#workplace-authenticity
#workplace-authenticity

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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.

Social justice

fromFast Company

4 months ago

Why authenticity at work feels impossible

Workplace authenticity rhetoric harms marginalized workers and requires centering those most impacted while addressing structural policies, health, and wellbeing.

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.