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Gut feelings influence financial decisions
A person's gut feelings can often heavily influence the financial decisions they make, new research has suggested.
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Unemployed people likely to be depressed
Unemployed people are more likely to be depressed than otherwise similar individuals who have a job.
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Why we choose to skip work to watch sport
Many people in the UK choose to skip work in order to watch sports, new research has found.
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Social media and the way that we complain
Are social media like Twitter and Facebook changing the way we complain when we have received poor service from a company?
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Business leaders in the dark over talent
Global business leaders are in the dark when it comes to understanding what talent looks like, a Chartered Psychologist told the Association of Business Psychologists 2012 Confe
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Optimists may trust salespeople more
Optimistic people may trust salespeople more than those who have a less positive view of the world, new research has suggested.
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Men, women and jealousy at work
Women are more affected than their male counterparts when it comes to sexual competition in the workplace, new research has suggested.
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Do men and women start businesses for different reasons?
Males and females have different ideas when it comes to reasons for starting up their own businesses, new research has found. Psychologists from the University of Cincinnati's Carl H Linder College of Business discovered that while men decide on such an undertaking for financial benefits, women view the approach as a way to bring environmental and social change.
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Latest Vacancies
For the latest vacancies in psychology and opportunities for graduates to fully qualified psychologists, visit the Society’s Psychologist Appointments website.
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Be yourself - unless you're at work
If you put on a front at work – don't worry, it probably won't do you any harm. But it is important to show your true self to your partner if you want to be healthy and happy.
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Work stress increases during a recession
Times of recession see work-related stress levels rise significantly.
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Feeling rough? Dogs in the workplace could help to relieve stress
Having dogs in the workplace can serve to reduce stress levels among employees, new research has indicated. A study published in the International Journal of Workplace Health Management has found that job satisfaction goes up in businesses where dogs are allowed.
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Would you cheat to help a charity?
An elegant new study discussed on our Research Digest has provided a demonstration of the way that, for most people, right and wrong aren't clear
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Sticking to a job and emotional exhaustion
People may become more emotionally exhausted if they feel the need to remain in a job out of a sense of obligation, new research has suggested.
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Extreme tiredness is on the increase
Extreme worker tiredness could be on the increase, with people struggling to meet evolving job and operational demands at a time when needs for rest have remained the same.
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Supportive bosses reduce absenteeism
Absenteeism may be reduced in workplaces where supervisors offer high levels of support to staff members, new research has suggested.
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Will productivity fall with BST?
British Summer Time began on Sunday 25 March as the clocks went forward an hour. But what effect will this have on workers’ productivity? A recent post on our Research Digest blog looked at the effect that this change has on ‘cyberloafing’ – that is frittering away time looking at websites not related to the task in hand.
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The benefits to British industry of having more women directors
One question people may be asking on Budget day is whether the British economy would perform better if there were more women on company boards.
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Difficult decisions may not be important ones
Individuals often assume that just because a decision is difficult to make, such a choice therefore goes up in importance.
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Time is money and smelling the roses
Thinking about the monetary value of our time prevents us from being able to enjoy those moments when we're not working.
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We cyberloaf more when we are tired
'Cyberloafing' means frittering away work time on an unrelated online activity, whether it be web comics, perusing news sites or watching the 1982 snooker championship final.
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Healthy employees are more productive
Employees who are healthy and motivated are more likely to be productive on the job, it has been suggested.
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Trusting our feelings and accurate predicitions
A greater trust in feelings may lead to more accurate predictions regarding a number of events in the future, new findings have suggested.
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Are poor people more moral than the rich?
Rich people are more likely to lie and cheat and are prone to believing that 'greed is good'.
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Does stress alter the decisions we make?
Does stress serve to alter the way in which people make decisions?
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