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Employee Satisfaction Dependent On More Than Relative Pay
August 28, 2008 — Employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage within a comparison group, as opposed to the individual's absolute ... > full story -
Genes And Nutrition Influence Caste In Unusual Species Of Harvester Ant
August 18, 2008 — Researchers trying to determine whether nature or nurture determines an ant's status in the colony have found a surprising answer. Both. Nature (that is, the ant’s genetic makeup) and nurture ... > full story -
Hard Day’s Night? Enhancing The Work-Life Balance Of Shift Workers
August 14, 2008 — Introducing a Compressed Working Week may enhance the work-life balance of shift workers without damaging productivity or competitiveness suggests a new systematic review published in the Journal of ... > full story -
Long Work Hours Widen The Gender Gap
August 1, 2008 — Working overtime has a disproportionate impact on women in dual-earner households, exacerbating gender inequality and supporting the "separate sphere" phenomenon in which men are the breadwinners ... > full story -
Psychological Downside To Strike Action
July 30, 2008 — While industrial action is largely perceived as a legitimate means of encouraging organizational change in Australia, research has shown industrial action can adversely affect those ... > full story -
Common Stereotypes About Obese Workers Refuted By New Studies
July 18, 2008 — New research refutes commonly held stereotypes that overweight workers are lazier, more emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their "normal weight" ... > full story -
Report Calls For Expansion Of Professional Science Master's Degree Programs
July 11, 2008 — Policymakers, universities, and employers should work together to speed the development of professionally oriented master's degree programs in the natural sciences, says a new report from the ... > full story -
To Multiply, Ant Colonies Adapt To Environmental Conditions
July 4, 2008 — By combining field work in Australia with mathematical modeling, scientists have shown that the quality and quantity of winged queens produced by colonies of the Rhytidoponera ant vary according to ... > full story -
Employer-Based Weight Loss Programs Are Helpful
July 1, 2008 — A new review of studies shows that a little shove from the workplace may actually be the ticket to dropping ... > full story -
Young Adults At Risk: 13.7 Million Lack Health Insurance Coverage
May 30, 2008 — The number of uninsured young adults in the United States rose to 13.7 million in 2006, from 13.3 million in 2005. The 19-to-29 age group one of the largest and fastest-growing segments of the ... > full story
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