The conventional wisdom that No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has eroded teacher job satisfaction and commitment is off the mark, according to new research published online today in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 10, 2014
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(Phys.org) —A new study by a marketing researcher at the University of Arkansas confirms the so-called "bottom-dollar effect," which is when a consumer's satisfaction for a product decreases as the consumer's budget is ...
Social Sciences
May 21, 2014
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Parents have reported before that trying to balance work and family obligations comes with career costs. But a new study from Rice University and the University of California, San Diego, shows that university workplace bias ...
Social Sciences
Mar 31, 2014
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To buy, or not to buy? That is the question for the more than 5 million annual visitors to New York's wineries. Cornell University researchers found that customer service is the most important factor in boosting tasting room ...
Other
Mar 7, 2014
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Cable subscribers don't give Comcast and Time Warner Cable good grades when it comes to customer satisfaction. So after Comcast announced its $45 billion purchase of Time Warner Cable Thursday, it didn't take long for consumers ...
Telecom
Feb 14, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Merging companies that focus on a dual-goal emphasis of simultaneously enhancing efficiency and customer satisfaction show the highest increase in long-term financial performance, according to a new study from ...
Economics & Business
Jan 29, 2014
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Male workers appear to support women becoming CEOs even more than female workers do, finds new research on the proverbial glass ceiling and job satisfaction in six formerly socialist countries.
Social Sciences
Nov 12, 2013
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Excess workload has been identified as the biggest barrier to better performance in The Great New Zealand Employment Survey 2013, and one of the key reasons people are working harder is better technology such as smartphones.
Social Sciences
Oct 8, 2013
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(Phys.org) —A joint study by the University of Sydney's Faculty of Education and Social Work and the Australian Council for the Arts has found that engagement in the arts benefits students not just in the classroom, but ...
Social Sciences
Sep 27, 2013
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Consumers are increasingly demanding higher standards for how their meat is sourced, with animal welfare and the impact on the environment factoring in many purchases. Unfortunately, many widely-used livestock production ...
Ecology
Sep 25, 2013
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