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- Support or Scrutiny? Plus: Bullying as a System Problem
New workplace wellbeing work points to a practical fault line: support helps when it preserves autonomy and trust, but harms grow when systems enable scrutiny, bullying, or harassment.
Covers 2026-10-21 to 2026-10-28; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-10-21 – 2026-10-28.
Top papers
- A psychological examination of six “bugs” in DEI discourse and a way forward focusing on maximizing human thriving and potential
- Workplace bullying in a German representative sample of employees: a cross-sectional analysis
- Measures to Promote Healthy Ageing for Elder Workers: How Common Are They in Italy and Who Benefits From Them?
- Swiss physicians' experiences of sexual harassment at work. A nationwide survey
- Work participation in inborn errors of immunity: The dual burden on patients and caregivers
Themes: occupational health, burnout, job satisfaction, healthcare professionals, nursing, organizational behavior, employee performance, mental health
Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, case-study, semi-structured interviews
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11 min - AI strain + exosuits: when workplace tech helps or adds load
This week follows AI strain among Finnish workers and exosuit use in warehouses to ask when technology protects well-being and when it becomes another load.
Covers 2026-10-14 to 2026-10-21; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-10-14 – 2026-10-21.
Top papers
- Stress and self-efficacy under artificial intelligence disruption: A mixed-methods study on the usage of artificial intelligence among Finnish workers
- Neurodivergence and occupational well-being: a systematic and integrative review.
- A Study to Assess the Effect of Cat-Camel Stretch Exercise on Reducing the Level of Backpain among Factory Workers in Selected Industry at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- From scut work to strategy: Why and how resident doctors can use cognitive crafting to stay in training.
- Mental health of nurses and doctors in Ukraine during wartime: nationwide cross-sectional survey.
Themes: occupational health, job satisfaction, work-life balance, mental health, employee engagement, healthcare, workplace stress, psychological safety
Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, thematic analysis, structural equation modeling
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11 min - Does inclusion follow workers home? Plus: mental-health leadership
This week looks at how workgroup inclusion, multiple discrimination, and mental-health-specific leadership shape next-day wellbeing, depressive symptoms, burnout, engagement, and team support.
Covers 2026-10-07 to 2026-10-14; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-10-07 – 2026-10-14.
Top papers
- Employee Perceptions of Organizational Sustainability: A Systematic Review and Integrative Multilevel Framework
- Leader standard work and social sustainability: the mediating role of andon in human-centred lean systems
- Invisible but Impactful: Understanding the Dynamics and Effects of Gender Microaggressions Through Workers’ Eyes
- Observers’ Moral Elevation and Helping Behavior Following a Leader's Mistreatment of a Coworker
- Multiple discrimination at work and depressive symptoms in young adults
Themes: mental health, occupational health, burnout, job satisfaction, employee performance, leadership, employee well-being, artificial intelligence
Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, case-study, systematic review
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11 min - Can AI support wellbeing? Plus: digital harassment
Workplace wellbeing looks less like a perk and more like an operating system built from trusted AI, real protection from digital harassment, and hazards managed at team level.
Covers 2026-09-30 to 2026-10-07; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-09-30 – 2026-10-07.
Top papers
- Human-Centred Psychological Support in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Prospects for Employee Well-Being and Organizational Trust
- Workplace Happiness as a Driver of Employee Retention: Evidencefrom the Organised Retail Sector in West Bengal, India
- Employee motivators and barriers of workplace-supported blood donation.
- Karma yogis at work: Exploring enablers of karma yoga at the workplace
- The antecedents of employee safety behavior in the manufacturing industry: a meta-analytic review
Themes: job satisfaction, occupational health, mental health, wellbeing, employee performance, employee well-being, workplace well-being, organizational culture
Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, systematic review, case-study
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11 min - Can Hybrid Work Earn Trust? Plus: AI Accessibility Risks
This week, hybrid work, AI accessibility, and bullying measurement ask whether workplace support systems are designed well enough for people to trust them.
Covers 2026-09-23 to 2026-09-30; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-09-23 – 2026-09-30.
Top papers
- [Stressful situations and their effects among psychiatric residents].
- A Typology of Work-Related Psychological Wellbeing Among Clergy: The Francis Burnout Inventory.
- Assessing the Validity of a Single-item Measure of Exposure to Workplace Bullying: A Mixed-Methods Study Among Swedish Workers
- Reflecting on 35 Years of the Office Ergonomics Research Committee (OERC): Funded Research to Reality Studies
- AI and the Future of Accessible Work
Themes: occupational health, employee well-being, mental health, workplace bullying, burnout, workplace incivility, workplace safety, job satisfaction
Methods: qualitative, survey, quantitative, cross-sectional, case-study, mixed-methods
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12 min - Is support structural? Plus: NP burnout and supervisor disclosure
Across hospital NPs, Dutch mental healthcare professionals, and working women in Jammu, support appears strongest when built into supervision, policy, and daily systems.
Covers 2026-09-16 to 2026-09-23; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-09-16 – 2026-09-23.
Top papers
- Development of an implementation strategy for a workplace smoking cessation program with financial incentives using Implementation Mapping
- Investigating the Impact of Discretionary HR Practices on Minimizing Counter-Productive Employee Behavior at Healthcare Workplace: The Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Justice and Happiness
- Comparative analysis of alcohol consumption patterns and binge drinking behaviours among working populations: implications for occupational health and workplace safety.
- Epilepsy-associated labor force exclusion in a multi-ethnic neurology cohort.
- Occupational stress, work-life balance, and coping among female veterinarians in Germany
Themes: employee well-being, burnout, job satisfaction, work environment, healthcare workers, occupational stress, organizational culture, psychological well-being
Methods: survey, qualitative, cross-sectional, quantitative, mixed-methods, systematic review
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11 min - Does Workplace Bullying Predict Burnout? Plus: Loco Pilot Distress
A Canadian two-wave employee sample links bullying to later burnout, while Bengaluru loco pilots and Iranian emergency nurses show how work systems turn strain into distress and fatigue.
Covers 2026-09-09 to 2026-09-16; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-09-09 – 2026-09-16.
Top papers
- Leading the learning organization
- Work environment service quality and occupant loyalty in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) office buildings: Integrating SERVQUAL and facilities management dimensions.
- Workplace congeniality: understanding the synergy of collegial relationships and social interaction
- Teacher supervision and wellbeing in UAE schools: balancing support and accountability
- Occupational stress and psychological distress among railway loco pilots in Bengaluru, India: A mixed-methods study
Themes: organizational behavior, leadership, burnout, mental health, employee engagement, occupational health, employee well-being, emotional intelligence
Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, mixed-methods, case-study
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12 min - Wellbeing support or self-management? Plus: job insecurity
This week asks whether wellbeing support is built into work or quietly handed back to employees through privacy worries, heavy work investment, job insecurity, and loneliness.
Covers 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-09; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-09-02 – 2026-09-09.
Top papers
- Wellbeing, mastery and work participation: Effects of the Five Ways to Wellbeing course-a randomized controlled trial.
- Cyclical women's health needs at work: Low-disclosure support and privacy-preserving self-tracking in age-stratified focus groups in Japan.
- How We Embedded Consumer Engagement Into Workplace Education and Continuing Professional Development: A Quality Improvement Initiative in a Tertiary Imaging Department
- Workplace Loneliness and Compassion Fatigue Among Primary School Teachers: The Role of Perceived Social Support
- The myth of the algorithmic entrepreneur: how gig platforms quietly close the door on worker learning
Themes: employee engagement, workplace culture, wellbeing, organizational behavior, human resource management, employee well-being, social support, workplace inclusion
Methods: qualitative, survey, quantitative, case-study, cross-sectional, descriptive
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11 min - Nurse coaching + German values: wellbeing beyond coping harder
From a Singapore nurse-coaching trial to 500,000 German employee value reports, workplace wellbeing points upstream to job design, culture, policy, and technology.
Covers 2026-08-26 to 2026-09-02; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-08-26 – 2026-09-02.
Top papers
- The ethical, legal and social issues of neuroergonomics in the workplace
- Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work
- Empowering health service providers in health center in low- and middle-income countries: results of a participatory action research study in Iran
- Workplace healthy-aging promotion in midlife: mental health and Mediterranean-diet gains from a pilot intervention
- Cycles of Change: Understanding Corporate Employees' Perceptions of Menstrual Leave in Delhi NCR.
Themes: mental health, occupational health, job satisfaction, nursing, healthcare, work environment, organizational behavior, burnout
Methods: survey, qualitative, quantitative, cross-sectional, longitudinal, case-study
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11 min - Can Meeting Quality Cut Strain? Plus: AI Risk Checks
This week tracks workplace wellbeing through everyday systems, from meeting design and healthcare job stress to the verification burden in LLM-assisted safety assessments.
Covers 2026-08-12 to 2026-08-19; 5 free papers from 40 selected papers.
What's Well & Good at Work explores research on workplace wellbeing, mental health, burnout, engagement, safety, and the policies that shape healthier working lives.
Episode covers 2026-08-12 – 2026-08-19.
Top papers
- Meeting quality and employee well-being: determinants of meeting satisfaction, engagement and strain
- Effectiveness of psychological interventions for remote workplace trauma: an evidence review.
- Experiences of medical interns of emotionally charged workplace encounters: A qualitative exploration of their rural rotation
- Police Officers' Experience of Spouse Emotional Abuse: Its Impacts on Work, Family Life, and Wellbeing
- Women’s dignity at work in hospitality and tourism: a conceptual framework and research agenda
Themes: mental health, occupational health, organizational behavior, higher education, burnout, job satisfaction, ergonomics, emotional intelligence
Methods: survey, qualitative, cross-sectional, quantitative, structural equation modeling, mixed-methods
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