News tagged with work
Going with the flow: Scientists solve 100-year-old engineering problem
Sep 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As a car accelerates up and down a hill then slows to follow a hairpin turn, the airflow around it cannot keep up and detaches from the vehicle. This aerodynamic separation creates additional ...
Could better spin injection lead to a quantum information device?
Jun 30, 2008 |
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One of the more promising types of materials for use in spintronics today is the class of metal alloys known as Heusler alloys. These alloys are named after a German engineer, and might be useful in technology in which electron ...
Secret to workplace happiness? Remember what you love about the job, study urges
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 26, 2008 |
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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.
Today's parents 'not to blame' for teenage problem behaviour
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Poor parenting is not the reason for an increase in problem behaviour amongst teenagers, according to research led by Oxford University.
Could your initials influence where you choose to work?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 23, 2008 |
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One of the most important decisions that we can make is what company we will work for. There are a number of factors to consider when making this decision, including salary, benefits and work location. However, there may ...
Intellectual work induces excessive calorie intake
Sep 04, 2008 |
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A Université Laval research team has demonstrated that intellectual work induces a substantial increase in calorie intake. The details of this discovery, which could go some way to explaining the current obesity epidemic, ...
'Cyberloafing' at work no bad thing, study says
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Employees who cyberloaf - use the Internet at work for their own interest - may be doing their bosses a favour, a Massey study suggests.
How knowledge is power: researchers link education, personal control
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Well-educated people feel a greater sense of personal control in their lives and new University of Toronto research pinpoints some of the reasons why.
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.
Working well under pressure
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2009 |
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Many people work better under a tight deadline, but a new study published in the International Journal of Innovation and Learning, suggest that it is a mistake to assume that a team can work effectively under constant time p ...
Liberal? Conservative? Stanford study says mental nudge can make voters flip-flop
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jul 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- No doubt you’ve worked hard for your success. But chances are you’ve also had some help and lucky breaks along the way.
Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 08, 2008 |
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Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce ...
Employee engagement dependent upon conditions created by employer
Nov 20, 2008 |
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In a new article in Industrial and Organizational Psychology, William H. Macey and Benjamin Schneider examine the meaning of employee engagement, which they view as leading to unusually effective employee behavior with s ...
Researchers Engineer Self-Destructing Virus
Biology /
Jul 10, 2008 |
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University of Arizona researchers have sown the seeds of a virus' destruction in its own genetic code – or rather, in the genetic code of the organisms it seeks to infect. Their work could improve both the ...
Overworking husbands drive working wives back into the home, study finds
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Americans work longer hours than ever. That not only hurts women's careers but also widens the gender gap and threatens to trigger a resurgence of the traditional homemaker/breadwinner family structure in dual-earner households, ...
