Research Project Themes for Org Behavior Classes

1. Mental Health: Is your work/boss making you crazy?

1.1. Management practices that increase dysfuntional behavior.

1.2. The role of increasing pressure for speed, accuracy and achievement in mental illness.

1.3. Differentiating temporary setbacks from Mental Illness.

1.4. Modern trends in mental illness in the workplace.

1.5. How people with mental illness participate successfully in the moder workforce?

1.6. The stygma of Mental Illness and the reality.

2. Drugs and Work: "getting by with a little help from my friends."

2.1. Changing attitudes towards drugs in society and its effect on work.

2.2. Is Marajuana (THC) safe to use at work.

2.3. The effects of Psychadelics on human consciousness and functioning,

2.4. Cultural differences in drug policies and organization practices.

3. Anxiety Overload: coping at work while watching the world fall appart.

3.1. Dealing with stress in difficult jobs.

3.2. Focusing on your own well being while experiencing changes in the environment, workplace, community.

3.3. Environmental influences that cause stress outside the workplace which impact motivation at work.

3.4. Stress Management Techniques including Polyvagal interventions.

4. Managing Gen Z: Will they work?

4.1. Sources of variation in GenZ's approach to work.

4.2. Are GenZ workers really different?

4.3. The Work values of GenZ vs the realities of the job market.

4.4. How much must/should organizations adapt to the new expectations of GenZ workers.

5. The Aging Workforce

5.1. The stygma of aging

5.2. Are workers over 65 less effective than their younger counterparts.

5.3. The realities of hiring and retention practices in a world that idolizes youth.

5.4. Does being old automatically make us obsolete?

6. Rise of Unionization: can it help?

6.1. History of Unionization

6.2. Trends in Unionaization

6.3. Are Unions just another boss

6.4. Organization's Defensive tactics against union.

6.5. Problems solved by unionization vs the new problems they may trigger.

7. "AI Is coming for your job!"

7.1. Seed References

8. Zombies at Work

8.1. Decline in Employee Engagement?

8.2. The search for meaning in life and work

8.3. You know I can't hear you when my headphones are on."

9. Changing employment paradigm.

9.1. The Gig Economy

9.2. Remote Work

9.3. Hybrid Work

10. Distracted Working

10.1. Cell Phone/Social Media Addiction

10.2. Working Remotely and Distractions

11. Work/Life Balance: Really???

11.1. Remote work means no time away from work

11.2. Working Single Parents

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