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In this week’s podcast, Michael is joined by Shibeal O’Flaherty, a third year PhD student at King’s College London, to discuss her research on improving employee wellbeing using behavioural science and the challenges of working with public sector employers and their employees.


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Shibeal O’Flaherty: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/shibeal-o-flaherty 

Symbolic rewards for social workers: O’Flaherty, S; Sanders, M, T; Whillans, A. (2021). Research: A little recognition can provide a big morale boost. Harvard Business Review

Jana Gallus and symbolic reward - Gallus, J. (2017). Fostering public good contributions with symbolic awards: A large-scale natural field experiment at Wikipedia. Management Science, 63(12), 3999-4015. 

Mental health support:

NHS – depending on your area, you may be able to make a self-referral: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/social-care-and-your-rights/how-to-access-mental-health-services/ 

Mind - https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/seeking-help-for-a-mental-health-problem/where-to-start/ 

Student Minds - https://www.studentminds.org.uk/findsupport.html 

Visit your university’s website to find out more about specific support available at your university. 



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