题　目：Biohacking For a Better Day? An Experimental ESM Study of Noninvasive Transcutaneous Vagal Nerve Stimulation and Anxiety-Mediated Daily Workplace Outcomes 

嘉　宾：祝磊 教授 加拿大约克大学

主　持：李诗科 助理教授 上海交通大学

时　间：2026年06月15日（周一）15:30-17:00

地　点：上海交通大学安泰经济与管理学院包兆龙图书馆B207室

内容简介:

Work Anxiety impacts over 40% of Americans during their workday (APA, 2009), with implications for job performance (McCarthy et al., 2016) and turnover (Rodell & Judge, 2009). Despite significant evidence for a profound negative impact on worker wellbeing, research to date has largely overlooked potential in-situ interventions that might attenuate daily workplace anxiety. Drawing from the Neurovisceral Integration Model (Thayer & Lane, 2000) and research on workplace anxiety (Cheng & McCarthy, 2018), we leverage an experimental experience sampling (ESM) design to provide a test of the efficacy of noninvasive transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation (tVNS) for reducing daily workplace anxiety. Specifically, 127 professional employees completed an entry survey, were issued investigational tVNS devices, used the devices in the morning and completed twice daily surveys over the course of four work weeks. Unbeknownst to participants, the devices operated in a sham (placebic) mode for half of the study period. Analyses demonstrate a that active (versus sham) use of the device led to a significant decrease in reported mid-day workplace anxiety for participants high (but not low) in dispositional stress reactivity. Mid-day workplace anxiety in turn mediated significant effects on end-of-day reported workplace anxiety, aversive physical symptoms, daily job engagement, and daily job performance. Moreover, latent growth analysis suggests a cumulative growth trajectory for tVNS usage. I will conclude by discussing ongoing and planned research leveraging the tVNS devices for organizational research, including implications for work-life spillover, leader behavior, and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition.

演讲人简介：

Dr. Luke Zhu（祝磊）is a Professor of Organization Studies at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto. Dr. Zhu’s research and teaching focus on business ethics, diversity, and artificial intelligence, with work examining the psychological and sociological roots of (un)ethical behavior in the workplace, interventions for gender and racial discrimination, and the integration of AI in organizations. His research has been widely published in high-impact journals across fields such as organizational behavior (Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes), psychology (Cognition, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology), and interdisciplinary studies (PNAS: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences). Dr. Zhu’s research has received major support from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grants, awarded to research with significant potential to advance social science knowledge and address complex societal issues. His work has also been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. Dr. Zhu currently serves as an Associate Editor for Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes（OBHDP）. He also reviews for various other leading journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, The Journal of Applied Psychology, and The Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 

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