The next psychology colloquium is scheduled for Wednesday - October 24th at 3:30pm in BOUS A106.
Dr. Tara Behrend from George Washington University will be presenting her talk titled "The Psychology of Workplace Surveillance". We hope that you will join us!
Abstract: New technologies make it possible to collect data about almost every aspect of a person's behavior at work, including their movements, communication patterns, and even their physiological states. At best, this data can be used to generate information about performance barriers, training needs, and team dynamics. At worst, however, it can be a source of extreme privacy invasion and distraction for employees, while yielding little useful information. I will present several empirical studies about the consequences of electronic surveillance and contextualize these practices in terms of philosophies of management and performance. In the first study, I explore individual differences in reactions to surveillance and subsequent performance. In the second, I detail the ways in which surveillance violates the psychological contract, and how these effects differ based on job characteristics. In the third, I explore attitudes about privacy and how they shape information-sharing behavior.
The remaining colloquium scheduled is listed below.
Psychological Sciences Colloquium Schedule 2018-2019 Academic Year
All talks will take place in BOUS A106 at 3:30pm on Wednesday’s unless otherwise noted.
November 7, 2018
Dr. John Dovidio, Department of Psychology, Yale University
Title: Racism among the Well-Intentioned: Subtle Discrimination, Implicit Bias, and Implications for Racial Disparities in Healthcare and Health
November 14, 2018
Dr. Nairán Ramírez-Esparza, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut
Tenure Talk
Title: Hablo Inglés y Español: The Bilingual Brain as a Function of Culture and Language
April 3, 2019
Dr. Jana Iverson, Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh
Title: TBA
psychology.uconn.edu
Contact whitney.tabor@uconn.edu for more info.
For more information, contact: Whit Tabor, Dept. of Psychological Sciences at whitney.tabor@uconn.edu