News tagged with organizational survival

Wage gap linked to customer bias

Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white male employees because ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 3




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Stanford professors propose 'lecture-less' medical school classes

Dramatic changes are needed in medical student education, including a substantial reduction in the number of traditional lectures, according to a perspective piece to be published May 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine by two ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Professor examines how newspaper 'layoff survivors' view themselves, work

(Phys.org) -- Layoffs, reduced budgets and changing job roles in the past several years have changed the face of journalism. A University of Kansas professor has published a study examining how those who have survived multiple ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

UC research examines eugenics past and present, driven by race, class, economics

the science of improving the human population via selective breeding or reproduction – is not a concept confined to past centuries and decades, nor to locales outside the United States.

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created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Promoting corporate sustainability on the web

Almost three-quarters of Standard & Poor's top 500 US companies mentioned one or more sustainability programs on their websites. A new study shows that the largest companies are doing so in order to attract and maintain a ...

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created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Structure, not scientists to blame for Los Alamos failings

Policy decisions and poor management have substantially undermined the US Los Alamos National Laboratory -- and, consequently, national security, according to an article available today in the current issue of the Bulletin of ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Japan earthquake, tsunami spell need for preparedness

Perhaps lost in the recent debates related to the earthquake and tsunami in Japan is that natural disasters and not nuclear energy should be the focus, says Oak Ridge National Laboratory's John Sorensen, an emergency preparedness ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The five hospital factors that affect heart attack survival

A new Yale University study looks at why there is such a big difference in the mortality rates among patients treated for heart attacks in hospitals across the country. The study appears in the March issue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

How to avoid employee depression in a recession

As employees become increasingly anxious about job security and financial worries during an economic recession, satisfaction with the job they have, commitment to their company and engagement with their work are all affected ...

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created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Frozen flies may yield secrets for human organ transplants

When kitchens become infiltrated with fruit flies, especially during the dog days of summer, homeowners might wish that the flying pests would just turn to ice.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Narcissists bring pluses, minuses to the workplace

(PhysOrg.com) -- You know the type: self-aggrandizing, self-indulgent and self-absorbed.

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created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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