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Jan 25 Office Chit-Chat as a Social Ritual: The Restorative Yet Distracting Effects of Daily Small Talk at Work12:20pm
Jan 30 Ryan Watson, Social Brown Bag1:25pm
Feb 13 Noga Shemer (Social Brown Bag)1:25pm
Feb 20 Cydney Dupree (Social Brown Bag)1:25pm
Feb 27 Kiran McCloskey (Social Brown Bag)1:25pm

Office Chit-Chat as a Social Ritual: The Restorative Yet Distracting Effects of Daily Small Talk at Work

Friday, January 25th, 2019

12:20 PM - 01:50 PM

Storrs Campus
BOUS A101A

Office Chit-Chat as a Social Ritual: The Restorative Yet Distracting Effects of Daily Small Talk at Work

Small talk -- short, superficial, or trivial communication not involving task-related exchange of information -- is ubiquitous in organizational life. Although small talk comprises up to one-third of adults' speech, its effects in the workplace have been largely discounted. Yet, emerging research suggests small talk may have important consequences for employees. Integrating theories of interaction rituals and micro-role transitions, we explore how and why seemingly inconsequential conversations during the workday generate countervailing effects on employees' experiences.

Contact Information: Alec J. Calvo, alec.calvo@uconn.edu

Ryan Watson, Social Brown Bag

Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

01:25 PM - 02:45 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield 162

Assistant Professor, HDFS.
Sexual and gender minority research: health, sex, and risk/protective factors

Contact Information: Niran Ramirez-Esparza

Noga Shemer (Social Brown Bag)

Wednesday, February 13th, 2019

01:25 PM - 02:45 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield 162

Assistant Professor in Residence, Anthropology.

Implementing Inclusive Teaching Principles and Facilitating Challenging Conversations

Contact Information: Niran Ramirez-Esparza

Cydney Dupree (Social Brown Bag)

Wednesday, February 20th, 2019

01:25 PM - 02:45 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield

Assistant Professor in Residence. Yale, School of Management.

Contact Information: Niran Ramirez-Esparza

Kiran McCloskey (Social Brown Bag)

Wednesday, February 27th, 2019

01:25 PM - 02:45 PM

Storrs Campus
Bousfield 162

Graduate Student. UConn, Social Psychology.

Contact Information: Niran Ramirez-Esparza

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The University of Connecticut is a top-20 public university in the U.S. The Department of Psychological Sciences is routinely ranked in top 10 in U.S. grant funding and its doctoral program is ranked in top 30 public research universities by The National Research Council.

Psychological sciences is one of the largest major at UConn with about 1,500 undergraduate students (1,100 at Storrs and 400 distributed across the regional campuses) at any given time. With so many students, the psychological sciences department is also one of the largest departments at UConn with over 50 faculty and a large team of administrative staff.