Business

Remote work may be diminishing the importance of social skills at work, according to findings published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. A pair of studies found that, when making hypothetical hiring decisions for a remote position, people favor candidates...

Engaging in physical activity before or during the workday tends to help employees focus at work, according to new research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology. This is particularly true when there is a match between exercise intensity and...

A study of data on the association between work stress and depression from 100 world countries revealed that this association depends on certain characteristics of the national culture. While this link was stronger in cultures with pronounced power distance and...

A new study published in Social Psychology investigated if there was a relationship between workplace bullying and belief in conspiracy theories. In a two-part study, one part correlational and one part experimental, the findings indicate that when someone is a...

A series of six studies identifies social sexual identity -- or seeing oneself as a person who leverages sex appeal in pursuit of personally valued gains -- as a key predictor of both sexual behavior in the workplace and sexual...

A new social experiment conducted at the University of California, San Diego focused on cardiovascular responses of the body to a stressful task done by pairs of people in loose-tie relationships. It showed that a team member expressing gratitude improves...

Can dealing with difficult customers actually cause self-destructive behaviors for employees after work hours? A study published in Applied Psychology suggests that service workers who are mistreated by customers may engage in behaviors such as impulsive buying and phone overuse.

Workplace discrimination refers to differential treatment on the job based on characteristics of one’s background that are irrelevant to the job (i.e., gender, race, age, appearance). New research published in Social Science Research found that mothers, but not fathers, who...

New research suggests that narcissistic CEOs tend to attract and retain top management team members who are also narcissistic -- a personality trait characterized by an inflated sense of importance and entitlement. The study, published in The Leadership Quarterly, indicates...

New research suggests that a person's own religious beliefs play an important role in how they perceive harassment of atheist employees. The study, published in Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, found that Evangelical Christians are less likely to perceive a...

According to findings published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, employees of authoritarian bosses experience greater work-family conflict, and in turn, their spouses report less satisfaction with family life. By contrast, employees whose bosses use a benevolent leadership style say their...

New research provides evidence that higher testosterone levels reduce the risk of unemployment and increase the odds of landing a job. The findings, which appear in the journal Economics & Human Biology, suggest that testosterone levels in men are related...

New research suggests that business leaders might want to rein in their agreeableness when providing constructive feedback. The study, published in Personality and Individual Differences, provides evidence that warm and friendly leaders tend to provide less effective feedback to their...

In a new study published in BMC Public Health, researchers have found that working later in life may be beneficial for some but have adverse effects for individuals in high demand or low reward jobs.