- Feeling out of control
- Feeling vulnerable due to a build up of stress
- Being overwhelmed by feelings of disappointment, frustration and anger
The study also suggests that women make great effort to avoid crying at work, especially when in public facing roles.
Women reported feeling ashamed when they did cry in the workplace, perceiving that it reinforces negative stereotypes and makes them appear weak or incompetent to colleagues. Ms. Yaghmour goes on to state that "feeling empowered and in control in the workplace seems vital for women to feel professional and competent".
The research is another interesting finding that relates to the emerging body of work examining the links between work, emotional labour and well-being.
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Very interesting report, if you experience such an incident at work. One can bet there bottom dollar that there are problems within the organisations. It would appear as in life that woman more often than not act as an emotional thermometer as to the well being of an organisation right or wrong. Hence way it is
important to have a mixed management.
Leo,
I'd tend to agree, any form of emotional outburst at work (that is clearly work related) would suggest to me underlying issues. I thought that women's attitudes to crying at work were also fasinating, realting as they did to perceived lack of control and power.
These are the first findings from what promises to be an interesting an ddetailed body of work.
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