Speaking of Psychology

← Speaking of Psychology23 sept · 43 min

Are you burned out or ‘bored out’? With Lotta Harju, PhD, and Sharon K. Parker, PhD

Are you burned out or ‘bored out’? With Lotta Harju, PhD, and Sharon K. Parker, PhD23 sept43 min

Burnout gets all the attention, but some employees struggle with a different problem: chronic boredom on the job, sometimes called "boreout." Lotta Harju, PhD, of EM Lyon Business School, and Sharon K. Parker, PhD, of Curtin University, discuss how boreout differs from burnout, how it can affect workers’ health and well-being, and what individuals, managers and organizations can do to design more engaging work.

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