Gabriel presents ‘Zoom Fatigue and the Science of Recovery’ at Westwood Lecture Series

Allie Gabriel, the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in the Mitch Daniels School of Business, presented “Zoom Fatigue and the Science of Recovery – How We Can Thrive at Work and Home” at the Westwood Lecture Series on May 5.

The lecture was open exclusively to members of the Purdue University Retirees Association (PURA), reflecting Purdue’s commitment to offering meaningful educational and social opportunities for retirees who remain closely connected to the university.

“Zoom Fatigue and the Science of Recovery – How We Can Thrive at Work and Home”
Allie Gabriel
Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management
Mitch Daniels School of Business

Abstract: Virtual and hybrid work have transformed how we connect — but at what cost? In this lecture, Gabriel will share her research on Zoom fatigue and the science of recovery, highlighting how everyday features of virtual work influence employee well-being, performance and workplace relationships.

Drawing on a series of studies, she will unpack why virtual interactions can be particularly draining — and for whom — before offering practical, research-based strategies to help employees and leaders better recover from work-related stress, both at work and at home.

Bio: Gabriel is the Thomas J. Howatt Chair in Management in the Daniels School of Business and serves as the faculty director of Purdue’s Center for Working Well, a cross-disciplinary hub dedicated to advancing research and practice centered on helping employees thrive at work and home. She also holds a courtesy appointment as a professor of industrial-organizational psychology in the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Gabriel’s research examines how employees navigate the emotional, motivational and relational demands of modern work and how these experiences shape their well-being across work and nonwork domains. She is especially known for her scholarship on recovery, emotion regulation and women’s experiences in the workplace, including issues tied to women’s health and motherhood. Her work often leverages within-person and person-centered approaches to capture how experiences unfold in daily life.

She is an outgoing associate editor at the Journal of Applied Psychology and incoming senior editor for micro research at the Journal of Management. She has published more than 80 peer-reviewed articles in leading outlets such as the Academy of Management Journal, the Academy of Management Review, the Journal of Applied Psychology, the Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology and Organization Science. Her research was highlighted on the “This Is Purdue” podcast, in addition to being featured in major media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC and Fast Company.

She is the recipient of multiple early career and scholarly achievement awards from the Academy of Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. She is an elected fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Association and was previously selected as a Poets & Quants Top 50 Undergraduate Business School Professor. Earlier this year, she was named to the Thinkers50 Radar list alongside her collaborator, Purdue faculty member Dr. Kate Zipay, which recognizes up-and-coming global management thinkers whose ideas are shaping the future of work and leadership.

Gabriel holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Pennsylvania State University (’08) and a PhD in industrial-organizational psychology from the University of Akron (’13).