From the BMJ – British Medical Journal press release via ScienceDaily: Witnessing or being on the receiving end of bullying at work heightens the risk of employees being prescribed antidepressants, sleeping pills, and tranquillisers, finds…
From the St. Michael’s Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: How-to books are full of advice on what makes a good mentor. But what makes a good mentee and what chemistry is needed to make the…
From the University of Texas Austin press release via Physorg: With fluctuating gas prices and the increasing call for work-life balance, telecommuting has become an attractive option for busy professionals. Yet according to a new…
From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Employers are often more focused on hiring someone they would like to hang out with than they are on finding the person who can best do…
From the Oregon State University press release: A study has found that young, less-experienced surgeons made major surgical mistakes almost half the time during a “simulated” gall bladder removal when they were distracted by noises,…
From the Concordia University press release via EurekAlert!: What if factory foremen treated their workers less like the machines they operate, and more like people, with personality strengths and differences? Surely the workers would benefit,…
From the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto press release: Businesses will get more accurate assessments of potential and current employees if they do away with self-rated personality tests and ask those being assessed…
From the SF State University press release via EurekAlert!: Unemployed workers who continue to identify with their former employer report higher well-being even after being fired or laid off from the company, according to a…
From the University of Notre Dame press release by Shannon Chapla via ScienceDaily: Sexual harassment is devastating in and of itself for its victims, but new research shows there can be an even more insidious…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign press release via ScienceDaily: Employees who are more satisfied with their pay report lower levels of work-family conflict, a study by a University of Illinois labor and employment…