News tagged with salaries
Researcher: Money makes people happy, especially if they're paid by the hour
(PhysOrg.com) -- Income has a greater impact on the happiness of people paid by the hour than people paid by salary.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 25, 2010 |
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'Econophysics' points way to fair salaries in free market
A Purdue University researcher has used "econophysics" to show that under ideal circumstances free markets promote fair salaries for workers and do not support CEO compensation practices common today.
Jul 13, 2010 |
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China expert recruitment project nets first batch: report
China has signed up more than 120 overseas experts for a new project aimed at spurring innovation by offering thousands of academics one million yuan (146,000 dollars) to move to China, state media reported Thursday.
Apr 16, 2009 |
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Earning less than your peers can make you happy
(Medical Xpress) -- Knowing that your colleagues and peers earn more than you can actually raise your satisfaction levels, but only if you are under 45, according to new research from the University of St Andrews.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Verizon CEO 's pay rose in 2011, despite retiring
(AP) -- Despite retiring as CEO of Verizon Communications Inc. in August, Ivan Seidenberg earned more in 2011 than he did in the last two full years of work.
Mar 20, 2012 |
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The work-life integration overload: Thousands of researchers weigh in on outmoded work environments
Attracting workers into science and technology fields could be hampered by work-life integration issues according to a new international survey. Drawing data from 4,225 publishing scientists and researchers worldwide, the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 08, 2012 |
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Go-getters fall short in happiness and health, new study shows
People who are considered ambitious attend the best colleges and universities, have prestigious careers and earn high salaries, but they don’t necessarily lead more successful lives, according to new research by Timothy ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Top Facebook executives surpassed Zuckerberg in pay
Facebook's chief operating officer made more than $30.5 million last year, more than 20 times what founder Mark Zuckerberg earned as the CEO of the social networking giant, company IPO filings Wednesday showed.
Feb 02, 2012 |
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10,000 technology staff strike over pay in Finland
Some 10,000 professional and managerial staff in Finland's technology industry went on strike on Tuesday after rejecting a wage offer made by a national conciliator, their union said.
Nov 01, 2011 |
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High-tech boom brings sense of deja vu in San Francisco
When Twitter inventor Jack Dorsey decided to start a new company last year, he bypassed Silicon Valley and set up shop in San Francisco.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Former Google CEO made $313,219 in 2010
(AP) -- Billionaire Eric Schmidt feels more comfortable taking a million dollar paycheck as Google Inc.'s former CEO than he did when he was running the Internet's most powerful company.
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Study finds business school research raises students' salaries
The value of academic research performed at business schools has been questioned for the past two decades, some even calling it irrelevant to the real business world.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Google gives top execs big pay bump
(AP) -- Google Inc. has given its top executives a 30 percent salary bump, bigger than the 10 percent raise it gave its rank-and-file this week.
Nov 13, 2010 |
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Study reveals the secrets to negotiating a higher salary
A recent study conducted by George Mason University and Temple University researchers uncovered the most effective strategies to negotiating a bigger salary. The study analyzed various approaches to the negotiation process, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Study: Benchmarks and 'leapfrogs' drive up CEO pay
Why have CEO salaries skyrocketed over the past 20 years? Much of the blame lies in the practice of compensation benchmarking, say the authors of a study to be published next week in the American Journal of Sociology.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 25, 2010 |
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