Hiding in plain sight: Exploring the complex pathways between tactical concealment and relational wellbeing

David Raymond Jones; Tony Wall; Amy L Kenworthy; Fiona Hurd; Suzette Dyer; Peggy Hedges; Shankar Sankaran

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Hiding in plain sight: Exploring the complex pathways between tactical concealment and relational wellbeing

David Raymond Jones, Tony Wall^*, Amy L Kenworthy, Fiona Hurd, Suzette Dyer, Peggy Hedges, Shankar Sankaran

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We argue that the current environment in higher education is one of the primary drivers for the widespread adoption of concealment tactics with the aim of enhancing wellbeing. To explore the relationship between concealment and wellbeing, we draw upon Scott’s conceptualization of “hidden transcripts” and Keyes’s five dimensions of social wellbeing. Using a collaborative
ethnographic approach, we examine a 2-year period of individual and collective inquiry by an eclectic multidisciplinary, international group of academics. Our empirical and theoretical contributions expose a complex and, at times, seemingly contradictory relationship between
tactical concealments and relational wellbeing, with variously generative and destructive pathways between them. Our research offers a lens through which we can critically explore and extend our understanding of alternative pathways to wellbeing in organizational life.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	473-489
Number of pages	17
Journal	Organization
Volume	30
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/13505084221150356
Publication status	Published - 5 Apr 2023

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