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Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can't speak up in the workplace

  • Written by James Detert, Professor of Business Administration, University of Virginia
Quiet quitting and the great resignation have a common cause – dissatisfied workers feel they can't speak up in the workplaceIt's not always easy to raise one's hand in the workplace. AnVr/E+ via Getty Images

U.S. workers have been at the forefront of three big trends in recent months.

First there was the “great resignation,” in which record numbers of workers were quitting their jobs. That coincided with a flurry of unionizing efforts at major U.S....

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