{
  "title": "Meeting load: what the research actually supports",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/charge-de-reunions-ce-que-la-recherche-permet-vraiment-de-dire-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-09-21",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "Cutting the number of meetings has become a slogan. The literature says something more precise, and less comfortable.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Frontline Management",
  "place": {
    "name": "Zurich",
    "region": "Zurich",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Steven Rogelberg, Desmond Leach, Peter Warr and Jennifer Burnfield (2006, Journal of Applied Psychology) showed that the relationship between meeting load and well-being is not uniform: it depends on individuals' orientation towards collective work and on the perceived value of the meetings they attend."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The cost that never appears in the calendar",
      "point": "Alexandra Luong and Steven Rogelberg (2005, Group Dynamics) described a recovery effect: beyond the duration of meetings themselves, what weighs is the time needed to return to productive work."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The conclusion drawn too quickly",
      "point": "A simple rule is often inferred from this work: remove meetings."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Why this concerns front-line management first",
      "point": "The team manager is both the main organiser and the main recipient of these meetings."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical implication, verifiable in-house",
      "point": "A check requiring no instrumentation: over two weeks, count the proportion of meetings that end with a decision stated and assigned."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Burnfield",
      "year": "2006",
      "source": "Journal of Applied Psychology"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Rogelberg",
      "year": "2005",
      "source": "Group Dynamics"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 331,
  "image": "https://www.shr.swiss/img/blog-editorial-2026-09-21-en.jpg?v=4",
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  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}