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The excitement or stress experienced by candidates can energize them and increase their chances of success, according to a new study.
The omnibus law on job creation puts efforts to bring about social change to almost 24 million Indonesians living with a disability in reverse.
The number of people on zero-hours contracts has increased during the pandemic, but they don’t seem to figure in the chancellor’s recovery plans.
The chancellor’s spending review and what it means for you.
A Rotterdam art centre removed its colonial-era name and is renaming itself ‘The Kunstinstituut Melly,’ to honour the city’s 30-year love affair with Ken Lum’s iconic work.
Jobs are scarcer and times are hard during a pandemic – so why are job-seekers still left feeling they were the ones who weren’t good enough?
Governments use a variety of labor market policies to support workers who lose their jobs – each with a different impact on a country’s well-being.
Concerns about having enough to eat are worsening among college students during the pandemic. This could ultimately affect how many finish school, two scholars argue.
Automation in South Africa’s auto industry may have made car manufacturing easier, faster, and more productive but it comes with social and employment costs.
Underlying the design and implementation of these schemes is perhaps a perception that women’s employment is an optional extra. This could not be more mistaken.
Demobilisation of millions after an abrupt end to war led to a political crisis 75 years ago.
Africa is far from having an ageing farming population. What is missing is a critical mass of skilled, young farmers with access to finance who could drive productivity in farming.
Tipped workers have been struggling since before COVID-19, and the pandemic isn’t making it better.
Why everyone working less could help alleviate the COVID-19 economic crisis.
COVID-19 has accelerated the decline in local and national journalism. Is it time to find a new funding model, or for the government to intervene?
Ethical hiring practices should include a full disclosure by the company of any social media searches in advance of hiring a job candidate.
After trying to remove street vendors from its cities for years, China is supporting them to help jump-start its economy. An urban scholar explains why other cities should do the same.
Collaboration is better than competition when it comes to making markets do what we want in an economic crisis.
COVID-19 will worsen the labour market for Indonesia’s young graduates in three ways: higher barriers of entry into the job market, long lasting lower income levels, and worsening labour conditions.
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Professor of Economics, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Professor of Management, Co-Director of the MIT Sloan Institute for Work and Employment Research, MIT Sloan School of Management
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Laurie Carmichael Distinguished Research Fellow at the Centre for Future Work, and Professor Emeritus, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Dean of Business School, University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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RBC Professor in Responsible Organizations and Full Professor, Concordia University
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Professor of Sociology and Canada Research Chair, University of Toronto
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Adjunct Professor of Organizational Studies, Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada
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Sir John Bunting Chair of Public Administration, Australian National University
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Professor, Labour Studies, Brock University
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Reader, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
