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Scientists say that supportive supervisors can improve workplace presenteeism among employees. A new study suggests that this holds true even when employees' colleagues believe absence is justified.
Interestingly, the research group found that employees tend to be influenced by their peers into thinking that i... |
21 March 2012
10:01 GMT |
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A thriving workforce is an absolute requisite when it comes to increasing productivity at the workplace, says the conclusion of a new scientific research on the issue. What the research is basically saying is that being happy with one's job is not a guarantee that that worker will display high performances.
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18 January 2012
04:02 GMT |
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University of British Columbia (UBC) investigators have determined that managers who fail to keep their workforce connected and engaged amongst itself risk losing coherence. This can further result in the emergence of unwanted behaviors in the workplace, including sabotage and forms of rivalry.
While competition i... |
8 October 2011
06:02 GMT |
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Researchers at the Indiana University, working together with colleagues at the Cornell University, recently determined that hectic jobs, which involve more than 50 hours of work per week, tent to hinder women's performances. This may explain why so few women make it to top positions.For years, women's right... |
22 August 2011
09:41 GMT |
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According to the results of the newest study conducted by experts at the Baylor University, it would appear that people who are subjected to stressful conditions in the workplace are more likely to be rude at home than their peers. This is especially true in the case of those who work under very difficult conditions,... |
17 August 2011
07:56 GMT |
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Work flow efficiency experts say that it may be time to do away with the current setup most companies use. They add that the omnipresent cubicle should be removed from office floors and replaced with clusters of tables centered around mobile technologies and social services.Tablets, smart phones, and social technolog... |
5 August 2011
09:53 GMT |
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A growing body of evidence is beginning to suggest that the satisfaction people feel at the workplace is directly linked to their longevity. The research does not analyze the way individuals feel about the tasks they have to do, but focuses on the relationships between co-workers.In other words, it's the develop... |
12 May 2011
03:54 GMT |
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In the workplace, women still face a lot of ridicule and discrimination if they want to breastfeed. Already, not many new mothers do this, despite it being the best and most natural course of action. Being subjected to discrimination does not help in this regard at all. Healthcare agencies and departments around the ... |
19 April 2011
03:58 GMT |
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A new national poll conducted in the United States has revealed that half of all employees feel that the amount of money they get for their work makes them feel undervalued and plays a role in the stress they feel. A large proportion is also reporting experiencing excessive levels of stress daily.A comparison of happ... |
10 March 2011
08:10 GMT |
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A new research literature review conducted by the University of Concordia, in Montreal, Canada, found that giving employees more autonomy at work, makes them happier and more productive.This is only logical, because this is a way of having more committed workers, who will develop initiatives and become more intereste... |
25 January 2011
03:09 GMT |
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Employers who want to boost the productivity of their employees should take some time to come up to date with the latest investigations in the field, because they tend to go up against established norms on how this can be achieved. A newly-published investigation makes no exception.The research says that people who a... |
16 December 2010
10:59 GMT |
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Regardless of what an old myth says about how the bigger the cleavage, the bigger the chances of promotion for a woman at her workplace, a new survey comes to show that this is actually the biggest mistake ladies can make. Showing too much cleavage not only lowers their chances at a job interview, as we also informed... |
10 December 2010
14:41 GMT |
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Apparently, companies in Norway have a very severe toilet regime, with some bosses using the most ridiculous methods to keep a tab on employees’ time spent in the restroom, a new survey suggests. The Daily Mail reports a new survey was conducted with several major companies into the “tyrannical” toi... |
1 December 2010
15:51 GMT |
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They say first impressions can be misleading, but this seems to be a golden, unwritten rule with many employers, who decide in the first seconds that a woman with too much of a cleavage is not right for the job.A new study commissioned by TK Maxx and cited by British publication the Daily Mail reveals that most of th... |
31 August 2010
14:21 GMT |
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They’re too emotional, moody and often forget to leave their personal life at the door of the office: female bosses are a nightmare to work for and two thirds of women also believe it. Studies of this type have been done before – and with the same results. Both men and women would rather they worked under... |
12 August 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Just recently, a survey showed that one in three men still had serious issues when his partner (wife or girlfriend) was behind the wheel because he felt she lacked concentration and was too easily distracted to be a good driver. At the workplace, though, the story is different, since women tend to be much more organi... |
21 July 2010
16:21 GMT |
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Today, January 18, is officially the most depressing day of the year, which is why it has come to be known as Blue Monday. Useless to say, today nothing works and, consequently, it’s the worst moment to start something new or take risks, either at work or in one’s personal life. There are ways to fight th... |
18 January 2010
13:21 GMT |
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In a new study, researchers at the University of Toronto, in Canada, have uncovered the fact that about 50 percent of all employees tend to bring their work home with them. The research group says that this is one of the main causes of stress in today's society, given the fact that people no longer rest and rela... |
13 January 2010
14:01 GMT |
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According to a new scientific study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester, it would appear that all people who work, regardless of their jobs, tend to fare better during the weekend than in workdays. The work took into account factors such as aches and pains, mood, vitality and others of the sort. T... |
12 January 2010
06:43 GMT |
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“I think someone needs a bite of the reality sandwich” and “Let’s touch base on this offline” might be phrases that we could make sense of, but that would be like shooting arrows in the dark. Yet, they make a lot of sense for office workers in the UK, who are increasingly including them ... |
8 January 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Though they only appear on our screen for several seconds, pop-up ads do more than simply annoy us to the fullest. They are also extremely apt at breaking our concentration on the tasks at hand, by breaking the mental processes that keep us focused on our work. Experts at the Economic & Social Research Council have b... |
7 December 2009
03:58 GMT |
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Stress is a killer, and we all probably know that, especially in those situations when the deadlines are nearing and we find we still haven’t completed the task at hand. Whatever the reason it appears for, stress diminishes productivity, while also taking a toll on our health. This is why experts recommend a fe... |
3 November 2009
13:41 GMT |
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These days, most of us hold office jobs, which means we spend at least eight hours a day sitting down in front of a computer, with little to no time to straighten ourselves up by standing and moving around. 80 percent of Americans suffer from back pain at one point in their life, while back injuries are the number-on... |
24 August 2009
14:31 GMT |
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In their desperate bid to avoid what is known as “office dress” and thus spark talk that they’re trying to emulate their male counterparts in everything, many women have decided to go with their feminine side and dress accordingly at the workplace. According to Maureen Rice of the Daily Mail, far fr... |
20 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Personality traits play an important part in one’s appreciation at the work place, both from a personal and a professional / financial point of view. While it’s common sense that those who display eagerness and conscientiousness be paid more than those who can be described as slackers, a new study comes t... |
14 July 2009
13:21 GMT |
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It’s by now common practice to say that someone landed a job or a job interview on their good looks alone, even if not justified all the time. A new study comes to point out that, should this be the case, good looks also helps when it comes to being appreciated at work, beautiful people earning more than those ... |
21 May 2009
16:31 GMT |
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As talk of the pay gap between men and women continues, with contradictory figures not being able to perfectly represent the reality at the workplace, it seems that differences in terms of salary also apply within the same gender, as a new study points out. Consequently, tall men earn considerably more than their sho... |
19 May 2009
16:21 GMT |
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Going on vacation is, as we all know by now, the best way to put behind us, albeit just temporarily, the stress of day-to-day life and really recharge our batteries. However, there still are some of us who can’t afford to go to exotic locations, for one reason or another, but that is not to say we can’t b... |
5 May 2009
15:31 GMT |
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Chances are, if you’re reading this, you’re at your desk at work. You and millions of other people spend more than eight hours a day in front of a computer – to these, other two or three hours are added at night, in front of the TV. With us doing so much sitting and increasingly less physical activi... |
3 March 2009
14:21 GMT |
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It’s no longer a secret that women can hardly stand to be in the presence of another lady, let alone befriend her and be able to be nice to her without stabbing her when she’s not looking. Friendship between women has come to mean nothing today, and it’s ladies themselves who are paying the price fo... |
24 February 2009
13:21 GMT |
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According to a recent scientific study, nearly one in three employers, more than 33 percent in total, complain that they have had problems with staff being attacked at the workplace at least once over the past years. The situation is alarming, especially considering the fact that the largest portion of those who have... |
17 February 2009
05:48 GMT |
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Lunch break ended half an hour or so ago, and we’re sitting at the desk, trying to work. For some obscure reason, we can’t seem to keep our eyes open for longer than one minute tops, while our head is constantly tilting towards the keyboard and we feel a sudden urge to crawl under the desk to get some shu... |
13 February 2009
06:30 GMT |
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A new online study shows that 31 percent of all marriages in the United States take place between people who meet at the workplace, in the office. As far as dating is concerned, more than 40 percent of employed Americans have dated a co-worker over the last years. Many of the people responding to the survey said that... |
12 February 2009
06:55 GMT |
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It could be that the image of that particular type of “secretary” that we get to see in movies is not that far-fetched after all, a new study has revealed. Not only are women willing to dress skimpily in order to get a promotion or a bonus, but one third of them are already doing it – with awesome r... |
16 January 2009
15:11 GMT |
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Scientists studying human behavior learned that punishment among individuals in the same group could be a very effective way of promoting cooperation, rather than appealing to an individual's consciousness. Namely, if other members of the group have the capacity to sanction those who stray from the “path&r... |
6 December 2008
03:51 GMT |
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Health and fitness experts have emphasized the importance of working out at the office on several occasions before. A few minutes of exercises each day could help drastically reduce the risks of employees developing lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, heart conditions and some types of cancer, due to ... |
25 October 2008
03:34 GMT |
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