News tagged with worker performance
Wanted: High-quality jobs and a skilled workforce
As the United States slowly recovers from the Great Recession, it needs to focus on creating not just more jobs but more high-quality jobs and providing workers with the skills necessary to perform those jobs, according to ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 17, 2012 |
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Workplace friendships can distract yet provide valuable info for employees
(PhysOrg.com) -- It pays to keep employees who are good friends side by side in the workplace, suggests a University of Florida study that finds pals often help each other by working closely on a job but can reduce productivity ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 22, 2010 |
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K-State researcher says happy employees are critical for an organization's success
One's happiness might seem like a personal subject, but a Kansas State University researcher says employers should be concerned about the well-being of their employees because it could be the underlying factor ...
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Workers exposed to lead show more cognitive problems later in life
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may be enough to result in greater cognitive problems after age 55, according to a follow-up ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Breaking off the engagement: Study shows that even loyal employees become jaded if not treated well
All businesses want "engaged" employees -- those who are committed to the success of the company and are willing to go the extra mile to see it flourish. But there's a dark side to engagement that many organizations don't ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 01, 2012 |
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'Unzipped' carbon nanotubes could help energize fuel cells, batteries
Multi-walled carbon nanotubes riddled with defects and impurities on the outside could replace some of the expensive platinum catalysts used in fuel cells and metal-air batteries, according to scientists at ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 27, 2012 |
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Economic power of self-employment felt countywide
People in rural counties who work for themselves may add a boost to local economies, improving income and job growth, according to economists.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 23, 2012 |
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HP's missteps culminate in loss of 27,000 jobs (Update)
(AP) -- Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman has quantified the painful price that must be paid for the missteps of her predecessors as she tries to turn around the Silicon Valley pioneer. The bungling will wipe ...
May 23, 2012 |
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If the market decides what stockbrokers earn, why are women on Wall Street earning less?
The recent excesses of Wall Street may be big news but behind the headlines there's another story: When it comes to men and women stockbrokers, someone is taking home a bigger paycheck.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 20, 2012 |
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New study shows that workplace inspections save lives, don't destroy jobs
Research to be published in Science on May 18, 2012, sheds light on a hot-button political issue: the role and effectiveness of government regulation. Does it kill jobs or protect the public?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 17, 2012 |
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New findings show long-term effects of fathers' job loss on children's education
There is a lot of evidence of the effect of job loss on peoples’ future earnings and employment opportunities. New research into the impact of fathers’ job loss on their child’s educational ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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Yahoo soap opera features new cast of leaders
(AP) -- Yahoo's dysfunctional turnaround efforts have morphed into a Silicon Valley soap opera, one that has taken another strange twist with the Internet company's ousting of CEO Scott Thompson just four ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Hybrid 'Janus' nanoparticles made from gold and titania have high catalytic activity and extraordinary durability
As recently as twenty-five years ago, chemists considered gold to be one of the most inert metallic elements, until the discovery that nanoscale-sized dispersions of gold had high catalytic activity forced ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 10, 2012 |
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Materials science: Perfecting the defect
Strong metals have a tendency to be less ductile — unless the metal happens to be a peculiar form of copper known as nanotwinned copper. The crystal structure of nanotwinned copper exhibits many closely-spaced ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 03, 2012 |
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