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When Workplace Relationships Are Good, Both Positive and Negative Humor by Leaders Can Improve Employees’ Job Satisfaction

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Past research as well as conventional wisdom about the use of humor by leaders suggests that positive humor should result in happier subordinates who are satisfied with their jobs. Conventional wisdom also suggests that leaders should avoid negative humor, though actual support for that belief is scarce and ambiguous. Now, a recent study from the University of Missouri has found that the relationship between leader-humor and job satisfaction is dependent on the quality of the relationship between leaders and their subordinates not the positive or negative tone of the leader’s humor. (more…)

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Meinung in Millisekunden

Freiburger Wissenschaftler entschlüsselt Gehirnprozesse bei der unbewussten Bewertung sozialer Gruppen

Innerhalb von wenigen Millisekunden bewerten Menschen ihr Gegenüber und entscheiden, ob die Person ihnen sympathisch ist oder nicht. Der Freiburger Psychologe und Neurowissenschaftler Dr. Bastian Schiller hat mit einem Team an der Universität Basel/Schweiz sowie an der Universität Bern/Schweiz erstmals herausgefunden, welche unbewusst ablaufenden Hirnprozesse in welcher zeitlichen Abfolge dafür verantwortlich sind, dass Menschen soziale Informationen wie zum Beispiel Sympathie oder Antipathie verarbeiten. Die Ergebnisse sind in der aktuellen Ausgabe des US-amerikanischen Fachjournals „Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences“ (PNAS) erschienen. (more…)

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Culture wars, Christianity at heart of UW political scientist Mark Smith’s book ‘Secular Faith’

Mark A. Smith is a University of Washington professor of political science and adjunct professor of comparative religion. He is the author of “Secular Faith: How Culture Has Trumped Religion in American Politics,” published in September by University of Chicago Press. He answered a few questions about his book for UW Today.

What’s the concept behind this book? (more…)

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Geologic goals

UD graduate studies soil moisture levels as a geologist in Texas

Even as a little kid, Chelsea Halley knew that she wanted to be a geologist. Now, as the 2012 University of Delaware graduate gets set to receive her master’s degree in geology from the University of Texas, the goal she set when she was younger is becoming a reality as she embarks on a career as a geologist for an environmental consulting company in Austin.  (more…)

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