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Can Your Boss Help You Get Through Covid-19?

  Well, not likely. But according to a new study, the right kind of boss can help reduce stress ,  and increase engagement and pro-social behavior in their workers who were anxious about COVID-19, according to newswise.com.  “A global pandemic can lead some people to think about their own mortality, which will understandably make them more stressed and less engaged at work,” the web site quotes  Jia (Jasmine) Hu , lead author of the study and associate professor of  management and human resources  at The Ohio State Unive rsity’s  Fisher College of Business .   “But business leaders who are attentive to employees’ emotional needs and unite them behind a common purpose made a positive difference and helped workers stay engaged at work and contribute to their communities.”  Several studies verified this.  One study involved 163 workers at an information technology company in eastern China who filled out surveys twice a day over three ...

CEOs Have It Good, Except for Lifespans

It's not at all surprising but a new study has found that, if you're a CEO , you might not live as long as your mailboy. That's because, duh, job stress takes a big toll on your lifespan, according to newswise.com. The web site gives as an example, James Donald, CEO, of Starbucks from 2005 to 2008.  In those three short years, he went from looking his age of 50, with dark hair and "just a hint  of crow’s feet around his eyes. By the time he left after the financial crisis of 2007–2008, however, his hair was grey, and his eyes and forehead were deeply lined with wrinkles. According to machine-learning analysis, he looked more than five years older than his actual age," newswise reports. “It’s very clear that living through this crisis led to significantly faster aging ,” the web site quotes Ulrike Malmendier, Berkeley Haas’ Edward J. and Mollie Arnold Professor of Finance.  Photographic analysis of Donald and other CEOs living through the financial crash is just o...