http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- Layoffs. Pay cuts. Hiring freezes and mandatory furloughs. The economy's effect on the average employee has been profound in the last year. In such an environment, staying upbeat on the job can be difficult. http://www.physorg.com/news169828968.html Other Sciences Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:47:34 EST news169828968 Years of research suggest that the promises organizations make to employees matter in establishing and maintaining a "psychological contract" between the two parties. However, new research by Samantha Montes and co-author David Zweig, professors at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and the University of Toronto Scarborough, suggests that what an organization promises to employees (e.g., training opportunities, benefits, compensation) don't matter nearly as much as what the organization actually delivers. http://www.physorg.com/news168608148.html Other Sciences Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:00:01 EST news168608148 (AP) -- Dell Inc. said Friday it has agreed to settle a federal gender-discrimination class action lawsuit brought by former employees for $9.1 million. http://www.physorg.com/news167720444.html Technology Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:20:02 EST news167720444 US computer networking giant Cisco Systems has laid off between 600 and 700 employees at its headquarters in San Jose, California, in a bid to reduce costs amid slow sales, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news167034738.html Technology Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:33:28 EST news167034738 The Obama administration is planning to use the National Security Agency to screen Internet traffic between government agencies and the private sector, the Washington Post reported Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news165839875.html Technology Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:38:41 EST news165839875 If dad looks exhausted this Father's Day it could be due to his job, suggests new research that found many male employees are now pressured to work up to 40 hours of overtime -often unpaid - per week to stay competitive. http://www.physorg.com/news164363286.html Other Sciences Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:28:23 EST news164363286 (PhysOrg.com) -- When cutbacks are necessary, can a good boss do right by the company's finances and by its staff? Some pain is probably unavoidable, but Stanford management science and engineering Professor Bob Sutton says that psychological and organization theory research suggests clear ways to handle such situations with a minimum of harm to the people and company involved. He makes that case in this month's issue of Harvard Business Review. http://www.physorg.com/news163177634.html Other Sciences Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:07:41 EST news163177634 Google, concerned by the recent departures of several top executives, has developed an algorithm to try to identify which employees are likely to quit, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news161971457.html Technology Tue, 19 May 2009 17:05:01 EST news161971457 (AP) -- Nokia Corp. said Tuesday it will lay off 170 workers worldwide to further cut costs as the global downturn continues to weaken demand in the mobile phone industry. http://www.physorg.com/news161954917.html Technology Tue, 19 May 2009 12:29:15 EST news161954917 The notion that highly engaged workers will continue to work tirelessly for organizations despite diminishing resources often isn't true, according to Clemson University psychology professor Thomas Britt. http://www.physorg.com/news161441103.html Other Sciences Wed, 13 May 2009 13:45:47 EST news161441103 Be careful of that raunchy joke that gets all the laughs. As funny as folks at work may find it, it's probably hurting morale. http://www.physorg.com/news158245640.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:44 EST news158245640 (AP) -- Negotiators for AT&T Inc. and union officials representing 112,500 employees said Friday they expect to bargain into the weekend on five labor contracts that expire Saturday night. http://www.physorg.com/news157978426.html Technology Fri, 03 Apr 2009 11:54:01 EST news157978426 The New York Times and Washington Post, two of the most prestigious titles in American journalism, plan another round of pay cuts, layoffs and buyouts amid a steep decline in advertising revenue. http://www.physorg.com/news157311996.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:47:07 EST news157311996 Computer giant IBM plans to cut a "large number" of US employees in its business services unit and transfer their duties to India, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news157209401.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:24:46 EST news157209401 A new study by psychologists at the University of Georgia shows for the first time that whites' beliefs about diversity can hurt or help their minority peers. http://www.physorg.com/news156613483.html Medicine & Health Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:45:05 EST news156613483 There is no question that the recent economic crisis has wreaked havoc on companies and on families across the country. Now, a recent study of 300 married, working couples conducted by Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State University's College of Business, is revealing just how deeply the crunch is being felt. http://www.physorg.com/news156075470.html Other Sciences Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:18:16 EST news156075470 Employees with previous work experience bring valuable knowledge and skills to their new jobs - but some of what they learned may actually hurt their work performance. http://www.physorg.com/news154615721.html Other Sciences Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:49:04 EST news154615721 One's happiness might seem like a personal subject, but a Kansas State University researcher says employers should be concerned about the well-being of their employees because it could be the underlying factor to success. http://www.physorg.com/news152893863.html Other Sciences Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:34:24 EST news152893863 (PhysOrg.com) -- Most organisations' flexible work policies sit idly in policy documents, employees too uncomfortable to implement them because they might be frowned upon by employers or co-workers for deviating from the workplace "culture". http://www.physorg.com/news151784065.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:14:51 EST news151784065 Urging employees to simply rethink their jobs was enough to drop absenteeism by 60 per cent and turnover by 75 per cent, a new University of Alberta study shows. http://www.physorg.com/news146918425.html Medicine & Health Wed, 26 Nov 2008 10:40:25 EST news146918425 A new study in the journal Psychology of Women Quarterly examined the effects of workplace sexual harassment and found that employees who were harassed report lower levels of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and job performance. Employees also experienced higher levels of psychological distress and physical problems than those who were not harassed. http://www.physorg.com/news146407623.html Other Sciences Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:47:03 EST news146407623 Employees who take long spells of sick leave more than once in three years are at a higher risk of death than their colleagues who take no such absence, particularly if their absence is due to circulatory or psychiatric problems or for surgery, concludes a study on bmj.com today. http://www.physorg.com/news142227782.html Medicine & Health Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:43:02 EST news142227782