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The study Daily Negotiation and Its Effects on Short-term Pleasantness and Longer-term Well-being, led by Katherine Qianwen Sun of UCLA Anderson School of Management, alongside…
The Role of Real-Time Emotional Expression in Driving Consumer Intentions and Behavioural Imitation
The rapid expansion of social media over the past two decades has fundamentally reshaped how individuals communicate, share, and respond to one another. Among its…
Sharing pizza with colleagues isn’t merely enjoyable — it may enhance your team-building abilities
In an office bustling with new colleagues, one of the team suggests a trip out for pizza. Amid the excitement, one eager colleague hurries to…
Recent Research Reveals the Evolutionary Origins of Conspicuous Spending
It’s often remarked that individuals purchase items they don’t truly need, using money they don’t possess to impress those they scarcely care for. This practice…
Workers Should Not Be Solely Responsible for Training in Remote Work Settings
As technology progresses and remote working becomes more mainstream, the demands for competence in the workplace are escalating rapidly. Simultaneously, work-related formal education increasingly takes…
Amidst the Pandemic, Employers Who Cultivated ‘Collective Engagement’ Saw Reduced Employee Turnover
A recent study highlights that specific workplaces managed to significantly curb employee turnover during the COVID-19 pandemic better than others. Researchers discovered that business units…
Does Authentic Leadership Foster Diversity in Japan?
Promoting diversity within business organisations requires a strategic focus on cognitive diversity, which encompasses the array of invisible attributes individuals bring to the table, such…
Essential Political Skills for Leaders Steering Staff Through Organisational Transformations
In the fast-paced realm of modern business, organisational change has become a certainty. Despite this, around 60% of these changes are unsuccessful. Leadership plays a…
When individuals prioritise their phones over their partners, it can have a notable impact on workplace creativity, particularly among women
Redirecting attention to a mobile phone rather than a partner strains the relationship. It impacts women’s creativity in the workplace, as cautioned by researchers from…
When consumers opt for a chatbot instead of a human
The research conducted by The Ohio State University addresses a significant aspect of consumer behaviour in online shopping: the preference for chatbots over human interaction,…
Initiatives focused on disabilities that are driven by employers can lead to benefits for both individuals and companies
Successful employer-driven disability initiatives exhibit specific characteristics consistent across various companies and programs despite their differences in other aspects. Recent research published in the Journal…
When workers resign from their positions, colleagues also decide to leave: Study by UBC
Individuals exit their positions for a multitude of reasons, be it redundancy, dismissal, or voluntarily stepping away. Yet, the impact of these departures on the…