Once commonplace, the phenomenon of all-female or all-male workplaces have largely gone the way of the buggy whip. Many of the benefits of this increased diversity might be difficult to measure and quantify…
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There are two quiet trends that might very well transform the structure of work in the near future. First, a majority of today’s employees expect to work beyond the traditional retirement age of 65, with…
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the regulatory agency with primary responsibility for enforcing health and safety law across British workplaces, has released its latest annual statistics. According…
Lord Freud’s comments that some disabled people were “not worth” paying the full minimum wage – that they are somehow worth less than others – have caused widespread offence. But by bringing the issue…
The joke among lecturers goes like this: you can receive “instant feedback” on your teaching simply by observing how many texts and social media posts your students send on their mobiles during class…
The term “workaholism” has been around since the 1971 publication of Wayne Oates’ book Confessions of a Workaholic. But, despite increasing research into the idea, there is still no single concept of this…
Evidence-based workplace depression prevention programs reduce depression symptoms amongst employees, according to a study…
Workplace structures and practices are among the reasons women are significantly outnumbered in the architecture sector…
Paramedics have one of the most dangerous jobs in Australia, according to a Central Queensland University study. The study…
Almost half of Australian workers worry about their work and its future, a survey has found. Professor Peter Gahan and a…
Managers who are fair in the workplace are more likely to be mentally fatigued and less co-operative the next day. Dr Russell…
Most of us are living longer and we are all expected to be working longer. Because the likelihood of cancer increases as we age, we’re more likely to be diagnosed with cancer while still a member of the…
Anger has traditionally been considered an emotion to be avoided at work as it is often linked to a lack of personal control. Anger at work is often seen as unprofessional; an uncontrolled response linked…
In workplaces right now it is increasingly tough to avoid what I call “pathology days” – those working days that are annually hijacked by some insistent PR agency or charity trying to raise awareness of…
Days after Pope Francis told mothers to “not think twice” about breastfeeding at church and in public, Sally Davies, the UK’s chief medical officer, called for women to be allowed to breastfeed at work…
A council in Western Australia recently prohibited negative body language such as shrugging, eye-rolling and sighing in the workplace, but a blanket ban on certain gestures is destined to fail. Body language…
A new computer program is seeking to help us cope with the deluge of email that floods our desktops on a minute-by-minute basis. It’s a sign of the times that we are adding on yet another service to cope…
Computers have been an important part of many industries for decades already and have replaced humans in many jobs. But a new wave of technological development means that even positions that we once saw…
Open plan offices attract the highest levels of worker dissatisfaction, with cramped quarters, lack of privacy and noise topping the list of gripes, a large study has found. An open plan workplace, in…
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…
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Program Director & Associate Professor of Industrial-Organizational and Applied Health Psychology, Adler University
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, University of Manchester
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Professor, Business and Management, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Future Fund Chair in Leadership, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
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Professor of Sociology and Founding Director of The Future of Work Lab, Podcast at MissPerceived, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Business Administration, McGill University
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Associate Professor, Human Resource Management and Business Consulting, University of Guelph
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Doctoral Student, University of Florida
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Associate Professor for Responsible Business, Middlesex University
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Professor in Work and Organisation Studies, University of Essex
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Assistant Professor of History of Behavioral Science, The Ohio State University
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Senior Lecturer, RMIT University
