Technology companies have immense power over our lives. But why are so many of their employees and others concerned about the ethics of their behaviour?
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High turnover can damage stability which is why keeping talent is so important to organisations.
The prospect of a post-Brexit talent exodus and the ongoing productivity puzzle underline the urgency of developing homegrown talent.
During the war, few Americans actually saw the ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster that’s become a cultural icon.
Human Resources must adapt quickly to changes in the workplace to remain relevant and useful.
Women have less to fear than men, and probably more to benefit, from the advent of robots.
A long read on the decimation of British jobcentres – and why it puts the rollout of Universal Credit at risk.
With many men ‘missing’ from the population in the aftermath of the 1918 flu, women stepped into public roles that hadn’t previously been open to them.
New research reveals a happy work force is likely to increase a business’s profitability.
Robots could free human carers to focus on the more personal parts of the job.
Welcome to your future.
If leaders of educational institutions are concerned about the employability of graduates, they should avoid over-investing in STEM subjects and stop snubbing liberal arts.
As artificial intelligence technology becomes more capable, it threatens more types of jobs – like lawyers, bureaucrats and managers. What social upheaval will happen if those people can’t find work?
Instead of trying out for band or the hockey team, adolescents might do better to choose a part-time job as an extracurricular activity. Research shows it pays big dividends later in life.
The benefits of a sugar tax go beyond mere health savings when obesity rates drop. Our new research predicts wider economic benefits due to more, healthier people in work.
Even though the shift towards part-time employment has actually been happening for many years, it now appears to be slowing.
The US government has long shown a hiring preference for veterans. But because of the demographics of the US military, this has limited the federal workforce’s diversity.
A lack of “breakthrough” moments in innovation may be caused by the increase of specialised workforces.
Older workers are feeling discriminated against in the search for work, in their jobs and even in retirement, a new survey shows.
Research demonstrates the younger generation do see the older generation as competitors but we can change this adversarial relationship in the workplace.
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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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Research Associate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Strategic Management, UMass Lowell
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Associate Professor of Management, UMass Lowell
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Dean for Research, Boston University
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Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship, University of Kigali
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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Professor Emeritus, Education and History, York University, Canada
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Professor of Community Information, University of Michigan
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PhD Student in Organizational Behavior, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, University of Cape Town
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Senior Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Brunel University London
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Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Stern School of Business, New York University
