2025-06-26 Quiet Quitting, Response Formats, and Workplace Boredom, Oh My! A Brief Overview of Current Research Projects
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Dr. Truit W. Gray discussed three working projects: The first examines quiet quitting. In this work, we suggest the current foundation for quiet quitting research is shaky. We conduct four studies to develop a definition and measure of quiet quitting that do not conflate quiet quitting with alternative constructs. We then incorporate a psychological contracts perspective with organizational justice and job characteristics theories to understand the antecedents and outcomes of quiet quitting. In the second project, we consider an often-overlooked piece of measurement, the response format (for example, disagree to agree, never to often, none to a large amount, etc.) and argue that without adequately considering the response format construct validity may be threatened. In short, the selection of response format should be driven by construct conceptualization as well as the research question of interest. We support our stance both logically and empirically. Lastly, we conduct an integrative review of workplace boredom. We suggest that boredom is a topic that is often discussed in practice, yet largely overlooked within organizational scholarship. We hope to lay the foundation for future organizational research to build upon.
Publication Date
6-26-2025
Recommended Citation
Gray, Truit W., "2025-06-26 Quiet Quitting, Response Formats, and Workplace Boredom, Oh My! A Brief Overview of Current Research Projects" (2025). DODC Symposia. 26.
https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/dodc_symposiums/26