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Healthy Work

Healthy Work Podcast

We are Drs. Keaton Fletcher & Maryana Arvan, two Industrial-Organizational psychologists who care about how to make work a healthier experience for everyone. We run a bi-weekly podcast to bring the science directly to your ears. Please tune in and learn how you can make your work life a healthier experience. Email us at HealthyWorkPodcast@gmail.com healthywork.substack.com

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12:43

Mistreatment Isn't Created Equal

Healthy Work ·

2024/04/01

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/). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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16:05

Does Money Make You Happy?

Healthy Work ·

2024/03/18

In Episode 67 we are joined by Dr. Gordon Sayre who talks about his recently published paper (Sayre & Conroy, 2023). We chat about their review of all of the literature linking work pay and health and wellbeing. In addition to identifying four key features of pay that can impact wellbeing, we answer the question “does money make you happy?”.You can find Gordon here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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19:33

Are You A Workaholic?

Healthy Work ·

2024/02/19

In Episode 66 we are joined by Dr. Malissa Clark who talked about her recently published book, Never Not Working: Why the Always-On Culture Is Bad for Business--and How to Fix It. We chat about what workaholism is (and isn’t), the biggest myth about workaholism, what to do about workaholism, and the experience of getting to chat personally with people experiencing workaholism.Dr. Clark can be found on her personal website (https://www.malissaclark.com/), her LinkedIn profile, or her University of

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19:50

Supporting Long COVID at Work

Healthy Work ·

2024/02/05

In Episode 65 we are joined by Dr. Elisabeth Stelson who talked about a recent paper (Stelson, Dash, McCorkell, Wilson, Assaf, Re’em, and Wei) that examined what it’s like to have long COVID and try to return to the workplace. So many important and powerful themes came up, but I was most struck by the fact that not only do we have a moral imperative to create systems and structures to support workers with disabilities, who want and need to work, but that it makes good business sense.Dr. Stelson can

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13:28

Leaders Can Foster Meaningful Work

Healthy Work ·

2024/01/22

In Episode 64 we are joined by Dr. Zachary Mercurio who talked about a recent paper (Mercurio, Myles, Adams, & Clifton, 2023) that examined what it is that leaders do to help followers find their work meaningful. They created a really useful scale that workers and leaders alike can use to assess themselves or their leaders on six key groups of behaviors.Find Zack Mercurio here (https://www.zachmercurio.com/) or on LinkedIn (@ZachMercurio) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this

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16:44

Air Pollution's Impact on Work

Healthy Work ·

2024/01/08

In Episode 63 we start the new year off with the awesome Dr. Ussama Khan who talked about a recent paper (Khan, Patel & Barnes, 2023) that examined the impact of air quality on leader’s behaviors. They found that subordinates working in other cities rated leaders as more abusive and disengaged on days when the leader reported worse air quality!You can find Dr. Khan here. If you’re in the US, you can also check your air quality index here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this

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12:45

The Common Commute

Healthy Work ·

2023/12/11

In Episode 62 we are fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Christopher Wiese who talked about a recent paper (Wiese, Li, Tang, & Brown, 2023) that examined how different aspects of your commute impact your work and wellbeing. The quality of your commute, not the length of the commute, is what really predicts outcomes!You can find Dr. Wiese here and on the website formerly known as twitter here This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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13:24

Precarious Employment is a Public Health Concern

Healthy Work ·

2023/11/27

In Episode 61 we are fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Mindy Shoss who talked about a recent paper (Shoss et al., 2023) that examined how different aspects of precarious employment determined whether people came to work sick (or sent their kids to childcare) with COVID or COVID-like symptoms at the height of the pandemic. Feelings of powerlessness and concerns about job security were key predictors!You can find Dr. Shoss here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other

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15:16

Parental Leave and Breastfeeding

Healthy Work ·

2023/11/13

In episode 60, we are fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Drake Van Egdom. He talked about a recent paper (Van Egdom et al., 2023) that explored the interaction of both mothers’ and fathers’ parental leave on mothers’ return to work, separation anxiety, and breastfeeding. Parental leave for both parents had key impacts!You can find Dr. Van Egdom here and on the website formerly known as Twitter here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access

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17:05

Changing Work for Better Sleep and Safety

Healthy Work ·

2023/10/23

In episode 59, we are fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Rebecca Brossoit. She talked about a recent paper (Brossoit et al., 2023) that explored the impacts of a broad workplace intervention targeting supervisor support and sleep training on sleep and workplace safety. They found that the intervention improved safety largely through improved sleep quality!You can find Dr. Brossoit here. You can also find more resources on Total Worker Health here. You can also find more from the Oregon Healthy

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13:18

When Work Interferes with School

Healthy Work ·

2023/10/09

In episode 58, we are fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Katrina Burch. She talked about a recent paper (Rollins & Burch, 2023) examining the impact of work interference with school on college student alcohol consumption. They found that for students who believed alcohol will relieve stress and tension, days when work interfered with school were more likely to result in the students drinking!You can find Dr. Burch here. C. Faith Rollins is an alumna of Western Kentucky University's I-O program

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19:45

Mental Illness on LinkedIn

Healthy Work ·

2023/09/25

In episode 57, we are fortunate enough to be joined by Drs. Jenna McChesney and Lori Foster. They talked about their most recent paper (McChesney & Foster, 2023). They conducted an experiment to see if disclosing anxiety and depression on LinkedIn harms potential job prospects. They find that it very well might!You can find Dr. McChesney on the website formerly known as twitter at @jenna_mcchesney or her faculty website https://www.meredith.edu/directory/jenna-mcchesney/.You can find Dr. Foster on

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12:50

Material World

Healthy Work ·

2023/09/11

In episode 56, we are fortunate enough to be joined by Dr. Valentina Reyes. She talked about her most recent paper (Reyes, Unanue, Vignoles, & Van den Broeck, 2023). Dr. Reyes outlines what it means to be materialistic at work and how that can hinder your ability to meet your psychological needs, ultimately leading to feelings of burnout. You can find Dr. Reyes on her faculty website (https://www.udp.cl/academico/valentina-reyes-ahumada/). This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this

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18:18

What's In A Calling

Healthy Work ·

2023/08/28

In episode 55, we are fortunate enough to be joined by Steven Zhou. He talked about his most recent paper, (Zhou, Aitken, & Kuykendall, 2023). In a Healthy Work first, we are covering a theory paper! Steven outlines his definition of callings, including an updated understanding of callings that can help people navigate finding fulfillment in these modern economic times.You can find Steven on the website formerly known as twitter @szzhou4 or his website www.stevenzhou.us.Check out our previous

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0:53

New Style Update

Healthy Work ·

2023/08/25

Maryana is out on parental leave, but the show must go on. We're excited to bring you a series of interviews with authors of recent papers on occupational health and wellbeing. The format will largely be the same as previous episodes, but instead of Maryana or Keaton explaining the paper, you get the author doing it in their own words. Look out for the first episode of this series on Monday. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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14:41

Feelings About Work Interrupting Life

Healthy Work ·

2023/08/14

In episode 54 we chat about a paper by Darouei, Delanoeije, & Verbruggen. Across two studies of around 80 employees each, on average, people who perceived work interruptions at home positively were more engaged and less stressed. That said, on days when there was a work interruption at home, it didn't matter how you perceived that particular interruption, it didn't affect engagement or strain. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus

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13:50

Healthy Work Climates for All?

Healthy Work ·

2023/07/31

In episode 53 we chat about a paper by Seulki "Rachel" Jang, Ho Kwan Cheung, & Michael Ford. In a study of over 100 workers, they found that feeling like your company cares about health and wellbeing predicts feeling less exhausted and, in turn, fewer insomnia symptoms. However, they found that this was not the case for people with high BMI. We talk a bit in our episode about limitations of the BMI, especially at an individual level, but if you want to know more we provide the link to two other

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18:38

Interventions for Work-Life Balance

Healthy Work ·

2023/07/17

In episode 52 we chat about a paper by Nicola von Allmen, Andreas Hirschi, Anne Burmeister, and Kristen Shockley. They published a meta-analysis (a study of all the studies on a topic) on work-nonwork interventions. They found that largely, the most impactful interventions were those that directly increased personal resources such as time, mindfulness, and resilience. They also found that not nearly enough studies explored reducing demands as an intervention.Paper:

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12:20

Deciding to Exercise

Healthy Work ·

2023/07/03

In Episode 51, we chat about a paper by Smith and colleagues (2023) about deciding to exercise after work. The study found that most days, people are in a slightly energy depleted but not highly emotional state, which means that the decision to work out is largely up to their trait health orientation. On days when it's all bad mood and low energy (thanks to high work demands), working out is less likely, and on days when things are going great, great mood and high energy (thanks to low work

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14:41

Have You Heard About Workplace Gossip?

Healthy Work ·

2023/06/19

In Episode 50, we chat about some big developments in our lives that have kept us from the podcast, and also about a paper by Xie and colleagues (in press) that focuses on the impact of negative workplace gossip on people’s ability to detach from work. Take away: being the subject of workplace gossip makes it hard to detach, and ultimately harms your satisfaction with life.Xie, J., Huang, Q., Yan, M., & Liang, Y. (2023). It is Tough to Detach from Gossip: The Impact of Perceived Negative Workplace

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