There's been some interesting media coverage of one country's move to a 4-day working week. The government's aims are admirable: to give employees more time to spend with their families etc. But it will be interesting to see how this impacts their economy, provision of services from the government to... read more →
Feb
12
Feb
03
A really nice summary of Prof. Adrian Furnham's keynote at DOP 2013 over at the Occupational Digest. I had great intentions of writing up Adrian's presentation as soon as I got back from the conference last month, but various other commitments got in the way. (We'll discuss the implications of procrastination... read more →
Jan
04
An almost inevitable consequence of more employees having access to the internet at work as been the potential for abuse of that access. Employees frequently use the internet at work for non-work related purposes (e.g. social networking, online shopping, personal emails). Misuse varies considerably, however, and researchers from Taiwan and... read more →
Dec
31
A lovely piece from the great Gina Trapani. The founder of Lifehacker.com discusses procrastination at work and one tactic for addressing it: eating a frog! Do your worst task first. By “worst” I mean “most important,” and by “most important” I mean the task you’re most likely to procrastinate on. The deadline... read more →
Dec
30
Some very mixed messages in this article I came across yesterday. On the one hand, giving employees more control over how they use their holiday allowance, including purchasing additional days, can only be a good thing. In that it can support flexible working arrangements and ensures that holidays can be... read more →
Dec
23
Worth remembering when indulging, especially over the next week or so… Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., psychologytoday.com Coffee and energy drinks may make you feel more awake when you’ve drunk too much, but that’s merely an illusion—your judgment and driving are both impaired.read more Coffee can’t magically sober you up after... read more →
Dec
23
Focus@Will Says Its Streaming Music Will Make You More Productive By Christina Chaey, fastcompany.com The new music service claims to have the formula for aural Adderall. The founder explains his company’s vision for the future of music as a tool to optimize your concentration while working, reading, or coding.... read more →
Dec
22
Researchers from the US have highlighted the importance of the non-work domain (i.e. home life) in an employee’s experience of the work domain - and their career decisions. In their recent article in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, Marla Baskerville Watkins and colleagues demonstrated how an employee’s “significant... read more →
Dec
21
I’m very much looking forward to next month’s Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference in Chester. Aside from running a workshop on the Dimensions personality questionnaire, I’m going to be participating in a professional forum on Work-Life Balance, organised by Prof. Gail Kinman and Dr. Almuth McDowall and featuring Prof. Ellen... read more →
Dec
20
I spotted a nice post on the Harvard Business Review blog last night - the author compares his constant “coming out” about his sexuality to the awkward conversations that need to happen in organisations. Standing up, speaking out. People have the misconception that a gay person comes out once. It’s... read more →