As such, the stress around self-presentation (Do I lookcamera-ready?
Is my background professional?
Are the kids and pets out of view?)

likely plays a major part in why video calls with a camera on are extra-exhausting.
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Those who had cameras on were potentially participatinglessthan those not using cameras.

Allison Gabriel is the McClelland Professor of Management and Organizations and University Distinguished Scholar at the University of Arizona Eller College of Management. She earned her PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology in 2013 from the University of Akron, and her research focuses on emotions at work, employee recovery, interpersonal work stressors, relationships at work, motivation, and employee well-being. She currently serves as an Associate Editor at Journal of Applied Psychology.
This counters the conventional wisdom that cameras are required to be engaged in virtual meetings.
So, in reality, those who had cameras on were potentially participatinglessthan those not using cameras.
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