Category: work
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AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt?
AI makes measuring work performance a lot trickier. How do companies adapt? Christian Yao Senior Lecturer, School of Management, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington Let’s be honest, even just writing this sentence has meant engaging with some very basic artificial intelligence (AI) as the computer checks my spelling and grammar. Ultimately, the quality…
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The online world comes with risks – but also friendships and independence for young people with disabilities
The online world comes with risks – but also friendships and independence for young people with disabilities Andy Phippen, Bournemouth University and Hayley Henderson, University of Northampton “In the real world, I’m a coward. When I’m online, I’m a hero.” These words, paraphrased from a conversation with a young man with autism, have stayed with us…
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Preventing ‘revenge quitting:’ 5 things workplaces can do to help employees feel like they belong
Preventing ‘revenge quitting:’ 5 things workplaces can do to help employees feel like they belong Andrea Carter, Adler University Longstanding workplace issues such as mistreatment, the normalization of toxic behaviour and a lack of accountability for workplace culture have fuelled a growing trend known as revenge quitting. This phenomenon, on the rise since the 2000s, sees…
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How to handle difficult conversations in your early career, from salary negotiation to solving conflict
How to handle difficult conversations in your early career, from salary negotiation to solving conflict Leda Stawnychko, Mount Royal University y Anamika Choudhary, University of Calgary Many professionals struggle with difficult conversations in the workplace, particularly when emotions run high. Your first performance review, for example, was probably uncomfortable. Here’s why. What makes these conversations challenging…
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How emotions rule every stage of the entrepreneurial process
How emotions rule every stage of the entrepreneurial process Florencio Portocarrero, London School of Economics and Political Science Governments often see entrepreneurs as the engines of innovation, job creation and economic growth. In the UK alone, small and medium enterprises account for 99.8% of the business population and employ more than 16 million people. However,…
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How AI is reshaping the future of informal work in the Global South
How AI is reshaping the future of informal work in the Global South May 13, 2025 Rya G. Kuewor Co-Founder & CEO, Chāo-Shì Global discourse around the future of work tends to focus on office jobs, white-collar automation, and corporate productivity. What is often left out of the conversation is that for the majority of…
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How software developers feel about AI reshaping their work – and what this tells the rest of us
How software developers feel about AI reshaping their work – and what this tells the rest of us Najmeh Hafezieh, Royal Holloway University of London and Farjam Eshraghian, University of Westminster The narrative around the infiltration of artificial intelligence (AI) into our professional lives is often tinged with fear. Can a computer do what I do…
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With precarious jobs, work identities shift — including for contract academics
With precarious jobs, work identities shift — including for contract academics Natalie Adamyk, University of Toronto More than 2.1 million Canadians today work in temporary, part-time or otherwise unstable jobs. For these workers, the ideal of a “standard employment relationship” — the predominant model for employment for decades in the second half of the 20th century…
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AI won’t take your job – but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it
AI won’t take your job – but that doesn’t mean you should ignore it Marcel Lukas, University of St Andrews Two influential tech CEOs have sparked a debate about AI’s effect on jobs. Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski announced the buy-now, pay-later firm stopped hiring a year ago, claiming that AI can do most of the…
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Why your personality might be affecting your salary – and how it shapes the gender pay gap
Why your personality might be affecting your salary – and how it shapes the gender pay gap Weilong Zhang, University of Cambridge When we think about what affects wages, we often focus on education, work experience or even sheer luck. But what about our perceived personality traits? Are they simply part of who we are, or…
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