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Calling your bluff: Supervisors easily sniff out what drives a worker Posted: 06 Mar 2015 07:27 AM PST Good supervisors aren't easily duped by the motives of underlings who go the extra mile -- they know when an employee is sucking up to them because of personal ambition, or when such actions truly have what's best for the organization at heart.

Workplace lifestyle intervention program improves health Posted: 06 Mar 2015 07:25 AM PST A healthy lifestyle intervention program administered at the workplace significantly reduces risk factors for diabetes and heart disease, according to a new study.

Women in business Posted: 03 Mar 2015 11:17 AM PST A sociologist traces systemic bias in favor of male-led businesses to stereotypical beliefs about entrepreneurs. The author didn't doubt that women are at a disadvantage when it comes to establishing their own business enterprises -- plenty of evidence proves that to be the case -- but she wanted to find out whether or not people are systematically biased in favor of male-led businesses, and if so, why.