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Brain Stimulation Could Help You Decide When to Give Up
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) can be used to modulate brain rhythms and cognitive behaviors related to “giving up” during problem-solving tasks.
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Can Work-Life Balance Policies Become the Big Bad Wolf for Organizations?
I was intrigued this past week when I noticed a new article coming out in the Academy of Management Annals. Perrigino, Dunford, and Wilson (in press) provide a review of a concept they termed work-family backlash. In the article,…
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This Holiday Season, Watch Out for Pseudoscientific Advice About Stress
We have entered yet another holiday season. It is a time of giving, a time of celebration, and a time of pseudoscientific advice. Even passive readers of various business and management blogs and news stories will find themselves inundated…
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What Happened to Whole Foods Should Sound the Employee Engagement Alarm
Whole Foods gets acquired by Amazon, and, of course, the news is abuzz about how this is going to change the way Americans obtain their groceries. However, there are also commentaries surrounding whether or not this means that the…
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Oh No, Say It Ain’t So – There’s No Evidence for Engagement Alarmism?
Engagement’s in a dire state! Workers are disengaged! Employees are going to turn over in droves! If you read much of what is written about engagement in the workplace, that conclusion might seem obvious. However, the results from the…
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Calling B.S. on Engagement Myths
Hardly a week goes by without some headline discussing the dire state of engagement. Typically, these headlines are propagated using data from a consulting firm, whose data indicate that scores of people are disengaged or, at the very least,…
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This new strategic corporate advantage needs a gut check
There is untapped potential for companies looking to get ahead in today’s competitive environment. While the C-suite has, for decades, been accused of doing nothing but implementing the next management fad, there is a small, but emerging industry that…