Navigating Workplace Mental Health Stigma and Quiet Quitting: A Review of Organizational and Employee-Level Dynamics

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10.2991/978-2-38476-561-4_20How to use a DOI?

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Workplace stigma; Quiet quitting; Mental health; Burnout; Organizational culture; Employee engagement

Abstract

The two concerns affecting rapidly on employee well-being and organizational performance in today’s era are workplace mental health stigma and quiet quitting. While exclusion, discrimination, and silence are fostered by stigma around mental health issues, quiet quitting reflects a workforce that disengaged and contributes only the bare minimum in the job. The interconnection of stigma and quiet quitting is examined in the review by synthesizing evidence from organizational culture, different leadership styles, human resource policies of the organization, and employee coping strategies. A systematic literature review of studies done from the time range of 2002 to 2024 (n = 52) highlights how stigma relates to disengagement and burnout, ultimately manifesting in quiet quitting. The paper also examines interventions at organizational-level, employee coping mechanisms, and theoretical underpinnings (Stigma Theory, JD-R Model, COR Theory) to align with the study and conceptualize these dynamics. According to the findings workplace mental health stigma contributes significantly to disengagement and quiet quitting, forcing the need to study for multi-level strategies for building an inclusive and psychologically safe workplace.

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AU  - Juthika Konwar
AU  - Piyali Ghosh
AU  - Tulika Das
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/04/23
TI  - Navigating Workplace Mental Health Stigma and Quiet Quitting: A Review of Organizational and Employee-Level Dynamics
BT  - Proceedings of the Indo-Bhutan Social Science Conference 2025 (IBSSC 2025)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 221
EP  - 229
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-561-4_20
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