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Family-Friendly Tenure Policies Result in Salary Penalty for Professors
April 29, 2013 — Well-intentioned policies to make achieving tenure more family-friendly actually have negative consequences for the salaries of college faculty, says a new ... > full story -
Not Everyone Likes the Company Picnic
April 17, 2013 — The workers who may have the most to gain from attending company social events may be the ones who actually get the least value from them, a new study ... > full story -
'Well-Being Risks' Contribute to Decreased Productivity
April 9, 2013 — In addition to health-related risk factors, some non-traditional "well-being risks" can have a significant impact on workers' ... > full story -
Graduate Glut Spells Underused Skills and Dissatisfaction for Many
April 4, 2013 — Graduates are taking up jobs that don't fully use their skills and as a result are causing high turnover for employers, claims new research. The findings raise questions about today's high throughput ... > full story -
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Cash for Weight Loss? Works Better When Employees Compete for Pots of Money
April 1, 2013 — Do cash rewards for healthier habits work? Maybe, says a new study, if you add on one more condition -- peer pressure. A growing number of companies are offering employees an opportunity to boost ... > full storyMore: -
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Global Companies Beware: Rude Customer Treatment Depends on Culture
March 25, 2013 — A new study reveals that North American service workers are more likely to sabotage rude customers, while Chinese react by disengaging from customer service ... > full story -
When It Rains These Days, Does It Pour? Has the Weather Become Stormier as the Climate Warms?
March 17, 2013 — Scientists have shown that the signature of an increase in storminess could be extracted from precipitation data for the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. The scientists suspect the same ... > full story -
Successful Entrepreneurs Share a Common History of Getting in Trouble as Teenagers
March 5, 2013 — Independence. Creativity. Money. Those are the benefits associated with successful entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. But is being an entrepreneur really more lucrative than ... > full story -
Wasp Transcriptome Creates a Buzz
February 25, 2013 — New research delivers a sting in the tail for queen wasps. Scientists have sequenced the active parts of the genome – or transcriptome – of primitively eusocial wasps to identify ... > full story -
A Question of Accountability: What Happens When Employees Are Left in the Dark?
February 25, 2013 — All employees are accountable for something, but very few fully understand exactly what they are accountable for, according to a new ... > full story
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