Mahir Jibril Ahmed
Emotional labor: the elusive aspect of workplace exploitation
Mary Blair-Loy – Reconceive Merit and Devotion to Improve Equity in Professions
Mary Blair-Loy studies workplace values in a unique way—by identifying shared cultural understandings that are typically used to measure individuals’ worth at work. As she states in this fascinating talk, there are important disconnects between these cultural values of merit and individuals’ actual achievements. For example, the lone genius is valued in academia, but research [Read More...]
Erin Cech – The Problems With Following Your Passion
Erin Cech used to be a passion evangelist and tell people to follow their passion when choosing work—that is, until she studied it. She defines the Passion Principle as “prioritizing finding work that’s meaningful and self-expressive to you.” It includes an intellectual connection to work (a sense of finding it interesting); an emotional connection (a [Read More...]
Jarrod Haar – Studying Work Loneliness Across Time
Here are three important reasons to watch Jarrod Haar’s Big Ideas Talk on “Studying Work Loneliness Over Time.” First, it demonstrates the difference between feeling exhausted and being burned out. As Jarrod Haar says, “At the end of the day, if you’re tired, that’s just work.” Burnout includes cognitive and emotional impairment. And burnout has been going [Read More...]
Heejung Chung – Flexibility Stigma: Why We Think Remote Workers Are Slackers
Despite solid evidence “spanning decades that flexible workers are actually more motivated, more loyal and more committed to their jobs,” Heejung Chung asks, “why do we think they are lazy, not committed, not motivated?" In this very insightful talk, she explores the biases that surround flexible work arguing that this is rooted in our [Read More...]
Ariane Ollier-Malaterre – Tech Imaginaries: How We Think and Feel about Technology
We all have views about technology. Do you see the tech future as dating robots, taking over our jobs, or making sure your older parents take their medicine? In the digital lives we live — where even reporting a stolen credit card is handled by AI — we need to understand, as Ariane Ollier-Malaterre says, "Technology is not just something [Read More...]
Scott Schieman – NOT MY NECESSARY EVIL: 10 Bad Vibes About Work
During the pandemic, Scott Schieman notes, “hating your job became cool and quitting became fun and quiet.” Now that the pandemic has ended and the Great Resignation is over, he asks, “How are those anti-work and anti-ambition movements doing?” Watch Scott Schieman’s Big Ideas Talk on the Work and Family Researchers Network Video Channel to find out. The [Read More...]
Cali Yost – Why We Need to Reimagine How, When and Where Work is Done Together
This video of Cali Yost Why We Need to Reimagine How, When and Where Work is Done Together was created at the 2024 Work and Family Researchers Network Conference June 20, 2024 in Montreal Canada. For more than two decades, Cali Williams Yost has been a leading authority on high performance work flexibility. A visionary [Read More...]
Influence of family factors on service members’ decisions to leave the military.
Background: Service member retention is a crucial aspect in maintainingand advancing the U.S. military and its mission. To increase retention, it isimportant to understand why active duty personnel voluntarily leave whilethey are still highly qualified. For married service members, spouses likelyinfluence the decision to stay or leave military service. Objective: Thecurrent study used data from [Read More...]