So-called ‘soft skills’ – including interpersonal skills, critical thinking and relationship-building – are rated as being important across all jobs and industries.
For organisations, racism, whether overt or subtle, creates unhealthy workplace conditions.
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Workplace cultural diversity and productivity are closely related. But the potential benefits can only be realised if organisations foster a conducive atmosphere for their diverse workforce.
There are reasons to believe the promise of people analytics may not live up to the hype.
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Ford Motor Company’s attempts (and failure) to monitor its employees offers some lessons in why we should question the use of wearable tech by companies today.
Old books know best.
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Khatera Sahibzada, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Many managers say they’re uncomfortable giving negative feedback, yet employees tend to consider it helpful to improving importance. Research – and a 13th-century saying – offers some tips.
Small acts of deviant behaviour help workers to cope in harsh workplaces.
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When workers don’t have leave and are in temporary employment, new research suggests they are likely to use small acts of deviant behaviour to find satisfaction in work.
Research shows shared work spaces are not just distracting but bad for workplace friendships.
If businesses meet the needs of their employees they will feel like they are growing and will be more productive, research suggests.
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The growing problem of pregnancy discrimination has received barely any attention on the campaign trail or among researchers, possibly because it disproportionately affects poor women.