Based on questions from Gen Z in college classrooms around the difference between being authentic and being socially aware/politically correct, I started to research this a bit. This episode and these links are what I found to be helpful in explaining true authenticity and also self monitoring:
Psychology Today's Self Monitoring Assessment
Have We Got Authenticity Wrong?
Adam Grant: “Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice.”
Brené Brown: “My Response to the Adam Grant’s New York Times Op-ed: Unless You’re Oprah, ‘Be Yourself’ Is Terrible Advice.”
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