Tag: Productivity
A shrinking fraction of the world’s major crops goes to feed...
Deepak Ray, University of Minnesota
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Rising competition for many of the world’s important...
Why the four-day week is not the solution to modern work...
Abigail Marks, Newcastle University
Scotland is to become the latest nation to trial a four-day working week, after the...
I studied people who think leisure is a waste of time...
Selin Malkoc, The Ohio State University
When I first took my now-husband to Turkey, I tried to prepare myself...
‘Doing nothing’ is all the rage – is it a form...
Ingrid Nelson, Amherst College
The pandemic has either created too much free time or too little. Kitchen-table commutes and...
Leaveism: welcome to the dark side of 21st century flexible working
Ian Hesketh, University of Manchester and Cary Cooper, University of Manchester
Most people are familiar with presenteeism, where employees spend many more hours at the...
Expecting autistic people to ‘fit in’ is cruel and unproductive; value...
Peter Sun San Wong, Southern Cross University
Just 16% of adults with autism are in full-time paid employment, and this situation is not improving. The...
The internet has done a lot, but so far little for...
Chris Doucouliagos, Deakin University and Tom Stanley, Deakin University
The internet is transforming every aspect of our lives. It has become indispensable. But, so far,...
Business owners’ control of their work-life balance is the fine line...
Park Thaichon, Griffith University; Sara Quach, Griffith University, and Scott Weaven, Griffith University
We live in a society in which people are trying to do...
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Heavy pot users more likely to quit school and use other...
By Fron Jackson-Webb, The Conversation
Almost half (46%) of regular cannabis users drop out of high school and just 12% become degree qualified, according to...
