Understanding How We Manage Competing Demands Inside and Outside of Work (2026-2029)
Abstract
This project aims to develop and test a novel, integrative computational model that explains how people juggle the competing demands of their diverse roles and identities and how this process impacts quality of life. In doing so, it brings recent advances in computational psychology to bear on a problem of widespread interest within organisational psychology. The expected outcome is a new theory addressing how what people do with their time and energy inside and outside of work affects their life satisfaction and productivity. The benefits include actionable insights from the model that can help individuals, organisations, and policymakers promote work practices that achieve sustainable economic growth by improving worker engagement.
