Idea posted: February 2026

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School    University of Virginia Darden Business School   

A study from the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia researchers addresses the ongoing challenge of workplace disparities that leave marginalised individuals, who are historically excluded from…

Idea posted: December 2025

Institutions: Bayes Business School    University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh    University of Warwick   

A study by a team of US and UK researchers addresses a fundamental question in leadership and management today: how common are incompetent bosses, particularly given ideas like the Peter…

Idea posted: September 2025

Institutions: Michigan State University    University of Tennessee, Haslam College of Business    California State University    Shenzhen Polytechnic University    Wuhan University of Technology    Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiaotong University   

The traditional view in human resource management often focuses on individual employees managing their family demands, often seeing these demands as detrimental and a source of work-family conflict (WFC). A…

Idea posted: July 2025

Institutions: Institute for Work and Employment Research, University of St. Gallen    Human Resource Management Group, Department of High Tech Business and Entrepreneurship, School of Behavioural, Management, and Social Sciences, University of Twente    Irish Institute of Digital Business, DCU Business School, Dublin City University   

The benefits and drawbacks of datafication technology in organizations, particularly its impact on employees, is hotly debated. Datafication is defined as the conversion of social interactions into numerical data, which…

Idea posted: May 2025

Institutions: Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business    Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary    Department of Psychology, University of Calgary; School of Business, Camosun College   

Mental health concerns among employees are increasingly common, affecting a significant portion of the workforce, with estimates suggesting as many as 65% believe these concerns interfere with their jobs. Disclosing…

Idea posted: April 2025

Institutions: Manchester University    Alliance Manchester Business School   

“Quiet quitters” are employees who do their jobs, but don’t go the extra mile. They don’t work overtime, or look for extra work, or voluntarily take on additional responsibilities, tasks,…

Idea posted: November 2024

Institutions: Michigan State University    Broad College of Business; Florida State University College of Business    Pennsylvania State University    Smeal College of Business; University of Iowa    Tippie College of Business; Michigan State University, Broad College of Business   

A seminal 2007 study on work design tests the impact of 14 work characteristics including motivational (e.g. autonomy), social (e.g., feedback from others), and work context (e.g., physical demands) characteristics…

Idea posted: July 2024

Institutions: The University of Edinburgh Business School; Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture    Edinburgh College of Art    Queen Mary University of London   

The widespread experiment in remote work forced on society by the pandemic proved that employees are not less productive working from home and that companies can achieve the same results…

Idea posted: April 2023

Institutions: Wayne State University    University of Michigan   

Improvements in health care and lifestyles have led to a greater number of people living longer. The result is the rise of “sandwich generation” caregivers—caregivers simultaneously responsible for minor children…