Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How to Reduce Emotional Exhaustion at Work
Researchers explore how employees can best manage their emotions when dealing with stressful customer interactions. What are implications for management?
Categories : Burnout HR Policy Human Resources Performance Wellness
Can Work Breaks Increase Employee Productivity?
We all like breaks: Lunch breaks, coffee breaks, water-cooler breaks, checking Facebook breaks, week in Maui breaks. But won’t lots of breaks hurt an organization’s bottom line? New research shows that the opposite may be true. Breaks may be beneficial for employee success.
Categories : Burnout Business Strategy Health & Safety Human Resources Organizational Performance Performance Talent Management Wellness Work-Life Balance
Leveraging Human Capital: Are Your Employees Getting Enough Sleep?
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.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Work Overload and Job Demands Lead to Lower Professional Standards
Research shows that overworked employees make compromises on professional standards. How can organizations avoid this problem?
Which Leadership Style Leads to Burnout?
Research explores how different leadership styles are associated with different emotional strategies. What are the implications?
Categories : Burnout Health & Safety HR Policy Stress Work-Life Balance
Email Overload and the Harmful Effects of Telepressure
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?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Aging Workforce: Employees Who Are Healthy and in Control Stay Working
Researchers examine what factors lead employees to early retirement. How can organizations instead support these aging employees?
Categories : Burnout Employee Satisfaction Health & Safety Job Satisfaction Wellness Work-Life Balance1 Comment
Caregivers in the Workplace: How to Improve Their Well-Being
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.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How to Be Fair to Employees without Feeling Drained
Treating employees fairly is important to organizational success, but can nevertheless be a resource-intensive task. What can managers do about this?
Flow at Work: Recovery Affects Whether Employees will “Be in the Zone”
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.