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Have you ever wondered if you’re being micromanaged by your supervisor? You wouldn’t be alone: in 2021, a US survey by Trinity Solutions revealed 79% of employees have experienced [...]

Increasing demands from staff for flexibility in the post-COVID era have left small businesses in New Zealand scrambling. Our earlier research found two-thirds of workers were asking for more [...]

At some point today, it’s likely that you’ll listen to music. It may be during a commute or school run, while you do some exercise or take some time to relax. Music is all around us – an [...]

Each day, you leave digital traces of what you did, where you went, who you communicated with, what you bought, what you’re thinking of buying, and much more. This mass of data serves as a [...]

  Twitter has swapped the fluffy bird that used to symbolize the social media platform for a spindly black X. Ditching the company’s well-known logo and changing its name to a letter [...]

From popular culture depictions of the girlboss to advice and books about how women should “lean in” to further their careers, discussions about gender equality at work tend to focus on how women [...]

Interruptions are an inevitable part of working life. Some last a short time – a phone call, an urgent task, or a colleague stopping by for a chat. While these can take a brief toll on [...]

The big idea Companies can increase not only the volume but also the quality of employee suggestions and ideas by offering rewards and a choice, according to a study we published in 2022. We [...]

  Ever since the industrial revolution, people have feared that technology would take away their jobs. While some jobs and tasks have indeed been replaced by machines, others have emerged. [...]

All startups are businesses, but not every business is a startup. Nearly 100,000 new businesses were formed each week in the United States in 2022. But what sets a startup apart? As a professor [...]