By: Aya Hayashi I stumbled across this article on Facebook when it was shared by a scholar with whom I’ve had the privilege to collaborate and who is an outspoken atheist (at least on Facebook). She linked it with the comment, “Well, duh.” The article reports on a fascinating meta-analysis conducted by psychologists Miron Zuckerman and...
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Becoming
the Best
Place to Work
By: Sherry El-Gawly Unemployment levels in the U.S. as of July 2013 are 7.4%, vs. a pre-crisis level of 4.7% at the same time in July 2007 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics). Employee engagement and satisfaction with organizational workplaces has fallen to modern day lows, with employees anxious for the job market to recover so they can “hightail it out of organizations which ...
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Opt-Out, Lean In… Two Sides of the Same Coin
By: Cindy Chang Mahlberg A decade ago, The New York Times Magazine coined the idea of The Opt-Out Revolution to describe the phenomenon of highly-educated career women who opted-out of the workforce to focus on raising their children. Last week, the magazine published another feature story entitled The Opt-Out Generation Wants Back In, revisiting some of the previous...
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NYC Airport
Expands
By: Pamela Clements As anyone who has stood in the long, winding security lines at LaGuardia Airport knows, there’s room for improvement. And, now, there’s good news! As Crain’s reports, coming in 2021, there will be a new main terminal at LGA. The new terminal will be significantly larger and have better security and baggage processing areas. &nb...
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The Broadway/
Hollywood
Relationship
By: Dan Watkins Patrick Healy's excellent New York Times feature explores the increasingly dynamic relationship between Hollywood and Broadway. Although stage musicals have spawned films and vice versa for some time, the advent of the Broadway “mega-hit” has generated significantly more studio involvement in the development and financing of musicals recently....
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Bankers' pay
deferrals
are tougher
in Europe
By: Johnathan Lee Since the financial crisis international regulators have pushed for overhauls of banking compensation, including deferrals of a significant portion of annual bonuses over time rather than receiving it in full at once. However, per the NY Times, it appears that U.S. banks and regulators have fallen behind their European counterparts at implementing such ...
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