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Study looks at job applicant reactions to brainteaser questions

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From the San Francisco State University press release via EurekAlert!: In today’s tough job market, more job-seekers could be facing interview questions like this: Why are manholes round? Or how many barbershops are there in… 

Study looks at how employment relationship shapes identity

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From the Washington University in St. Louis press release via MedicalXpress: Workers pour sweat, blood and even dollars into the firms that employ them, especially in a labor market characterized by employment and retirement insecurity,… 

Spanish study predicts increase in workaholism in coming years

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From the Asociación RUVID press release via AlphaGalileo: The percentage of workaholics in Spain is now 4.6%, and by December 2015 this figure could reach 11.8% of workers. By applying a mathematical model of difference… 

Study links managerial role with more automatic decision-making

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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 open access journal PLOS ONE.…