Past research as well as conventional wisdom about the use of humor by leaders suggests that positive humor should result in happier subordinates who are satisfied with their jobs. Conventional wisdom also suggests that leaders ...
Social Sciences
Oct 5, 2015
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Feeling less satisfied with the businesses you patronize? It might be because those businesses are in a lot of debt. According to a new study in the Journal of Marketing, a company that has a lot of financial leverage—that ...
Economics & Business
Sep 23, 2015
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There are more than 500 million people interacting with Facebook from countries all over the world every single day, and that number is growing. On August 24, 2015 Facebook reached a milestone when, for the first time, one ...
Social Sciences
Sep 21, 2015
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Criticism of e-commerce giant Amazon.com's corporate culture in recent weeks has created a media firestorm, but a new study by the University of Kansas School of Business may shed light on the financial link between corporate ...
Economics & Business
Sep 1, 2015
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"We can rebuild him. We have the technology." - The Six Million Dollar Man, 1973
Engineering
Aug 31, 2015
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Many married couples can feel overwhelmed and stressed after their first child's birth, but the transition period isn't as long for the second child.
Social Sciences
Aug 28, 2015
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Workers who see the 'glass-half-full' rather than half-empty, can cope better with the stress of cyberbullying in the workplace.
Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2015
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An in-depth study of more than 1000 clients' perceptions and satisfaction with their financial advisers has found high levels of satisfaction in not only financial, but also in psychological well-being and life satisfaction.
Economics & Business
Aug 6, 2015
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Couples who perceive a drop in happiness in the first year after they became parents, have a lower probability of having a second child. A study by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 5, 2015
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In the most inclusive study to date on friendship, Chapman University research looks at gender, age, and sexual orientation differences in the number of friends people rely on for support, to what extent they choose friends ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2015
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