Tag: Workplace
Bosses face more discrimination if they are women – from employees...
Martin Abel, Middlebury
Imagine that your boss Ethan calls you into his office. He expresses disappointment in your recent performance and lack of commitment. How...
People are increasingly interrupted at work, but it’s not all bad
Elana Feldman, University of Massachusetts Lowell
An email pops up on your screen. It’s a client sharing a project update. A Slack message appears. It’s...
Beautiful people don’t always win in the workplace
Chun Zhang, University of Dayton
Beautiful people tend to have a lot more luck in the work world.
Research has shown people deemed attractive get paid...
What Amazon, Walmart employees risk when they use the workplace for...
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
It has somehow become sort of normal to use the workplace to protest social issues unrelated to the job...
Four home traps that contribute to the gender pay gap
Emma Willamson, Monash University
Australia’s gender pay gap is diminishing, says a new report, but some contributors to it seem harder to overcome than others....
How accommodating workers with autism benefits employers — and all of...
Katherine Breward, University of Winnipeg
Companies seek a competitive edge by hiring talented people, yet many capable workers are overlooked because they have autism.
People with...
Women take a hit for reporting sexual harassment, but #MeToo may...
Chloe Grace Hart, Stanford University
An unprecedented number of women have come forward to share stories of workplace sexual harassment since the #MeToo movement gained...
#MeToo, workplace equality and the ‘wave of women’: 3 essential reads
Bryan Keogh, The Conversation and Nicole Zelniker, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
