How to Manage Stress at Work
How can you better address the experience of stress and work? Research shows that stress comes from many sources, but the cumulative effect can lead to chronic illness.
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How to Improve Your Focus
Your Social Science Snack for the week is about using social science to become more aware about mental wellbeing.
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Social Impact of the Sony Hacks
There was a lot of talk about the impact of the Sony Hacks on the company and its affiliated celebrities.
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Mental Health at Work
Depression is an important social issue and it impacts workplaces. Your business should have a strong mental health program that your employees understand well and know how to access.
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Gender Revolution in Business
Economics research finds men from high socioeconomic backgrounds are more competitive than women from affluent backgrounds as well as men and women from poor backgrounds.
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Social Science Quote of the Week: Principle of Collaboration
Jacob Morgan, author of “The Collaborative Organisation,” says that positive social impact is central to teamwork.
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Social Science Quote of the Week: Failure and Learning
Your Social Science Quote of the Week comes from Jennifer Riel, associate director of the Desautels Centre for Integrative Thinking at the University of Toronto. Riel writes: “We fail to create, because creativity brings with it the chance of failure, and failure is bad. It is dangerous to our ego and our livelihood. Yet, we know failure is crucial to learning – the key to embracing failure is to build opportunities for failure, and revision, into the innovation process as early as possible. Build rough prototypes and get testing, rather than waiting late into the process. The earlier you fail, the … Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Failure and Learning
Social Science Quote of the Week: Diversity
This week’s Social Science Quote comes from Sociology Professor Martin Ruef. Ruef has studied why some small businesses succeed while others fail. Looking at historical data, he finds that two variables matter most to business success: social support and diversity. Diversity … Continue reading Social Science Quote of the Week: Diversity
The Problem With Facebook
Derek Muller, the scientist behind Veritasium, shook up public perception of Facebook back in January and again in February. He argues that Facebook pushes pages to pay to have their content featured more prominently on Facebook. He notes that while … Continue reading The Problem With Facebook
Achieving Work/ Life Balance
Australian researcher Barbara Pocock has written several books and research articles on how managers can improve work/life balance. This includes being flexible with hours and the structure of work, the type of work different employees do, and the ways that employees can deliver work outputs.
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