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Series: When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Taking Credit for Others’ Work — When My Boss Did It to Me (Part 1)

14/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman sitting still at a meeting table as a colleague presents her idea — taking credit for others' work.
This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Taking credit for others’ work has a name and a cost — here’s the moment your boss did it, why you froze, and what that silence in the room really meant.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags career, workplace psychology, staying silent at work, freeze response, manager takes credit Leave a comment

Staying Silent — Why You Didn’t Correct Them in the Room (Part 2)

15/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman lying awake at night replaying a meeting, staying silent still echoing after it ended.
This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Staying silent when someone takes credit isn’t weakness — it’s a fast, accurate read of who the room believes. Here’s what the silence bought, and cost.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags psychological safety, afraid to speak up, staying silent, workplace psychology, power imbalance Leave a comment

Feeling Undervalued at Work — What It Does to You Over Time (Part 3)

15/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman sitting still among talking colleagues, feeling undervalued at work and holding an idea back.
This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Feeling undervalued at work rarely explodes — it leaks. You stop offering ideas, start keeping score, guard your best thinking. Here’s the cost.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags workplace psychology, withholding ideas, workplace withdrawal, employee silence, credit taken at work Leave a comment

Office Politics — Why Managers Take Credit and What It Means (Part 4)

16/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a manager carrying work toward a meeting room while an employee stays at her desk, showing office politics behind the credit.
This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Office politics isn’t always malice — credit flows upward by default. Here’s the mechanism that strips your name from your ideas, and how to read it.

Categories Psychology Stories Tags workplace psychology, cryptomnesia, why managers take credit, workplace hierarchy, boss Leave a comment

Standing Up for Yourself at Work — What Comes Before the Advice (Part 5)

16/09/2026 by Kam Su Jin
Illustration of a woman looking up from her laptop at a cafe window, thinking through standing up for yourself at work.
This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series When Your Manager Takes Credit for Your Work

Standing up for yourself at work isn’t the first step — reading your own position is. Which silence are you in, the chosen one or the one with momentum?

Categories Psychology Stories Tags manager takes credit, speaking up at work, self-advocacy, workplace position, workplace psychology Leave a comment
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