Might be of interest.
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Debabrata Phukon
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From: Monika Kaushik <monikakaushik05@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2018, 6:58 pm
Subject: Workplace Wellbeing Survey
To: <meet.yeti@xxxxxxxxx>
Can you please circulate this survey on YETI.
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Dear fellow researchers and friends,
We invite all of you to participate in a survey that aims to capture the
workplace environment in conservation/environment academic circles in India.
Workplace harassment and wellbeing are indeed two ends of the spectrum – a
spectrum that encapsulates how our everyday workplace affects our state of
mental and physical wellbeing. Surveys in other countries have shown that
stress levels from an intense workload and other factors contribute to a
low wellbeing score within academia.
A group of us conducted a survey during the SCCS conference this year (many
thanks to SCCS organisers for making the announcements) and we received 226
responses to the pilot survey. Please read this commentary to get a
snapshot of the initial results:
https://india.mongabay.com/2018/12/12/commentary-workplace-well-being-within-ecology-and-conservation-academic-circles-in-india/
<https://india.mongabay.com/2018/12/12/commentary-workplace-well-being-within-ecology-and-conservation-academic-circles-in-india/?fbclid=IwAR2wGtfOGU8Oc3f3AZv06BgCLtWNRHWpf5LGEMwaLhdzol-WSRTMxeWmVgI>
Overall, more than half (58 percent) of the respondents had experienced
negative interactions (to varying extents) in the workplace.
We now wish to circulate this survey among a wider audience; we believe
that we require more data about this issue from an Indian perspective. We
hope that the survey results will make institutions take up these issues
seriously and put in place effective systems to address workplace
harassment.
Here is a link to the survey: https://goo.gl/forms/PxaG2kAKegREH4sj2
Please spread the word. Please also write in to us about any successful
redressal mechanisms you have encountered, it will help us collate
resources on the issue which can translate into action.
*The survey was conceptualised and designed by Monica Kaushik (
monica.monica@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx), a postdoctoral fellow at the Wildlife
Institute of India, with inputs from Krishnapriya Tamma (
priya.tamma@xxxxxxxxx), a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Ecological
Sciences, Indian Institute of Science; Sandhya Sekar (sandhya@xxxxxxxxxxxx);
Sabuj Bhattacharyya (bhattacharyyasabuj@xxxxxxxxx), a postdoctoral fellow
at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science; and
Vena Kapoor (vena@xxxxxxxxxxxxx), the Education and Public Engagement
Programme Coordinator at the Nature Conservation Foundation.
Thank you for your time and effort.
Monica Kaushik
Project Scientist
State of India's Birds
Wildlife Institute of India
