http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2014/01/27/5-workplace-dynamics-that-fuel-an-employee-identity-crisis/#5e99cbba73de
I choose this article from Forbes because it can help readers understand what Chapter 7 is explaining about how much of an impact our identity makes on our work life. People either find a company that suits them, or hope to synchronize their identity to fit the company. Many times, if one cannot feel like they are being true to their identity within a workplace, they are unhappy there. This article gives examples as to how identity dissonance happens.
Morgan Nalley
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This was a great article for this weeks topic. I like how it talked about multiple different relationships that your identity can effect in a workplace, such as, with your boss, close relationships with your fellow employees, and also others that you have a more distant relationships with. Your identity can be defined differently in each and everyone of these relationships. I know that from my own personal experience my identity has been described differently by different people that I have worked with. I think that the identity of of one individual is usually the same, but when described by others it depends on how much of ones identity is shared based on relationship that is upheld.
Stacy Cenedese
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Perfect article for this week’s reading. I agree with the three people: the person we think we are, the person others think we are, and the person we really are. This I believe is true even in the professional world. We take things personal at work, when really somethings aren’t as personal as we make them out to be. “When you lose your identity, you become a replaceable commodity, rather than an appreciate asset.” This quote is something that I wished our organization would live by. Because we have been told so, many times that we can be replaced at any time, the moral at our organizations has dropped significantly because of our leadership roles. People start to feel they aren’t worth anything and question why they are still with this company. I think for some employees the time they have invested, and the leaders that are there, you hope will move on to bigger and better things. To have a successful organization you have to have a successful leader. The leader leads and motivates those to be better and to take risks. If you have a leader that is non motivator, then you have workers that work just to get the job done and don’t care.
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Joe Wright
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This was an awesome article for this weeks reading! The three different people that it talked about really hit me. I don't ever think of it that way and I like how they described it. I myself depend and fall back on who I am as a person. I am very confident in who I am and how I represent myself to other people. It is interesting to think that people can end up losing their identity to a point when they are in a job that they don't like. If you don't have an identity at work, how are you suppose to work to your best ability. That would be crushing for me to be there and hate what I am doing. I had an experience like that when I was a music major. I would sit in those classes and just hate it and I didn't even know if I liked music anymore. So I decided that I needed a change and now that I am in communications, I feel like this is where I belong and I actually like learning about this stuff. So I know what it is like to go through that and how a change of scenery may be in order. We need to know ourselves before anything else and if we lose that because of a job than it is time to take a step
Tasha Piehl
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This was a very good article considering the topic for this week in Chapter 7. I like how he opened the article with "There is an old saying that we are three people: the person we think we are, the person others think we are, and the person we really are." I think that's true for a lot of people who work in today's society. We all long to fit into any environment that we step foot in, it's just natural. It's important for the leaders of these companies to step up and motivate everyone so they all can fell a sense of purpose and like they are needed in that workplace. I know for myself that it's hard to keep in focus the person you know who you are when others around seem to think differently. Just like everything else in life, fitting into an organization can take time, so it's important to know if you truly feel that you can mold well into the work environment.
Staci Hovland
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I think this was a great article to associate with Chapter 7. Talking about ones true identity, can be altered by their work life. I believe it would be difficult to stay true to ones identity when others are always expecting something else from me. I know I would have a tough time with this. The article pointed out, we don't stay true to our own identity because we are busy doing what others want of us, which can change our view of our own identity. Staying true to ones identity would be easier if everyone was encouraging their work, instead of giving feedback. We would then have to consider in the source was credible or not. It all depends on how much a person knows of themselves to stay true to their own identity, not the warped version created by everyone else.
Katelyn Boyd
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I feel this is a great article for this week. The section that discusses how your boss really doesn't know you really made me think about my workplace and my relationship with my boss. I thought she knew me, but after reading this I don't think she does. I actually wonder if anyone in my workplace really knows me other than the few that are either family members or I hang out with outside of the workplace and have known for years. I also feel that I do act differently in the workplace than I do outside of work with my friends and family because of the environment I am in and what is expected of me. Great read!
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Steven Schwartz COMM 483
ReplyDeleteInteresting article and how it can apply to what I have been going through with my position for the last few months. We have more of a whole identity crisis with everyone and with what our board did and the steps taken to replace me. Everything in the environment feels like we are attending a funeral and it is very hard to build staff and student moral and keep everyone motivated and not worried about the future. It feels like our organization is in a big identity crisis mentality and it keeps spiraling backwards faster each day. The individual that is the replacement did speak to a lot of the staff prior to interviewing. This was helpful to a degree, but more harmful when they found out the individual had no experience as a leader for a school and what the position entails. Therefore, a lot of the staff have become self doubters and are not sure what the future holds. Sorry I took a personal perspective, but the article hit me close to the heart.
Clint Jewett
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I like the piece of the article that states you need to live up to your personal brand or you will be easily replaced. Leaders are sometimes develop identity based off their accomplishments, talents, temperment, failures etc. The point is personal branding if done right is good for the morale of an individual. As a teenager i pumped gas and washed windows at the gas station for a job. When people asked me what i was doing or up to, instead of saying i am a gas pumper who makes minimum wage, I would tell them i am a petroleum transfer technician. Then i would get questions of what it was, and i would tell them, they would usually laugh but i took it as my outlook on my identity could make people smile was a positive form of expressiveness and acceptance.
This article is spot on for the situation that I am in right now at my job. The article mentioned something like unfulfilled and under performing, and that is exactly how I feel at my job. I had a good job, but recently moved to Michigan for my wife's optometry school. Unfortunately, we are in an area where there is not a lot of job opportunity, and I am stuck in a job that I do not enjoy and is completely not fulfilling. I do not feel that I am doing any good in the world at my current job, and that is messing with my workplace identity. I am hoping to find a better job once I get my degree, or at least once I get to move back to Fargo!
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