Stress can be experienced as a result of excessive workload, lack of autonomy, office politics, bullying and poor relationships with colleagues and managers. The Australian Psychological Society "Stress and Wellbeing in Australia Survey 2013" revealed that almost half of the respondents reported workplace issues as a source of stress.
Date Posted: June 20, 2014
Categories: Workplace Issues
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In 2012, David Strayer found himself in a research lab, on the outskirts of London, observing something he hadn't thought possible: extraordinary multitasking. For his entire career, Strayer, a professor of psychology at the University of Utah, had ...
May 23
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Hopefully, you don't need an extra reason to enjoy your hobbies, but if you happen to be one of the many professionals who are struggling to keep their constant busyness from encroaching on their favorite activities, a new study might give you a ...
May 17
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An omnibus survey of 1,200 people across the UK has shown that a third of people struggle to cope at work because of depression, stress or burn out, with 83 per cent of those affected experiencing isolation or loneliness as a result. Only half of ...
May 9
Categories: Stress Management, Workplace Issues
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You need to make sure things get accomplished but you don't want to be the boss that everyone hates - the dreaded micromanager. Leadership coach Lolly Daskal and Psychologist Art Markman offer their advice in how to balance this tricky situation.
Apr 29
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Lists of how to be happy at work often implicitly blame workers themselves.
If you're not happy, they imply, it's because you're not prioritising properly or you need to smile more, or some other trite rubbish.
Don't accept this: organisations are ...
Apr 28
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
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I've been trying to build a model for how emotions create success, but I kept on getting tripped up when I came to gratitude. I was categorizing it as a result of success or a form of success. And that didn't seem quite right, somehow.
Here's the ...
Apr 7
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Mental health is a topic everyone can relate to. We all personally know what it’s like when you miss the train or you're late to a meeting - we all know what it feels like to be stressed and how it impairs our ability to make good decisions. And ...
Mar 26
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Management research about incentive pay often focuses on whether or not the tactic works to increase productivity.
But what if the promise of a bonus or some other reward works too well?
New neuroscience research from a team of American and ...
Mar 17
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SINGAPORE - To help those who have recovered from mental illness secure jobs and reintegrate into society, Kaplan Singapore has worked with the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH) to introduce a series of courses designed to equip them ...
Feb 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Workplace Issues
GOThe workplace plays a vital role in creating a suicide safe community, according to a new position statement released by Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA).
The Statement calls on organisations of all sizes to implement workplace policies and ...
Feb 26
Categories: Workplace Issues
GOMany people encounter workplace issues in their working lives and many of them can be related to the ...
Feb 25
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The option to abandon a project might just strengthen your resolve to complete it, according to a study published in Psychological Science.
The study, from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvanis and Georgia State University, is ...
Feb 18
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Happiness is so interesting, because we all have different ideas about what it is and how to get it. So naturally we are obsessed with it.
I would love to be happier, as I'm sure most people would, so I thought it would be interesting to find some ...
Feb 5
Categories: Happiness, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Meditation, Workplace ...
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You’ve probably heard the phrase ”fake it ‘til you make it.” The idea is that imitating confidence — be it at work, in romance, or whatever — can A) trick people into thinking you’re competent and confident and B) eventually lead to ...
Jan 21
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SINGAPORE - A migrant workers' group has called for greater protection of the mental well-being of foreign domestic workers (FDWs).
The Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) said current laws in Singapore are not adequate in ...
Jan 20
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