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How To Manage Your Career Through The Coronavirus Crisis: 6 Ways To Thrive When Nothing Is Certain
With the crisis caused by the coronavirus and COVID-19, the world feels upside down, and nothing is certain. Your work has probably tilted as well. Millions of people have been furloughed, taken wage cuts or are working in completely unexpected circumstances. At a minimum, you are likely working from home and figuring out how to make the best of videoconferencing and collaboration at a distance. So how can you manage your career through such trying times? ... First, stay positive and future focused. We all want to work with people who are optimistic and energetic—and this is especially true during tough times like these.
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On Coronavirus Lockdown? Look for Meaning, Not Happiness
The coronavirus pandemic has not just threatened the physical health of millions but also wreaked havoc on the emotional and mental well-being of people around the world. Feelings of anxiety, helplessness and grief are rising as people face an increasingly uncertain future — and nearly everyone has been touched by loss. A nationally representative poll conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that nearly half of all Americans — 45 percent — feel that the coronavirus has negatively affected their mental health. Which raises a question: Is there anything people can do to cope with the emotional fallout of this confusing and challenging time? ...
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APS Backgrounder Series: Psychological Science and COVID-19: Working Remotely
Expert commentary from Tammy Allen, who specializes in work-family issues, career development, and occupational health. [April 13, 2020]
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Social Scientists Scramble to Study Pandemic, In Real Time
If pandemic lockdowns have people feeling a bit like lab rats stuck in cages, in some ways that’s exactly what they are. As the coronavirus touches on virtually every part of life around the globe, social scientists are rushing to suck up real-time data on how people are responding to the unfolding pandemic. Economists are gathering data about supply chains. Political scientists are scrutinizing how government responses track with ideology. Psychologists are monitoring children in after-school programs. Behavioral scientists are surveying thousands of people to see how they respond to information in a crisis. ...
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We Get, and Give, Lots of Bad Advice. Here’s How to Stop.
APS Member/Author: Adam Grant When we turn to others for advice on major career decisions, they sometimes steer us in the wrong direction. Warren Buffett’s father, along with his mentor, discouraged him from entering the securities business. Walt Disney’s brother and wife both tried to talk him out of making “Snow White.”And last summer, when I polled my Twitter followers about the worst career advice they had received, Monica Lewinsky’s response went viral. She had been told that “an internship at the white house will be amazing on your resume.” Why does so much career advice end up being misguided? As an organizational psychologist, I’ve given more than my share of bad advice.
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Playing Tight And Loose: How Rules Shape Our Lives
At the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Japanese soccer fans did something striking: they started going through the stadium, cleaning up the trash that was left behind. A lot of people were baffled by this behavior, but Michele Gelfand, a psychologist at the University of Maryland, sees their actions in the frame of what she refers to as "tight" and "loose" cultures. Tight cultures, she says, are more rules-oriented. Loose cultures are more permissive. ... Gelfand studies how individuals, organizations, communities, and nations are shaped by their cultures. Recently, she has looked at the coronavirus pandemic through the lens of tight and loose cultures.
