WorkTies

In this scholar-to-scholar conversation, Liza Y. Barnes talks with Ashley Hardin about her paper The More You Know: The Impact of...

To address the challenge of upending their lives and leaving behind familiar social worlds, many universities thoughtfully equip new...

How does being an ally impact your own experiences in the workplace? From how others see you to how you feel about yourself, allyship comes

The relational landscape of our lives is peppered with a variety of different kinds of connections with others. Often due to changing...

It is critical that organizations integrate opportunities for casual interaction into their remote working ecosystem.

guest post authored by Emily Heaphy I am a White person who has been learning about and working to be anti-racist for about 25 years. I...

Often, we think of beloved places as geographical locations—a city we grew up in, a café we frequent, maybe even somewhere we work. But,...

I was struck in listening to the new 30 for 30 podcast series on the horrible racism of Donald Sterling the contrast between his...

A lot of what is so great about Trader Joe's comes from the fact that the company wants the creation of HQCs a central part of its...

Recent research using fMRI to scan subjects’ brains while watching short videos show that the brains of close friends respond similarly.

Chris Peterson , my wonderful former U of Michigan colleague was known for his phrase “other people matter.” Psychologists studying...

If you were to ask me to describe a “good” mentor, or one that engages in high-quality mentoring relationships, the words “warm”,...

We often think when people are going leave an organization, they might burn their bridges and break all of their social ties. A recent...

A few weeks back, upon picking up my first-grader son from his after school program, he shared a story with me: while playing outside, he...

I just came across this article about how to sound more emotionally intelligent. I was struck by the emphasis on suppressing most...

As in any major life transition—taking your first job, getting married, making career changes—the decision to retire involves major...

I was inspired after reading a climbing story - "After the Fall" - in the most recent Patagonia catalog (yes, an unexpected place for...

“Jeff and Sanjay…seem to be two halves of a single mind.” In organizations, it is not uncommon to find two people who enjoy working...

During the dark winter mornings at this time of year, you might think that if only you could “find” your true calling, heading out to...

I was chatting with a friend of mine the other day about what drives high quality relationships in her workplace. She is a nurse and...