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Yes, Bullsh*t Jobs are Traumatic
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Yes, Bullsh*t Jobs are Traumatic

How Bullsh*t Jobs Inflict Moral Injury

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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