Leaders who encourage their employees to learn on the job and speak up with ideas and suggestions for change have teams that are more effective and resilient in the face of unexpected situations, according to new research ...
Economics & Business
Jun 11, 2021
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Alisa Yu first became intrigued with emotional acknowledgment while interviewing nurses working in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. The nurses told her that verbally acknowledging ...
Social Sciences
May 17, 2021
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Working from home during the pandemic has been a major learning curve for organizations and workers alike, with mixed blessings.
Social Sciences
May 12, 2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted all types of organizations, leading human resources managers to reconsider their roles to support the implementation of social distancing practices, safety measures, and new ways of working. ...
Economics & Business
Dec 8, 2020
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A new study on work-life balance has found that the COVID-19 crisis is a crucial factor—but not the only one—behind low levels of wellbeing among employees working from home.
Economics & Business
Nov 23, 2020
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In the early 1900s, brown trout and rainbow trout were introduced to southern South America for recreational fishing and early aquaculture initiatives. About 40 years later, American beaver were introduced in the same region ...
Evolution
Sep 2, 2020
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As lockdowns are relaxed around the world and people return to their workplaces, the next challenge will be adapting open office spaces to the new normal of strict personal hygiene and physical distancing.
Economics & Business
Apr 29, 2020
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If you are one of the thousands of lucky workers who have been able to make the transition to working from home, amid the ever-tightening social distancing restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are blessing ...
Economics & Business
Mar 30, 2020
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It is a common foible of many of us. Putting off until tomorrow what we might do today. We commonly refer to it as procrastination. Research published in the International Journal of Business Environment suggests that time ...
Economics & Business
Mar 4, 2020
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Every year, about 8 million metric tons of plastic are put into the world's oceans. Of particular concern are microplastics, materials found in the marine environment that occur in sizes below five millimeters and are the ...
Environment
Feb 3, 2020
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