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Engaged employees are good, but don't count on commitment
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 13, 2009 |
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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.
Motor vehicle crashes more common among young drivers who engage in self-harm behaviors
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Drivers who engaged in self-harm were at increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, even after controlling for psychological distress and substance abuse, found a study of 18 871 Australian drivers published in CMAJ (Canadian Me ...
Couples who cohabit before engagement are more likely to struggle
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2009 |
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University of Denver (DU) researchers find that couples who live together before they are engaged have a higher chance of getting divorced than those who wait until they are married to live together, or at least wait until ...
Employees who are engaged in their work have happier home life
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 24, 2009 |
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A Kansas State University study shows that invigorated and dedicated employees carry over their positive work experiences for a happier home life.
Engaged employees deliver improved business performance
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research indicates that in the UK and US as many as 70% of employees may not be engaged at work. Therefore, it is not surprising that employee engagement has become something of a hot topic amongst business ...
Study finds Web no equalizer for civic engagement
Sep 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Unlike some people have hoped, the Internet hasn't led to big changes in the socio-economic makeup of Americans engaged in civic activities, a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project finds.
Fathers respond to teens' risky sexual behavior with increased supervision
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 15, 2009 |
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Two-thirds of American teenagers have sex by the time they're 18. A new longitudinal study finds that when adolescents engage in risky sexual activity, fathers respond by increasing their efforts to supervise and monitor ...
Middle school youth as young as 12 engaging in risky sexual activity
Apr 08, 2009 |
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Middle school youth are engaging in sexual intercourse as early as age 12, according to a study by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health.
Rate of teen binge drinking cut more than 1/3 by prevention system
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities ...
Prevention program helps teens override a gene linked to risky behavior
May 15, 2009 |
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A family-based prevention program designed to help adolescents avoid substance use and other risky behavior proved especially effective for a group of young teens with a genetic risk factor contributing toward such behavior, ...
New Mount Sinai research finds 9/11 responders twice as likely to have asthma
Nov 03, 2009 |
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First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according ...
Teen sexual activity and gambling associated with taking nonprescribed medications to get high
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking nonprescribed medication has become an emerging problem, especially among teens. When using these substances to get high, students are more likely to engage in bad behaviors than those who don't, a ...
Cut marks on bone suggest burial rituals of Early Britons
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research on human remains from Kent’s Cavern in Devon has led scientists to believe that humans from the Mesolithic period (after the Ice Age) may have engaged in complex ritualistic burial ...
Dell planning acquisition: WSJ
Jun 11, 2009 |
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US computer giant Dell is planning to acquire a"significant-sized company" in the next few months, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Tech gadgets can be addictive
Aug 28, 2009 |
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I've been thinking I need to take a break from technology. Not an extended one, mind you. I'm not planning on becoming some latter-day Thoreau and retreating to my own Walden Pond sans laptop, TV and smart-phone.
