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2025 STAFF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

Never Not Working: Why Our Always-On Culture is Bad for Business and How to Fix It

We have a collective problem with overwork and a real problem disconnecting from our work. Working more does not lead to higher productivity; it is bad for our health and bad for our performance. This session, supported with evidence and research, will debunk the myths about “working more” and provide a view into workaholic tendencies.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define workaholism
  2. Identify your own workaholic tendencies
  3. Identify and discuss strategies for having a healthier relationship with work as individual contributors
  4. Identify and discuss strategies for leaders to help their teams have a healthier relationship with work

Presenter:

Malissa Clark, Associate Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia

Malissa Clark is an associate professor of industrial/organizational (I-O) psychology at UGA, where she has been on faculty since 2013. Currently, Clark serves as associate head of the department of psychology and director of the Healthy Work Lab. She is a recognized expert on the topics of workaholism, overwork burnout and employee well-being. Clark earned her B.A. in organizational studies from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in I-O psychology from Wayne State University. She has received awards for her writing and mentoring, and her work has been funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). In 2023, Clark was named a fellow of SIOP, a status that recognizes unusual and outstanding contributions that have an important impact on I-O psychology. She was recently selected as a member of the 2024 Thinkers 50 Radar list, which identifies 30 up-and-coming thinkers in the world predicted to make an important impact on management thinking in the future.

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