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36% of US Employees Don’t Believe Their Workplace Enables Them to Work Productively

36% of US Employees Don’t Believe Their Workplace Enables Them to Work Productively

HqO unveils 2024 State of Real Estate Experience (REX) report, highlighting: Two-thirds (67%) of global employees agree that workplace design contributes to their enjoyment in the office. 43% of global employees do not believe their workplace contributes to environmental sustainability. 89% of global employees feel that when they are in the office, focused work at [...]

Study Reveals Workplace Physical Activity May Harm Health, Contrary to Leisure Exercise

Study Reveals Workplace Physical Activity May Harm Health, Contrary to Leisure Exercise

SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has found that while physical activity during leisure time, such as exercise, can improve health and work productivity, the physical exertion associated with job-related activities might actually have detrimental effects on health.  The research, conducted by professor Kang Mo-yeol and his team from the Department of Occupational [...]

Workplace Bullying Identified as the Most Challenging Issue to Resolve Internally, Survey Finds

Workplace Bullying Identified as the Most Challenging Issue to Resolve Internally, Survey Finds

SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent survey, workplace bullying and other harassment are considered the most difficult internal grievances to resolve in South Korean workplaces. The Central Labor Commission (CLC) shared these findings in the winter issue of its labor dispute resolution guidebook, “Conciliation and Judgment,” published on December 25. The survey, [...]

4 in 10 Koreans Subject to Retribution After Reporting Harassment at Work

4 in 10 Koreans Subject to Retribution After Reporting Harassment at Work

SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 40 percent of people who have reported cases of harassment at the workplace have been subject to retribution of various types, a pro-labor civic group said Monday. Gabjil 119 analyzed 1,442 tip-offs on workplace bullying cases between January and August this year in which they identified the [...]

Workplace Harassment Increases as People Return to Office: Survey

Workplace Harassment Increases as People Return to Office: Survey

SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With more people returning to the office amid easing of social distancing restrictions, instances of workplace harassment have also been on the rise, a survey showed Sunday. According to a poll by Embrain Public, conducted between June 10 and 16 on 1,000 office workers aged 19 or older, 29.6 [...]

CUHK Business School Research Reveals the Interplay of Competition and Cooperation in the Workplace

CUHK Business School Research Reveals the Interplay of Competition and Cooperation in the Workplace

HONG KONG, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) - Inspired by this the rise in highly competitive work ethics in modern China, a group of researchers choose to examine the effectiveness of competition as a motivational tool, especially as it relates to how well people who are driven to compete with each other are also able to cooperate [...]