Search

AOM Press Releases

The New York Times: When Your Boss Is Crying, But You’re the One Being Laid Off

04 Aug 2022
Executives are racing to let employees know that they’re not just empty suits. They’re humans, with emotions, which they’re now sharing more broadly.

Originally found at The New York Times

Nancy Rothbard, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who has studied emotions in the workplace, said her research pointed to a growing expectation that people bring their “full selves” to work, prompted by technologies that blur the lines between work and life. Surveys indicate that people tend to prefer segmenting their professional and personal lives instead of integrating them. But often they don’t feel they have the option.

Continue reading the original article at The New York Times.

Read the original research in Academy of Management Journal.

Learn more about the AOM Scholars and explore their work: