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LGBTI employees relocating for a foreign assignment are likely to experience additional hardships compared to the typical expatriate.
It is easy to forget that the James Bond franchise is firmly set in the world of work. Bond’s evolution reflects changing attitudes to the workplace.
Sears Canada’s bankruptcy should alert employees and regulators alike to rethink defined-benefit pensions.
Chinese professionals are influenced by the Confucian values. This means they are uncomfortable with refusing tasks or questioning directions, unlike their Australian counterparts.
Is it time to put a moratorium on the meaningless word ‘leadership?’ In the business world, leadership now often simply means performing mundane managerial duties.
Businesses are not considering that roles need to be redesigned to be part-time and this causes problems in managing employees’ workloads and interacting with other employees.
The history of the office illustrates not only how our work has changed but also how work’s physical spaces respond to cultural, technological and social forces.
Rather than just catering to one stereotype of worker, people who use coworking spaces actually come from different backgrounds, professions and ages.
Finding the feedback balance is hard. Millennials are seeking more feedback while baby boomers tend to want to get on with the job.
It’s there … but it changes over time.
Breach of a psychological contract in the workplace can irreparably damage relationships and produce a number of undesirable outcomes.
By responding to passenger violence by training staff, airline management fail to address fundamental issues with their low cost profit model.
Co-working spaces are evolving to suits the needs of a changing workforce.
Employees in this study would forgo A$1 million for their employer, to gain as little as A$500 personally.
New research finds there are significant risks and uncertainties in the complexities of national and international tax systems as applied to internationally mobile employees.
East Asian employees make up a sizeable portion of the workforce but they are often misunderstood as lacking in communication skills.
The number of “knowledge workers” in Australia is rising but they present a unique challenge to managers.
Despite its promises, people analytics has serious ethical implications and can adversely affect organisations and how people are treated at work.
If you think the hours you work are all converted directly into dollars, think again. There are a lot of ways employers can manipulate your time – some of which are legal, others highly questionable.
The changes to superannuation discussed in the 1992-93 cabinet papers shaped the system we have today for better and worse.



















