Who’s Really the Boss? It sounds like a capitalist’s dream come true, monetizing your feelings. Except it’s already come true. There are many jobs that include emotional labor. Sociologist, Arlie Hochschild was perhaps the first to write, back in 1983, about emotional labor in her book The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling. In herContinue reading “Emotional Labor”
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Job Satisfaction When the System is Rigged
If you’re feeling you’re not getting anywhere at work, there is something you should know. At the top of any organization are sociopaths, at the bottom are losers, and in the middle are the clueless. Continue reading →
The Shrink’s Links: The Gervais Principle
Bringing you the best of mental health every week. The Gervais Principle, named after Ricky Gervais, the creator of The Office, and coined by Venkatesh Rao, of the not as popular blog, Ribbonfarm, states that at the top of any organization are sociopaths, at the bottom are losers, and in the middle are the clueless.Continue reading “The Shrink’s Links: The Gervais Principle”
The Shrink’s Links: The Gervais Principle
Bringing you the best of mental health and relationship articles on the internet. Today’s link from the shrink is: The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office” This post, and a few that follow, offers the deepest and richest explanation of organizational behavior that I’ve seen. Click here to go to the link
Keith R Wilson 