RALEIGH, N.C., July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Workplace Options (WPO), a global provider of integrated employee wellbeing solutions, today announced key findings from its wellbeing study. The study measured 24,000 participants over a three-month period and was focused on employee mental health issues. The findings are part of an initiative that WPO plans to share [...]
MILWAUKEE, Wis., May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – WHR Group, Inc. (WHR), a leader in the global employee relocation industry, conducted a Global Mobility Benchmark study surveying some of the largest U.S. companies from a variety of industries. Findings shed light on how companies have changed their employee relocation policies, even during 2020 and a pandemic. Respondents included corporate [...]
ALPHARETTA, Ga., Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite global business challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, results of an exclusive new study reveal that food and beverage companies and influencers continue to invest in digital technologies that advance productivity, efficiency, sustainability and food safety. In terms of inhibitors to more digital adoption, 51% of industry [...]
STOCKHOLM and SEATTLE, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A new global study, commissioned by Sinch (Sinch AB (publ) – XSTO: SINCH), finds COVID-19-induced behaviors such as avoiding crowds, flying, and dining out are here to stay, even in a post-pandemic world. According to the study (downloadable here) from Sinch, a global leader in cloud communications for mobile customer [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 50 percent of South Koreans who attempt suicide do so while they are drunk, a recent study has revealed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Suicide Prevention Center conducted a study of 21,545 people from 16 cities and provinces who were transferred to the emergency [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that younger South Korean women tend to wrongly think of themselves as overweight, while older women see themselves as slimmer than they actually are. A joint research team led by Prof. Lee Yu-mie from Yonsei Severance Hospital and Prof. Choi Kui-son from the National [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean adults have twice the level of harmful toxic chemicals in their bodies as youths, the Ministry of Environment said Wednesday, citing a state laboratory’s research. According to the National Institute of Environmental Research’s study on 6,167 South Korean people from 2015 to 2017, the blood lead level [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has found that people who are financially well off typically find more happiness in through experiences such as attending performances and travelling, while those who are less well off find happiness in consuming products such as electronic goods or clothing. According to a research team led [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study by Cigna Corporation, the parent company of LINA Korea, the first foreign provider of life insurance in Korea, showed that the perception of health and quality of life by South Koreans worsened compared to last year, resulting in the lowest levels of perceived well-being amongst all [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The “New Southern Policy Initiative” ambitiously being pursued by the South Korean government would require heightened levels of engagement with ASEAN member states. However, a recent study has showed that the understanding of ASEAN countries by South Koreans was very low. This is according to a study titled “Koreans’ [...]