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Optimism and an insatiable desire to cultivate collaborative positivity are not well regarded personal qualities in academia. Not as highly as, say, sharp-mindedness or single-mindedness or strategic thinking. Although more experienced yet empathetic female colleagues can regard you as endearingly quaint; a common turn of phrase brandished by well-meaning professors (offering advice in career development seminars) springs to mind: try to refrain from behaviours that are career limiting.
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O’brien, M. (2014). Towards Joy. In: Lemon, N., Garvis, S. (eds) Being “In and Out”. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-830-5_9
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