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Leveraging Human Capital: Are Your Employees Getting Enough Sleep?

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Who do you really want answering that important 3am phone call? Probably not your employee. New organizational theory proposes that constant connectedness or working irregular hours can lead to sleep deprivation. While pushing employees extra hard may seem to initially increase organizational performance, it is certainly no long-term winning strategy.

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Work Overload and Job Demands Lead to Lower Professional Standards

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If you work in a typical cubicle and skip washing your hands, it’s gross, and you might give your coworker a cold. When doctors and nurses don’t wash their hands, it could be deadly. How do job demands and work overload influence the rate at which health-care providers maintain required hygiene standards, and what does this mean for your organization?

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Email Overload and the Harmful Effects of Telepressure

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You sit down at your desk to start the workday and log in to your work email. “YOU’VE GOT (187 pieces of) MAIL!” You might just have email overload. Besides for being extremely annoying, you might feel pressured to quickly respond to all of these emails. This pressure now has a word: telepressure. Does telepressure make you more productive at work, or can it lead to harmful outcomes ultimately affecting an organization’s bottom line?

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Aging Workforce: Employees Who Are Healthy and in Control Stay Working

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We have an aging workforce, and this presents a new set of challenges for I-O psychologists. For example, we need to learn more about what helps people decide between staying on the job or taking early retirement. Interestingly, a new study shows that personal resources, such as health and sense of control, may convince employees that they can still do their jobs. This can lead to fewer absences from work, less disability leave, and even delayed retirement.

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Caregivers in the Workplace: How to Improve Their Well-Being

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Caregivers are people who assume responsibility for helping another person with daily living activities. But many caregivers are also full-time employees. With the increase of caregivers in the workforce, a new study shows how family and supervisor support can influence the mental health outcomes of these caregivers, and lead to improved well-being.

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Flow at Work: Recovery Affects Whether Employees will “Be in the Zone”

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Experiencing workplace flow is like “being in the zone” and it increases productivity and performance. This study found that feeling recovered impacted the experience of flow during the day, highlighting the importance of recovering from spending energy at work.

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The Connection Between Exhaustion & Psychological Detachment From Work

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It’s a generally accepted fact that failing to put work aside will eventually exhaust employees. A recent German study published in the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology reveals that exhaustion can actually lead to a lack of mental disengagement from work, especially when employees are under tight timelines and don’t have adequate breaks for leisure activities.