Healthy Work

In Episode 77 we are joined by Dr. Kimberly French who talks about her recently published paper (Tong, Van Egdom, French & Zhang, 2024). We chat about the impact that being emotionally exhausted from work, but trying to hide that around your kids, has on them. Turns out, they learn to hide their emotions too when you do this!

You can find Dr. French here

Tong, J., Van Egdom, D., French, K. et al. Parent–Adolescent Transmission of Emotional Exhaustion: Testing a Social-Cognitive Spillover and Crossover Model. J Bus Psychol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-024-09974-3

In Episode 76 we are joined by Dr. Trevor Spoelma who talks about our recently published paper (Spoelma & Fletcher, 2024). We chat about the our findings that leaders who experience more financial stress are more likely to engage in abusive supervision. This is especially true for leaders who are men! We also chat about some other cool findings in our paper!

You can find Dr. Spoelma here

Spoelma, T. M., & Fletcher, K. A. (2024). Financial stress and leadership behavior: The role of leader gender, Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 29(5), 317-341.

In Episode 75 we continue our book club episodes! We wrap up our discussion of Brave New Workplace by Dr. Julian Barling. In this episode we chat about the social aspects of work, dirty work, safety, being valued by companies, unions and macro-economic trends.

In Episode 74, we are rejoined by Maryana!!!!! We start a new style of episode, our book club episodes! We’re starting with a two-part series on Brave New Workplace by Dr. Julian Barling. In this episode we chat about dignity, fairness, and justice and all of the different manifestations it may have in the workplace and their impacts on wellbeing.

In Episode 73 we are joined by Dr. Haley Cobb who talks about her recently published paper (Cobb, Strasburg, Billeaud, Rauvola, Thomas, & Rudolph, 2024). We chat about the strong evidence that in couples who both engage in paid labor, one’s work-family conflict impacts the other’s marital satisfaction.

You can find Dr. Cobb here

Cobb, H.R., Strasburg, A.E., Billeaud, M.L. et al. Applying the Actor-partner Interdependence Model to Meta-analysis: A Dyadic Test of the Spillover-crossover Model for Dual-income Couples. Occup Health Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00195-x

In Episode 72 we are joined by Caroline Moughan who talks about her recently published paper (Moughan & Katz, 2024). We go deep on the intersection of cannabis use, cannabis legality, mental health, and work.

You can find Caroline on LinkedIn .

Moughan, C.J., Katz, I.M. Joint Effects: Where and How the Frequency of Cannabis Use Shapes the Relationship Between Employee Mental Health and Sickness Absenteeism. Occup Health Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00190-2

In Episode 71 we are joined by Dr. Lacie Barber who talks about her recently published paper (Barber, Leslie, & Samaniego, 2024). We go deep on the concept of telepressure and strategies for individuals, managers, and organizations to address it.

You can find Dr. Barber on her website and you can keep up with her lab’s work here.

Barber, L.K., Leslie, S. & Samaniego, A. Workplace Telepressure and Work Rumination: Evidence of Incremental Validity Beyond Workaholism. Occup Health Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00187-x

In Episode 70 we are joined by Dr. Danni Gardner who talks about her recently published paper (Gardner & Ryan, 2024). We chat about her findings lesbian, gay, and bisexual people who feel that their workplace is not welcoming to queer people are less likely to come out at work, and therefore more likely to establish and maintain strong boundaries between work and home lives. This gives some data behind the saying it’s not coming out, but letting people in.

You can find Dr. Gardner on her website.

Gardner, D.M., Ryan, A.M. Does Identity Distancing Beget Work-Life Boundary Segmentation? An Examination of Lesbian, gay & Bisexual Employees. Occup Health Sci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41542-024-00193-z

In Episode 69 we are joined by Dr. Alice Brawley Newlin who talks about her recently published paper (Brawley Newlin, 2023). We chat about her findings that depending on how you measure it well well over half of gig workers are financially dependent upon their gig work, especially men and those that are married.

You can find Dr. Alice Brawley Newlin at her website

In Episode 68 we are joined by Dr. Ji Woon Ryu who talks about her recently published paper (Ryu et al., 2023). We chat about their findings that perceived mistreatment at work results in worse outcomes for Black employees than White employees, including costing up to 100 minutes of sleep!

You can find Dr. Ryu at her website (https://www.jiwoonryu.com/).