Tag: organizational

Study suggests top executives’ team spirit may affect whole business

From the SAGE Publications press release via EurekAlert!: Effective teamwork among an organization’s top management makes employees happier and more productive, with positive benefits to the organization. Despite an abundance… Read more »

Study suggests work is more fun if job suits one’s character strengths

From the University of Zürich press release via AlphaGalileo: Character strengths can be defined as traits that are evaluated as morally positive, such as self-control, teamwork or kindness. Character strengths… Read more »

Study reveals extent of social connections in shaping boardroom appointments

From the University of Bristol press release via Physorg: Early findings from a University of Bristol study that investigated school, college and club connections in the boardrooms of the UK’s… Read more »

Study suggests sleep deprivation can influence professional behaviour

From the University of Arizona press release by Lia Samson via Physorg: Early 2011 saw a spate of reports in the media about air traffic controllers sleeping on the job… Read more »

Study links managerial role with more automatic decision-making

From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: Managers and non-managers show distinctly different brain activation patterns when making decisions, according to research published Aug. 22 in the… Read more »

Study looks at reasons for overconfidence

From the UC Berkeley press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers have long known that people are very frequently overconfident – that they tend to believe they are more physically talented, socially… Read more »

Study suggests sense of belonging may be more motivating in the workplace than money

From the University of Iowa press release via Newswise: A sense of belonging and attachment to a group of co-workers is a better motivator for some employees than money, according… Read more »