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A long weekend approaches. Here’s how to make it feel like a vacation, and return to work feeling fully recharged.
Men and young people are more likely to be ageist, but few Australians are resolutely ageist in their views, a new survey finds.
A strike around a specific employment issue can easily develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
Even though child care costs more than college tuition in many states, college affordability seems to get more attention. Here’s why that needs to change.
Banning relationships is likely to be ineffective and may result in disengagement, secrecy and resentment by employees of the encroachment of employment policies into genuinely private matters.
Pets have become a major part of our lives, with many millennials opting for a dog or cat instead of children. What should employers do to accommodate pet owners?
The productivity gains businesses get some automating some jobs, aren’t being passed on to workers in higher wages, evidence shows.
A new report suggests one in four jobs could be at risk in cities outside the south.
Can today’s crisis in mental health be seen as the result of neoliberalism, the 2007/08 financial crisis and the austerity policies that followed?
The digital economy has created millions of jobs that involve intense competition, unregulated working conditions and extremely low rates of pay.
In sexual harassment cases, schools and workplaces often harm those that they claim to protect. These tips can help them avoid those painful mistakes.
Sex discrimination law has limited capacity to address the gender pay gap.
There are more robots than ever in the operating room – but that’s led to fewer opportunities for surgical trainees. Now, some new doctors are teaching themselves in secret.
Rather than being distracting, open plan offices can actually work for certain situations.
The use of big data at work could promote well-being – but only in very specific conditions.
Do you check your work email before you go to bed at night and first thing when you wake? How about on holiday? This is the effect of mobile working.
Growth in high-skilled jobs is highest in Australian cities and for the country its low-skilled jobs.
Young and old job seekers use the same methods to look for work, but young people have the highest unemployment rates.
Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.
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Professor of Economics and Political Economy, University of Leeds
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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RBC Professor in Responsible Organizations and Full Professor, Concordia University
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Associate professor of work and employment, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Kent
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Psychology, Adler University
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Associate Professor of Management, York University, Canada
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of Tasmania
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Cadre en exercice, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
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Adjunct Professor of Organizational Studies, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
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Director, Field Experience (Community-Based), Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
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Dean, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University
