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The appetite for remote working is not going anywhere. Faced with this phenomenon, managers can either double down on the old 9-to-5 model or offer ever tailored work choices to their employees.
Four research-backed tips for achieving more this year.
Many workers who see their work as a spiritual calling wind up tolerating unfair treatment and poor work conditions.
New research shows that breastfeeding rates peaked in 2020, a time of strict COVID restrictions.
The financial impacts of an ageing Australia aren’t particularly worrisome, but we’ve been worrying for decades.
In the rapidly changing, ambiguous and unpredictable world of work, future leaders must be able to learn fast.
Has your computer just crashed and you are waiting for it to reboot? If so, do not despair. In fact, recent research shows surprise interruptions might even boost your creativity.
The pandemic affected working women in several spheres of life.
While there’s nothing new about the return-to-work blues, few companies have any strategy to facilitate readjustment to work after vacation.
Hybrid and remote-heavy work setups have fundamentally changed how people interact at ‘the office.’ What do workers and managers want out of the workplace now?
‘Career portfolioing’ is a trend where people assemble different sources of income, such as side gigs, to give them a measure of independence from employers who provide little job security.
We are all told to follow our calling. Here’s what happens if you pursue a more ‘sensible’ career instead.
How to be more productive and efficient when working on multiple projects.
Doing just the duties that your job requires has a long history in the labour movement.
As the US gets less religious, some thinkers warn that it may get more selfish as people engage less with their communities. A team of scholars decided to investigate that concern.
The pandemic lockdown added a big teaching load; female academics also found themselves having to play more of a nurturing role.
Taking time off work is important, but many people don’t take their full holiday entitlement. Here’s how to make the most of time off
The work-life balance is about more than shutting off devices or abstaining from emails and meetings after 6 p.m.
It’s no secret that time management has become harder than ever. But it’s not because we work more, or that life is getting faster.
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MBA Director & Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Bond Business School, Bond University
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Research fellow, Stellenbosch University
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Head of Social Impact and Senior Lecturer, Business School, Stellenbosch University
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Economist, University of Notre Dame
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Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Associate Professor, University of Aberdeen
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Lecturer in Human Resource Management and Employment Law, University of Salford
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Full Professor in Organizational Design and Collaboration Engineering, Technical University of Hamburg
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Hamilton College
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Senior Lecturer, Information Systems and Technology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Assistant Professor of Management, University of Windsor
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Associate Professor, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor of Business Psychology, Nottingham Trent University
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Dean's Chair in Management and Māori Business, Massey University
