A bullsh*t job isn't just boring, but traumatic. In this video, we explore the psychological impact of bullsh*t jobs, and how they inflict moral injury on workers.
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Sources
Bullshit Jobs: a Theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullshit_Jobs
On the Phenomenon of Bullsh*t Jobs
https://www.atlasofplaces.com/essays/on-the-phenomenon-of-bullshit-jobs/
Simon Walo's paper
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09500170231175771
What’s that smell? Bullshit jobs in higher education
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00346764.2021.1940255
"Alienation is Not Bullsh*t"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09500170211015067
Moral injury wikipedia page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_injury
Toward an interdisciplinary conceptualization of moral injury: From unequivocal guilt and anger to moral conflict and disorientation by Tine Molendijk
Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay
Moral Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.psychiatry.org/file%20library/psychiatrists/apa-guidance-covid-19-moral-injury.Pdf
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