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26 August 2024
Australians now have the right to disconnect - but how workplaces react will be crucial
The right to disconnect can improve work-life balance and wellbeing, but its success depends on how it is implemented and enforced within each workplace, write Professor Emmanuel Josserand and Associate Professor Martijn Boersma for The Conversation.
21 August 2024
Humility and commitment key to overcoming team silence
A study of thousands of workers across three countries has revealed the secrets to improved team performance.
13 August 2024
Making workers return to the office might not make them any more productive, despite what NSW premier says
Employers and workers agree that working from home is more productive, with most time saved on commuting spent working instead, writes Professor David Hensher for The Conversation.
09 August 2024
Giving early childhood educators an extra 15% is good policy, and even better politics
The pay rise is a partial amendment for gender pay inequity and prevents providers from hitting families with excessive fee rises, writes Professor John Buchanan for The Conversation.
07 August 2024
Research centre to build gender equality at work
World-leading research is paired with practical, evidence-based insights at a new multidisciplinary research centre with a practical mission.
01 August 2024
The 3 changes Australian sport must make after Volleyball Australia's shocking abuse report
Transparency, accountability and redress are needed to break the cycle of systemic abuse in sport, write Dr Natalie Galea, Dr Mary Woessner and Victoria Roberts for The Conversation.
01 August 2024
A decade of disorientation: The biggest leadership challenge of the future
A Sydney Executive Plus report has identified the leadership skills key to futureproofing, ranging from the urgent to the unexpected.
31 July 2024
Does Donald Trump really want to be a dictator?
David Smith, Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, unpacks the language Donald Trump is using to address his Christian audience.
29 July 2024
Want to buy an electric car but unsure you can justify it? Here's how the arguments against EVs stack up
Most of the perceived barriers to EV uptake aren't really barriers at all, or soon won't be, write Professor John Rose and Dr Andrea Pellegrini for The Conversation.
15 July 2024
Supermarket concentration benefits stores, not shoppers
The proposed merger of Foodstuffs North Island and Foodstuffs South Island in New Zealand would be detrimental to consumers and competition in the supermarket sector, write Lisa Asher and Associate Professor Catherine Sutton-Brady from the Business School.