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The proliferation of communication technologies, such as email and other online messaging tools, has enabled easier and faster information sharing. Coupled with the difficulty of measuring actual performance in today’s knowledge economy, this increased connectivity has caused workplaces to use response speed as a proxy for hard work, signaling to employees that the only way to succeed is to be “always on”. Although prior work has examined the negative well-being and productivity implications of this constant connection to work, relatively little research has investigated the drivers of work connectivity or tested solutions to address it.

In this talk, Laura M. Giurge - assistant professor of behavioral science at the London School of Economics, will introduce a novel driver of work connectivity – the email urgency bias – and present a solution to mitigate it. On a broader level this research can help mitigate the spread of unhealthy work cultures that make employees feel pressured to stay connected to their work even when they are not expected to do so.

About the Trainer

Laura M. Giurge is an assistant professor of behavioural science at the London School of Economics. She is also a research associate of organizational behaviour at London Business School, the Barnes Research Fellow at the Wellbeing Research Centre, at the University of Oxford, and a DSI Fellow at the University of Zurich. Her research focuses on the intersection of management and behavioural science and includes topics such as time, well-being, gender inequality, leadership, and the future of work.

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Number of sessions: 1