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Thanks to the significant advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment, most cancer patients (69%), according to the American Cancer Society, have lived more than five years since their diagnosis. Returning to work has both instrumental and symbolic value to cancer survivors, but evidence suggests that there are still many barriers in the workplace.
Read MoreSee those men? They’re the organization’s “good soldiers.” The ones who are credited with dutifully participating in organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). But, as my colleague Kylie Rochford and I realized, academic research paints a drastically skewed and imperfect picture regarding gender and OCB.
Read MoreExperiencing work as meaningful is thought to be an essential human need sought by many and to have many positive consequences from better work-related health to an overall sense of life meaning. Lately, it has risen as a fundamentally important phenomenon at work, and still, there is a lot more to understand about employees’ authentic experiences of meaningful and meaningless work – that is how meaningful work is felt in moments.
Read MoreSince the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, many office workers have experienced a blurring of boundaries between home and work. For national or expatriate workers in the fields of peacebuilding, development, and humanitarian aid, the challenges associated with navigating work-life intersections are nothing new.
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