Emotionally Ambivalent Workers Are More Creative, Innovative
People who experience emotional ambivalence, simultaneously feeling positive and negative emotions, are more creative than those who feel just happy or sad, or lack emotion at all.
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Employers Still Discriminating Against Workers With Cancer Despite New Legal Protection
Employers are still showing women with breast cancer the door rather than making adjustments that could keep them in work, Despite changes in the law aimed at protecting workers with cancer from unfair treatment.
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Baby Boomers: Will We Treat Future Generations Fairly?
By saving more money today, we can reduce the future burden of demographic change.
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Euro Interest Rate Hike and Your Money
Euro Interest rate hike could mean higher interest rates and higher monthly payments for consumers who need to adjust the way they manage their money.
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Men Love Shopping Too
Men are too struck with poor money management and by compulsive buying disorder.
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Multitasking Different Jobs Is No Problem, But Double Talk Overwhelms Us
Separate complex tasks are completed without much trouble, but if two people are talking to us at the same time, our perceptual frequencies get jammed.
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Why CEO Pay Matters
CEO overpayment has higher costs than previously realized.
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Protect Your Savings and Profit from America's Woes
Learn how to prosper financially despite sluggish wage growth, a weak stock market, and a slowing real estate market.
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Don't Rely On Cold Reason - Trust Your Intuition As Well
The way that information about a particular risk is transmitted and interpreted by various audiences is also important in determining how people respond.
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Pension Web sites: Does Your Scheme Have One?
Pension scheme members who have used their scheme website are benefiting from an increased understanding of pensions and, in some cases, an enhanced decision making capacity on money issues.
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Teen Career Plans Out of Sync With Reality
The career goals of too many teens now outpace what they are likely to achieve, a problem that can lead to wasted time and resources, not to mention anxiety and distress.
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Dads Want Flexibility, Not Shorter Working Hours
Current policies to encourage work life balance don't take account of how fathers want to adapt their routines to fit in with family life.
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Pensioners' Experiences of Poverty
Most pensioners have to cut back spending money and revise their lifestyles, and for some the financial support received from their families clearly provided a financial cushion against deprivation.
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Debt - What's The Problem?
More than 1.7 million people in UK have debt repayment problems. People either don't want to think about personal finance or have a deluded view of their own financial capability.
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Change Needed To Ensure Women Secure Business Loans
Access to and the use of finance in the UK are seen as major barriers preventing more women from developing successful businesses.
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Skin Tone More Important Than Educational Background for African Americans Seeking Jobs
Dark skinned African Americans face a distinct disadvantage when applying for jobs, even if they have resumes superior to lighter skinned black applicants.
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Combination of Sight and Sound Helps Adults Learn Basic Visual Tasks More Rapidly
Multi sensory approach suggests adult perceptual systems can be modified.
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High-Maintenance Dynamics At Work May Affect Subsequent Performance
The implications for the workplace are significant. Imagine performing a task with a co worker whose social dynamics are so inefficient that you are left mentally exhausted afterward.
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The 'Good Life' Elusive for Middle Class Working Couples With Children
Middle class couples are stretched thin in terms of time by "work friendly" jobs.
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Personality Predictors of Intelligence Change From Younger To Older Adulthood
Disagreeableness is linked to higher intelligence in older people.
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Do College Sports Enhance Future Earnings?
Less than half of former athletes earn more money than non athletes.
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Researchers Find New Learning Strategy
While we learn from our mistakes, new study shows that learning does not necessarily scale proportionally with error.
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Financial Safety Tips When Traveling
Save the receipts of all your purchases, and compare them against your financial statements when you return.
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Budgeting For Your Trip
Setting aside extra cash will ensure that you will have enough money to enjoy your vacation without worrying about every dollar.
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Irrational Decisions Driven By Emotions
Irrational behaviour arises as a consequence of emotional reactions evoked when faced with difficult decisions.
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Build Your Credit History: Know How Credit Works
A negative credit history, or none at all, could mean being turned down for a mortgage or loan and should be one of your main goals in personal finance.
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Identity Theft: Has Someone Been Trading On Your Good Name?
Check your credit report regularly for signs of identity theft because what you don't know can cost you money.
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Tips On Avoiding Credit Card Debt
Use the right credit card, the right way, to save money and avoid credit card debt.
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Building a Good Credit History Is More Important Than You Think
Bad credit history could cause refusal of a loan, higher interest rates or rent of an appartment.
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Top 10 Tips for Money Management
Good money management includes detailing how you spend money on a daily basis, so you can adjust your budget as needed.
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Tips for Kicking Off a Successful and Rewarding Career
When it comes to job searching, are this year's college graduates ready to start building their careers?
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Ebay Auction: A Good Reputation Pays Off
eBay auction vendors with a high positive assessment rating get higher returns.
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Facing A Tough Decision? Forget About It
The best way to make a tough decision is to collect the information you need and then forget about it.
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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?
If a child is interested in science early they are more likely to pursue a science related degree and ultimately a career in science.
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People Unconsciously Use 'Verbal Gestures' When They Speak
People spontaneously use a system of communicating when they speak that either reinforces their message or provides additional information that is not conveyed by words alone.
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Developing Innovation Leaders Can Be Crucial To Corporate Competitiveness, Growth
A leader's ability to identify and diffuse innovations is critical to adapting to changing technologies and customer preferences, enhancing employee creativity.
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Decisions Are Easier When Everything Is Priced The Same
pricing all items the same, known as "parity pricing," can help ease the decision-making process.
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You Argue When You Care
Why loyal customers get defensive when their brands are criticized.
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Hard-Working At School, Sluggish at Home
What motivates students of different ages to complete their math homework assignments?
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Americans More Focused on Achievement, Less Power-Hungry
U.S. college students are more focused on achievement than power, an attitude that could help them be more innovative and successful than foreign rivals.
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