Boasting about how inundated you are at work might appear to convey professionalism and dedication to the job, but it can actually have the opposite effect, experts say. Employees who “stress brag,” or “busy brag,” are more likely to be perceived as less likable — and less competent — by their colleagues, per a study published in the journal “Personnel Psychology.” Unfortunately, the point-scoring phenomenon — call it performative anxiety — has become all too common in the corporate world. “This is a behavior we’ve all seen, and we all might be guilty of at some point,” said Jessica Rodell, the study’s head author and a professor of management at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business in Athens, Georgia. “When I was wondering about why people do this, I thought maybe we are talking about our stress because we want to prove we’re good enough,” she said.
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