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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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10:50

Should You Exercise Before Work?

Healthy Work ·

2021/12/10

In Episode 31, we discuss a paper by ten Brummelhuis, Calderwood, Rosen, & Gabriel (2021) on the impact of physical activity during the day on self-efficacy, ego depletion and job performance. People who are intrinsically motivated to work out experienced a self-efficacy boost on days they did vigorous or light workouts, but a self-efficacy drop if they only had moderate workouts. People who were intrinsically motivated to workout experienced a self-efficacy boost only if they had a moderate

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13:16

Stick to The Script...Or Don't

Healthy Work ·

2021/11/29

In Episode 30, we discuss a paper by Shin & Hur (2021) on the impact of being forced to stick to a script when dealing with customers, and how job crafting can help offset these negative outcomes. If you can't give workers flexibility in how they respond to customers, give them flexibility in other areas of their jobs. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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10:54

Supporting Worker Flexibility

Healthy Work ·

2021/11/12

In Episode 29, we discuss a paper by Leger, Lee, Chandler, & Almeida (2021) that discusses the impact of an organizational intervention designed to increase and support worker flexibility on how employees react to stressors. Employees whose organizations went through the intervention had more flexibility, and were less reactive to workplace stressors, particularly when in comes to stressors that are less interpersonal. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other

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11:37

Sleep and Rude Emails

Healthy Work ·

2021/10/09

In Episode 28, we discuss a paper by Watkins, Krishnan, & Barnes (2021) that discusses the impact of lack of sleep on cyber incivility (things like sending rude emails). People who get less sleep are more likely to engage in incivility, especially if they're already low in agreeableness. This is likely because they were less able to regulate themselves, and ended up engaging in cyber incivility. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to

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14:27

Political Isolation at Work

Healthy Work ·

2021/09/25

In Episode 27, we discuss a paper by Miner, Costa, He, & Wooderson (2021) that discusses the impact of incivility from coworkers of the same or different political group on your physical symptoms. There are A LOT of findings in this paper, but we mostly focus on the takeaway that being in the political minority at work makes you more susceptible to incivility from others. 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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1:40

Smarter Workplace Awareness Month: Week3

Healthy Work ·

2021/09/17

We wanted to raise your awareness of this week's celebration of Smarter Workplace Awareness Month. Kenneth De Meuse and Erin Bowen wrote a piece on agile and adaptable work cultures and Stacey Boyle talks about virtual learning on Bias Check-In an I-O an Careers podcast. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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15:05

Sexual Harassment from Customers

Healthy Work ·

2021/09/10

In Episode 26, we discuss a paper by Kundro, Burke, Grandey & Sayre (2021) that examines what leads to customers sexually harassing workers. The study finds that needing to provide service with a smile and dependence on tips increase the customer's power, which predicts sexual harassment. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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1:02

Smarter Workplace Awareness Month

Healthy Work ·

2021/09/01

We just wanted to bring your attention to the fact that September is Smarter Workplace Awareness Month. All month long, SIOP will be releasing content about how to improve the workplace, including improving worker health. This includes releasing member-created content from the champions of the 2021 Top 10 Workplace Trends (pssst... your Healthy Work hosts are the champions for the Employee Health, Well-Being, Wellness and Safety trend). Keep your eyes on SIOP.org for more updates. This is a public

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11:29

Astronaut Conflict Cycles

Healthy Work ·

2021/08/27

In Episode 25, we discuss a paper by Somaraju, Griffin, Olenick, Chang, & Kozlowski (2021) that explores really interesting feedback loops between types of conflict and psychological distress, particularly in a sample of people in a habitat meant to resemble a mission on Mars. Ultimately, conflict can breed more conflict, and relationship conflict and stress can feedback into one another, and all of this is more likely if you have a high workload. This is a public episode. If you would like to

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12:56

COVID Doom Scrolling

Healthy Work ·

2021/08/14

In Episode 24, we discuss a paper by Andel, Arvan, & Shen (2021) that explores how consuming news about COVID-19 can make you more anxious and less engaged at work, but that work may serve as a reprieve from this anxiety if you are called to it because it gives you a sense of purpose. On the other hand, if you're called to work because you want to help people, you may be worse off when consuming COVID-19 news. Regardless, stop doom scrolling. This is a public episode. If you would like to

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8:55

The Ideal Stress

Healthy Work ·

2021/07/14

In Episode 23, we discuss a paper by Schilbach, Baethge, & Rigotti (2021) that explores the effects of challenge-type stressors versus hindrance-type stressors on novel stress reactivity. They found that being exposed to a moderate amount of challenges at work helped people react best to new stressors, compared to too few or too many challenges. There was no effect of hindrances. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes,

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9:58

Proactivity At Work Can Be Draining

Healthy Work ·

2021/06/25

In Episode 22, we discuss a paper by Cangiano, Parker, and Ouyang (2021) that explores how proactivity and taking charge at work can make it hard to detach and recover at home. They found people who did take charge found it harder to detach and recover at night unless they were people who were motivated to be autonomous. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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8:28

Reacting to Work-Family Conflict

Healthy Work ·

2021/06/08

In Episode 21, we are joined by Dr. Kimberly French, and expert in work-family conflict (and Keaton's spouse). Keaton and Kim discuss a paper by Lawson, Lee, and Maric (2021) that explores the effects of reacting negatively to work-to-family conflict on sleep, distress, and health behaviors. People who tend to be more negatively reactive experience worse subjective sleep quality and more psychological distress. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get

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14:24

Empathetic Leaders and Negative Feedback

Healthy Work ·

2021/05/25

In Episode 20, we discuss a paper by Simon and colleagues (2021) that explores how empathetic leaders suffer from giving negative feedback. Over the course of three studies, the authors show that leaders who are more empathetic perform worse and feel more distressed when they give negative feedback, compared to their less empathetic peers. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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7:51

Get Some Sleep!

Healthy Work ·

2021/05/01

In Episode 19, we discuss a paper by Henderson & Horan (2021) that explores how sleep impacts our performance on the job as well as our attitudes about our job. Sleep, both quality and quantity, is important for job performance, sleep quality more so. Sleep is particularly important for attendance at work and general task performance. So dear listener, get some sleep! 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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10:52

Self-Compassion During COVID

Healthy Work ·

2021/04/19

In Episode 18, we discuss a paper by Andel, Shen, and our VERY OWN Arvan (2021) that explores how different types of job stress during the COVID-19 pandemic were linked to employee loneliness, which in turn predicted higher levels of depression and fewer helping behaviors on the job. Good news is that people higher in self-compassion were less likely to report being depressed even if they were lonely, but they were also less likely to engage in helping behaviors on the job. This is a public episode

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13:01

Can Job Insecurity Change Your Personality?

Healthy Work ·

2021/04/05

In Episode 17, we discuss a paper by Wu, Wang, Parker, & Griffin (2020) that explores how prolonged job insecurity can change your personality. Over 9 years, people who had extended periods of job insecurity were more neurotic, less conscientious, and less agreeable. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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13:57

Dividing Work at Home

Healthy Work ·

2021/03/20

In Episode 16, we discuss a paper by Shockley, Clark, Dodd, & King (2021) that explores how couples handled their work and family demands while navigating working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Couples who were able to alternate days of going into work while the other partner stayed home with the child(ren) fared best. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit healthywork.substack.com

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13:57

Balancing Work at Home

Healthy Work ·

2021/02/22

In Episode 15, we discuss a paper by Allen, Merlo, Lawrence, Slutsky, & Gray (2021) that explores how people balance work and non-work lives when working at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. People who had a home office, and prefer work and non-work to stay separate found better balance. We discuss strategies people shared about creating boundaries and finding balance. 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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11:33

COVID-19 Work Setbacks

Healthy Work ·

2021/01/30

In Episode 14, we discuss a paper by Chong, Huang, and Chang (2020) that explores the impact of COVID-19 induced setbacks on work tasks on employees' withdrawal and emotional exhaustion. Effects were particularly harmful for employees whose tasks relied heavily on others and these effects were exacerbated if organizations didn't provide necessary task-related support. 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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