Social Exclusion in the Workplace - Jane O'Reilly, PhD at Imagine Your Workplace Conference

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Lightning Talk Session:
Not-So Social at Work
Jane O’Reilly, PhD
Assistant Professor, Telfer School of Management – University of Ottawa

Summary:
What happens when an employee feels excluded from the social circle at work? While it is perhaps easy to recognize that being harassed or belittled is a psychologically painful experience, we often assume that ‘simply’ being left out is, at least in a comparative sense, innocuous. In some cases, the negative impact of social exclusion is even worse than the outcomes associated with harassment. In this talk, I will discuss a growing body of research including the nature, incidence, and impact of social exclusion, as well as management strategies for limiting its existence.

Dr. O’Reilly is an Assistant Professor in the area of organizational behaviour and human resource management at the Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa. Her leading-edge research examines informal workplace interactions and relationships. Dr. O’Reilly has committed most of her time studying the incidence and impact of workplace mistreatment for over eight years, and her work is published in leading peer-reviewed management journals.