Is telecommuting an effective work arrangement? A new review of the existing research makes informed conclusions about telecommuting implications for different work outcomes, including job satisfaction, organizational commitment, stress, performance, wages, withdrawal behavior, and firm-level metrics. So what’s the bottom line? Does telecommuting make life better or worse?
Researchers investigate whether a period of unemployment can lead to personality changes, and whether gender makes a difference.
For some jobs, working from home is just not possible. This is especially true if you are an assembly line technician, postal worker, coal miner, or pirate. But in the new economy, many professions require little else but a computer and mouse. This is why telework—or working from home—is all the rage. But does it work? And is it good for employees?
Researchers investigate what happens in response to work-family conflict and what organizations can do to solve the problem.
What if organizations could make work seem a little like a game? This process is called gamification and researchers are discovering more about how we can use it to motivate employees to feel enthusiastic about going to work.
Researchers explain that workplace bullying is a form of institutional corruption that can ultimately undermine organizational success.
Researchers discuss the reasons for the Ostrich Problem, which occurs when employees refuse to track progress or listen to feedback.
Organizations have spent decades trying to get a clear picture of how employees do what they do. Now highly sophisticated wearable monitoring devices are available to scrutinize employee behavior and generate a goldmine of data for analysis.
Researchers investigate the concept of employability and its utility for job seekers who have been unemployed for a lengthy period of time.
Researchers consider how people rate and describe different jobs.
