Study finds openness improves manager-employee relations

Employees feel significantly less job distress if they work at companies that are open and transparent about the firm’s finances, including budgets and profits, a new study found. Researchers examining data from the U.K. found that at companies with more financial transparency, workers felt more secure in their jobs, more committed to their employers and Read more about Study finds openness improves manager-employee relations[…]

How eye-tracking technology checking influence of social media posts

When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviors, it’s critical to make sure the words match the pictures, according to a new study. After looking at social media posts, parents of young children were better able to recall safety messages such as how to put a baby safely to sleep when Read more about How eye-tracking technology checking influence of social media posts[…]

Study finds people walk faster, report being healthier, when they walk with a purpose

Walking with a purpose – especially walking to get to work – makes people walk faster and consider themselves to be healthier, a new study has found. The study, published online earlier this month in the Journal of Transport and Health, found that walking for different reasons yielded different levels of self-rated health. People who walked Read more about Study finds people walk faster, report being healthier, when they walk with a purpose[…]