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Friends with (Workplace) Benefits
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The benefits of friendship are well-established. People who establish close friendships are happier, healthier, and live longer. In fact, one’s social relationships have a greater bearing on one’s disease and mortality risks than any other known variable besides smoking. Yet, people in most developed countries have fewer close friends than ever before. Given that the workplace is where adults spend most of their waking hours, is this a place conducive to developing friendships? In a series of three studies, we address the following questions about workplace friendships. Do people establish close friendships at work? Do workplace friendships produce the same benefits as friendships outside of the workplace? And are workplace friendships beneficial to organizationally relevant outcomes?
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09 January 2024
Tuesday
3.45pm - 5.15pm |
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SMU Yong Pung How School of Law
Seminar Room 2-02, Level 2
55 Armenian St
Singapore 179943 |
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SPEAKER
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Stephen M. Colarelli
Professor of Psychology, Central Michigan University
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| Stephen M. Colarelli is professor of psychology at Central Michigan University. An evolutionary organizational psychologist, he is interested in how evolutionary theory and evolutionary psychology can influence how we think about, conduct research on, and manage behavior in organizations. His work focuses on designing human resource technologies to be more compatible with our evolved psychology and understanding the evolutionary dynamics of organizational change. Steve has published numerus scholarly articles and book chapters, as well as two books. His most recent book (with Richard Arvey) is Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior (Univ. of Chicago). Steve was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Zambia and a visiting professor at Hong Kong Baptist University and the National University of Singapore. In his spare time Steve enjoys music and hiking. |
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MODERATOR
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Norman Li
Professor of Psychology, SMU
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| Dr Norman Li joined SMU in 2008, coming from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was an Assistant Professor of Individual Differences and Evolutionary Psychology. Prior to his psychology career, Dr. Li worked in investment consulting and taught economics and finance in Chicago. Trained in experimental social psychology and evolutionary perspectives, Dr Li is a foremost expert on human mate preferences and mating. His research also focuses on evolutionary mismatch—a paradigm that explains modern problems and why the world is an increasingly difficult place for individuals, groups, and societies. Dr Li’s highly cited work can be found in the top journals of social and personality psychology, evolutionary psychology, and psychology more broadly. His current teaching includes both social psychology and evolutionary psychology. |
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