What Interruptions Say About Your Organizational Culture

Recent research suggests that interruptions when meeting attendees are speaking are significant moments that affect how employees experience workplace culture and can lead to self-censoring. Taking a different approach to meeting facilitation can help leaders become more aware of when this is occurring so that they can improve participant dynamics, encourage meeting attendees to contribute, and more effectively respond to interruptions.

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MIT Sloan Management Review
Published
2026-10-27
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https://doi.org/10.63383/garf7503
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Team Dynamics and Performance
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What Interruptions Say About Your Organizational Culture

Ghulam Murtaza, Benjamin Laker, Rahman Khan, Athar Hameed
MIT Sloan Management Review
Team Dynamics and Performance
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What Interruptions Say About Your Organizational Culture

Ghulam Murtaza, Benjamin Laker, Rahman Khan, Athar Hameed
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Abstract

Recent research suggests that interruptions when meeting attendees are speaking are significant moments that affect how employees experience workplace culture and can lead to self-censoring. Taking a different approach to meeting facilitation can help leaders become more aware of when this is occurring so that they can improve participant dynamics, encourage meeting attendees to contribute, and more effectively respond to interruptions.

MIT Sloan Management Review
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Team Dynamics and Performance
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What Interruptions Say About Your Organizational Culture — Ghulam Murtaza, Benjamin Laker, et al. · MIT Sloan Management Review (2026) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS