Economy

It looks like the “best practice” of removing gendered language from job listings may simply have been a “best guess” by managers seeking to increase diversity of applicant pools for their organizations. New research in […]

Recent organizing victories at high-profile, private-sector employers such as Amazon, Starbucks and Trader Joe’s suggest that U.S. workers can form unions in industries previously considered unorganizable.This article was originally published here

Silencing your notifications and ignoring your email at the end of the workday could make you a better leader at your job, according to new research.This article was originally published here

Americans tend to trust food labels, especially the ingredient list, expiration date and nutrition fact label, according to the March Consumer Food Insights Report. The most distrusted labels include low-calorie, naturalness and health claims.This article […]

When it comes to turning corporate social responsibility (CSR) into profit, research shows family businesses have the advantage. CSR is a form of self-regulation where businesses make concerted efforts to be socially and ethically accountable […]

Researchers from NC State University and Texas A&M University published a new Journal of Marketing article that examines membership fee shipping programs and the effect on consumers’ purchase behaviors and company net revenue.This article was […]

It’s no wonder many people think divorce involves going to court, huge legal fees and decades of spousal payments, considering these are the cases that dominate our headlines. However, the kinds of divorce cases reported […]

The amount of time parents spend with their children contributes much less to their progress in school than the family’s social class, new research shows.This article was originally published here

Women are more stressed than men when their employment hours are split into different sections during the day, such as with flextime and working from home, new research shows.This article was originally published here

According to Bening Mayanti’s doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa, the use of life cycle assessment combined with economic models can help companies to take steps toward the circular economy.This article was originally published […]