Places of work have become fairer thanks to their embrace of meritocracy: the idea that the best person for the job is the right person for the job. Formal assessment processes, for example, help ensure that interviews are granted on merit, rather than allocating them based on which resumes remind ...
Date Posted: November 22, 2016
Categories: Workplace Issues
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In this era of increasing productivity and job efficiency, many of us often complain about being overworked. However, having too little to do at work may not be advantageous, and may even be bad for your mental health.
Nov 15
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) workers face discrimination in the workplace. What forms does this take and what is the degree of discrimination experienced by LGBT persons? Sexual identity management and other coping strategies ...
Nov 8
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Workplace ...
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Is it better to fit in or stand out? That question has vexed all of us at one time or another, from teenagers to aspiring executives to sociologists. The answer, says Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Amir Goldberg: It depends.
Nov 2
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Beyond Blue chairman Jeff Kennett has called for the performance bonuses of chief executives to be partially linked to the mental wellbeing of their employees.
In a speech to the Business Council of Australia’s Mentally Healthy Workplaces ...
Oct 26
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Depression
Mental Health
Psychology / Psychiatry
High status job means you are less likely to respond to treatment for depression
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Published: Wednesday 21 September 2016
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Oct 18
Categories: Adult psychological development, Depression, Workplace Issues
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Singapore has one of the longest working hours in the world, clocking in 88 hours every two work weeks. At the same time, its people are unhappy, citing a lack of work-life balance and stress.
Oct 17
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
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How much do experiences in one part of our lives have effects that spill into other, seemingly separate domains? One obvious candidate is the football team you follow - it's a distinctive arena that matters greatly for many people and involves a ...
Oct 12
Categories: Workplace Issues
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It is Monday morning. You have just arrived at work, and you get one of the following three emails, each promising a different reward if you get everything done that day: One says you'll get a cash bonus. Another says your boss will give you a rare ...
Sep 14
Categories: Workplace Issues
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The right mood music can influence how well people work together, a new management-oriented study suggests.
Many retail establishments carefully select the music they play in order to influence consumer behavior, such as encouraging shoppers to buy ...
Sep 2
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Getting some sleep in between study sessions may make it easier to recall what you studied and relearn what you've forgotten, even 6 months later. While studies have shown that both repeated practice and sleep can help improve memory, there is ...
Aug 27
Categories: Learning Difficulties, Workplace Issues
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Researchers have a long history of exploring what motivates people to cooperate - or not - and how to foster and encourage effective collaboration within and across groups. Psychological scientist David G. Rand (Yale University) recently took an ...
Aug 25
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Creating a positive work environment sounds like a noble aspiration for both businesses and the people who work for them. No one ever says that they want to work in a negative environment, after all, or even in a blasé one. And yet, in late April, ...
Aug 6
Categories: Happiness, Workplace Issues
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Poor workplace culture can have a huge effect on people's mental and physical health, and it's time business leaders addressed the issue urgently.
May 14
Categories: Workplace Issues
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A new study shows that managers play down their competence to appear warmer to their subordinates while the subordinates hide their own warmth in an effort to appear more competent.
Mar 19
Categories: Workplace Issues
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The British Psychological Society (BPS) is promoting action to deal with low morale, stress and depression among mental health professionals.
Mar 15
Categories: Other, Workplace Issues
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