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Column: Why We Need to Redefine ‘Full Time’ Work
In 1926, the titan of U.S. industry Henry Ford single-handedly scaled back his full-time employee’s workweek from forty-eight to forty hours. In justifying his decision, he claimed “It is high time to rid ourselves of the notion
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Start Fresh: 6 Tips For Emotional Well-Being In 2020
As a college student, Katy Milkman played tennis and loved going to the gym. But when she started graduate school, her exercise routine started to flunk. … What got her back to regular workouts was something she
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Feeling Like “Part of the Family” Could Lead Employees to Take Advantage
Using communal “we” language in organizational codes of conduct can contribute to the perception that dishonesty will go unpunished.
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Opinion: Why you find it so hard to resist taking bad advice
In a series of experiments, my colleagues and I had a middle-aged man offer 253 ferry passengers traveling from Connecticut to Long Island the choice between $5 and a chance in a mystery lottery (paying from
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Networking May Not Pay Off for Everyone
Professionals who invest time in networking against their personal preferences may find that their work suffers as a result, a study suggests.
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How to have great meetings, according to 200 scientific studies
Americans average six hours per week in meetings. And managers especially spend considerably more time in them. But attendees rate as many as half of the meetings they attend as “poor,” and organizations in the US waste