Workplace: Ruminating, Problem Solving, and Coping in the Midst of Work Abuse

June 29th, 2018

By David Yamada

In an article recently published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology( abstract here), researchers Abbas Firoozabadi, Sjir Uitdewilligen, and Fred R. H. Zijlstra pose their key question in the title: “Should you switch off or stay engaged? The consequences of thinking about work on the trajectory of psychological well-being over time.”

Basically, they wanted to explore how taking our jobs home with us affects psychological well-being, especially when it comes to how we deal with work-related problems. Their focus was the distinction between ruminating (in this context, repeatedly thinking about the negative emotional aspects of a work experience) vs. problem-solving (analyzing potential responses and solutions). As some readers can already see, this study has significant implications for those experiencing forms of bullying, mobbing, and harassment at work.

Click here for full article.

Teaching While Black: Witnessing Disciplinary Whiteness, Racial Violence, and Race-Management

June 12th, 2018

By Carmen Kynard — John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY

KEY WORDS

anti-racist pedagogy, disciplinary racism, institutional racism, racial realism, whiteness

Full article here.

Teaching While Black

June 10th, 2018

“For any black faculty member who has ever felt imposed upon or discriminated against for reasons having nothing to do with your abilities, you may have been discovered to be TWB – Teaching While Black. Even for black folk who think they share MFB (most favored black) status at their college, the rules of Teaching While Black still apply.” – KC Williams

Click here for full article.

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