16 ways to manage low morale at work.(Checklist)(fighting effects of employee fear after terrorist attacks)

Public Management, August, 2003 by Levine, Terri

At the time this article was written, morale is at a low ebb due to the anxiety that people feel with the threat of further terrorist attacks, concern with fellow workmates and loved ones fighting in another country, and decreased job security because of the economy and an unknown future. As if this were not enough to contend with, smaller, unspoken wars are sometimes fought among employees arguing over who is right (war protesters and war supporters), which can create divisions and split workplace harmony.

Organizations are disrupted not only because of the insecurity of an ...