Workplace Issues

A busy work week can lead to increased stress over time. Even with the best intentions for productivity at the start of a work day, many people may find themselves heading home with thoughts ... Read More

With the growth of social media and the constant connection through smartphones, our personal and work lives are blending more than ever. We connect with people on LinkedIn, Instagram, ... Read More

People may perceive black men as larger and more threatening than white men of a similar size, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Because ... Read More

People who work more than 39 hours per week may be more likely to experience mental health difficulties, according to a study published in the journal Social Science & Medicine. The ... Read More

Could working from home—commonly referred to as telecommuting—actually make employees more productive? According to research, increased productivity depends on the task performed as ... Read More

Men who experience chronic work-related stress may be at an increased risk of developing colon, lung, rectal, and stomach cancers, as well as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a study ... Read More

Dear GoodTherapy.org, Please help me figure out how to keep my sanity around this person I have to encounter every day at work. You know how some personalities just don’t match? Well, ... Read More

Though men and women are at a similar risk of being bullied in the workplace, they may have different reactions to it. A study published in the journal Labour Economics explored absenteeism ... Read More

The job-search process can be a nightmare for the already paranoid among us. Personal information is routinely mailed and blasted out to unknown parties every day; sometimes you send the ... Read More

If you were to think of a bullying situation, you might conjure an image of a small, bespectacled child cornered by a much larger one. Or perhaps you might imagine a group of taunting children ... Read More

A large-scale study of employees in the United Kingdom found 77% have experienced mental health issues in their lifetime. Of those, 62% acknowledged their source of employment as a contributing ... Read More

When many people with attention-deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) think about improving their productivity in the workplace, the main thing that comes to mind is creating and maintaining a to-do ... Read More