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…
From the University of Michigan press release by Diane Swanbrow via ScienceDaily: A new University of Michigan study shows that when researchers share a building, and especially a floor, the likelihood of forming new collaborations…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: We’ve all heard of the “glass ceiling” but the recent economic crisis has illuminated another workplace phenomenon: the “glass cliff.” Women seem to be overrepresented in precarious…
From the Queen Mary, University of London press release via HealthCanal: Overworked employees with little power in the workplace are at an increased risk of developing major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a new study…
From the University of Melbourne press release via ScienceDaily: The old saying “fake it until you make it” might actually be sound professional advice, with new University of Melbourne research finding self-confidence is a key…