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Generation Gaps at Work Not Just About Age, Study Says
August 2, 2010 Businesses that look only at age to bridge generational gaps among workers risk losing knowledge to retirements, higher turnover and other productivity-clogging problems, new research has ... > full story -
Industrial Relations
Consumer Behavior
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Customers Less Tolerant of Employee Rudeness Than Incompetence
July 22, 2010 Rude behavior among employees can negatively affect consumer perceptions -- even when the incivility isn't directed at the ... > full story -
Study Describes Health Effects of Occupational Exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Workers
July 22, 2010 A five-year study into the causes of deaths of workers at Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant shows significantly lower death rates from all causes and cancer in general when compared to the overall ... > full story -
Seasonal Influenza Immunization Rates Among Health-Care Workers
July 19, 2010 Campaigns to increase seasonal influenza vaccination rates among health-care workers in Canada that include a combination of interventions had the greatest effect on increasing vaccine coverage, ... > full story -
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Who's Queen? Insulin Signaling Key to Caste Development in Bees
July 14, 2010 What makes a bee grow up to be a queen? Scientists have long pondered this mystery. Now, researchers have fit a new piece into the puzzle of bee development -- a piece that also illuminates ... > full story -
Spanish Public-Sector Workers Complain Most About Their Work Environment, Study Finds
July 1, 2010 Spanish employees from public institutions and companies report higher levels of psychological violence in their place of work than their Finnish counterparts. These are the results of a study which ... > full story -
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Elusive Ant Queen Pheromone Tracked Down
June 30, 2010 Much like humans, social insects such as ants and bees behave differently when their mother is not around. Workers are thought to perceive the presence of their mother queen using her unique ... > full story -
Education Matters: Women With College Degrees More Likely to Have Health Insurance
June 17, 2010 Stay in school, stay insured: Four out of ten women without a high school degree -- or 42 percent -- did not have health insurance in contrast to 11 percent of women with a college degree, according ... > full story -
Smoking Cigarettes Is a Predictor of Rheumatoid Arthritis and May Negatively Impact on Efficacy of Anti-TNFs
June 17, 2010 Smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for developing rheumatoid arthritis and may have a negative impact on the effectiveness of anti-tumour necrosis factor inhibitors in RA patients taking ... > full story -
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Faster Employees May Indirectly Motivate Colleagues to Increase Production
June 15, 2010 You wouldn't think that there would be much similarity between a hockey line and an automobile assembly line. However, management-science researchers say that both groups can learn something about ... > full story
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