Australians are busy at work. We report very high levels of intensive working compared to other industrialised countries. And while it’s difficult to fully disconnect from work as we head home for the…
Strong leaders cultivate an environment where employees feel empowered, have autonomy in their decision making and come together as a team to be creative and solve problems.
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Working Australians are showing increasingly higher levels of stress and distress, according to the third annual Stress and Wellbeing survey by the Australian Psychological Society (APS). Workers are also…
The end of the summer holidays mean office workers will be firmly back to the daily grind of attending meetings, sending emails, organising diaries and paperwork, and overtime. But after a number of cases…
Time to clock off but will you still be at work?
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We often talk about work-life balance but for most of us it might be more appropriately called work-life imbalance. The recent sad death of a Merrill Lynch intern sparked the company to review working…
With smartphones allowing work emails to be checked out at all hours, the separation of work from leisure is becoming increasingly blurred.
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For many of us, smartphones and laptops have enabled an electronic untethering from physical and temporal limitations workplaces, creating the opportunity for greater flexibility to fit paid work in and…
The majority of diagnoses for depression, anxiety and PTSD are made by GPs who don’t use the DSM criteria.
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has copped the predicted criticisms since its release on the weekend. Most centre on the idea that more of us will…
Another study has found a stressful, unhealthy lifestyle contributes to an increase in the risk of heart disease. Researchers…
The recent cuts to universities are only likely to make the health problem growing in the academic community worse.
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The consensus on the recent A$2.3 billion funding cuts to the tertiary sector is they will do more harm than good. Plenty of commentators foresee diminishing quality of teaching and research, possible…
Mining workers suffer a significant toll from the hours they work.
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The shifts worked by mining and energy employees are detrimental to sleep patterns, mental health and family life, the preliminary findings of an Australian study have shown. The Australian Coal and Energy…
The changing nature of the workforce means parental leave is increasingly important.
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Small businesses that invest in paid parental leave and other work-life balance programs are more likely to retain quality employees, a survey has found. Charles Sturt University’s Stacey Jenkins looked…
Organisational leaders have demanding roles and face intense scrutiny of their performance.
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For many, work means stress and as we all know, too much stress can lead to ill health. But research showing that people in positions of power are not very stressed, may hold clues for how workplaces can…
Being the boss isn’t so bad - if you’re in control.
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Being in charge might not be as stressful as is often assumed, reveals a new study from researchers at Harvard University. The study, published in journal PNAS today, found that leaders had lower levels…