Boredom at work: What, why, and what then?

Cynthia D Fisher

doi:10.4337/9781786434883.00011

Boredom at work: What, why, and what then?

Cynthia D Fisher

Bond Business School

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Abstract

The emotion of state boredom is experienced by nearly everyone from time to time. The workplace may predispose to episodes of boredom when autonomy is low, tasks lack personal meaning or are too simple or too complex, and performers find that attention is effortful or their minds wander. Bored individuals attempt to down-regulate their negative emotional state in a variety of ways, some of which are helpful and others harmful to themselves and/or the organization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Social functions of emotion and talking about emotion at work
Editors	D. Lindebaum, D. Geddes, P. J. Jordan
Place of Publication	Cheltenham, UK
Publisher	Edward Elgar Publishing
Chapter	4
Pages	68-102
Number of pages	35
ISBN (Electronic)	9781786434883
ISBN (Print)	9781786434876
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786434883.00011
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2018

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