News tagged with workplace discrimination
Muslim women who wear headscarves face workplace discrimination in US: study
Professor Sonia Ghumman from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Shidler College of Business has completed an intensive marketing research on the effects of Muslim women who wear hijabs (head scarves) in the U.S.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2010 |
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Work stress associated with adverse mental and physical health outcomes in police officers
Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers, and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a study ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Hiding true self at work can result in less job satisfaction, greater turnover
Hiding your true social identity -- race and ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation or a disability -- at work can result in decreased job satisfaction and increased turnover, according to a new study from Rice ...
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May 31, 2012 |
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Study shows that, in restaurants, race matters
A new study from North Carolina State University shows that more than one-third of restaurant servers discriminate against African-American customers.
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Apr 23, 2012 |
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Suit alleges dismissal for intelligent design
(AP) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has landed robotic explorers on the surface of Mars, sent probes to outer planets and operates a worldwide network of antennas that communicates with interplanetary spacecraft.
Mar 11, 2012 |
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Racioethnic consistency between retail employees and customers boosts profit, national study finds
A nationwide study of racioethnic representation between retail employees and their customers finds that mirroring a customer base improves consumer satisfaction and employee productivity – and contributes to nearly ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Education doesn't increase support for affirmative action among whites, minorities
Highly educated whites and minorities are no more likely to support workplace affirmative action programs than are their less educated peers, according to a new study in the March issue of Social Psychology Quarterly, which ...
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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People with easy to pronounce names win friends and favour
(PhysOrg.com) -- Having a simple, easy-to-pronounce name is more likely to win you friends and favour in the workplace, a study by Dr Simon Laham at the University of Melbourne and Dr Adam Alter at New York University Stern ...
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Feb 08, 2012 |
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'Trans-parency' in the workplace
Transsexual individuals who identify themselves as such in the workplace are more likely to have greater satisfaction and commitment to their job than transsexuals who do not, according to a new study from Rice University ...
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Nov 17, 2011 |
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Many company closures await when elderly small business owners retire
The population of the EU is becoming older, and an ever smaller number of people have to provide for the ageing population. In Sweden, an already critical employment situation is exacerbated by the fact that 25% of managers ...
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Nov 01, 2011 |
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White favoritism by Major League umps lowers minority pitcher performance, pay
When it comes to Major League Baseball's pitchers, the more strikes, the better. But what if white umpires call strikes more often for white pitchers than for minority pitchers?
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Sep 07, 2011 |
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Women who leave the workplace: Opting out or overlooking discrimination?
For the first time in history, the majority of Americans believe that women's job opportunities are equal to men's. For example, a 2005 Gallup poll indicated that 53 percent of Americans endorse the view that opportunities ...
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Jul 27, 2011 |
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