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This one is about my husband and me.  It's about financial fidelity .  And I'm afraid we don't have it. We've managed fidelity on everything else but money has always been a problem, maybe because we met and married after we'd both established careers, and held on to our separate checking accounts, according to newswise.com.   But a new study says that, though r omantic relationships are built on trust — when it comes to money, even faithful part ners are not always honest about their spending and saving habits. "New research from the University of Notre Dame introduces the concept of financial infidelity — engaging in any financial behavior likely to be frowned upon by a romantic partner and intentionally failing to disclose that behavior," the web site reports. The study is the first to introduce, define and measure financial infidelity reliably and succinctly and to examine its antecedents and consequences.   I'm a spender.  He's a sav...

Why do women select colleges  that have lower earning potential ?  According to a new survey, we do. Newswise.com reports that e ven when both male and female college students say they want to pursue a major with the best earnings prospects, "the majors men choose are higher paying than the majors women choose." In a new study, sociologist  Natasha Quadlin  of The Ohio State University found that “the logics of major choice” may lead women to select different majors from men, despite having similar preferences.  “Even when women place great emphasis on earnings, other preferences may ultimately win out for them,” said Quadlin, assistant professor of  sociology at Ohio State .  One possible competing preference: finding a field that’s a good fit.  So is that why we're teachers and nurses?  But wait.  We're also doctors and lawyers and fire chiefs. Quadlin surveyed 2,720 students from three higher education institutions that ...

For many years, especially before our son was born, I was the breadwinner in the family.  It didn't really seem to bother my husband too much as it made it easier for him to play tennis during the day.  But a new study says that husbands' stress increases if wives earn 40% more of the  household income than they do. According to newswise.com, h usbands are least stressed when their wives earn up to 40% of household income but they become increasingly uncomfortable as their spouse's wages rise beyond that point and are most stressed when they are entirely economically dependent on their partner, new research from the University of Bath shows. "The study of over 6,000 American heterosexual couples over 15 years showed husbands are at their most anxious when they are the sole breadwinner, shouldering all the burden of responsibility for the household's finances," the web site relates. "Stress levels decline as their wives' earnings approach 40% of ...

It probably should come as no surprise but even after "Me, Too," almost half the people who harass others at work can go back to work as if nothing happened, according to a new study as reported by newswise.com. New research from Michigan State University revealed that almost half of accused harassers can go back to work when disputes are settled by arbitrators – or, third-parties who resolve disputes.  The findings, published by the Hofstra Labor & Employment Law Journal, newswise.com reports, closely examine the outcomes of arbitration awards involving harassers, as well as providing insight as to whether arbitration is the best solution to addressing workplace harassment.  “With all of the issues our society is facing right now, I wanted to figure out why we weren’t doing a better job addressing harassment in the workplace,” the web site quotes Stacy Hickox, associate professor in MSU’s School of Human Resources and Labor Relations. “I knew that it was challeng...

Bottom line.  Bottom line .  That's all we hear from CEOs spouting off about how great their companies are doing. But now a new study says that focusing so much on that can actually hurt the company, according to newswise.com. "Doing business with a tunnel-vision focus on the bottom line can lead to dysfunction and unethical conduct in the workplace, but a research study co-authored by Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations Professor Rebecca Greenbaum reveals why some CEO’s and organizations are willing to take the chance: sometimes it pays off," the web site reports.  Researchers conducted a global survey of more than 400 workers and their clients across a wide range of industries to understand what happens when top management adopts a “bottom-line mentality,” in which the narrow focus on a single goal—typically profits—outweighs all other organizational values. The findings reveal that some employees do break the rules in a bottom-line environment, but ...

Surprise!  Women CEOs are judged more harshly for corporate-ethical failures . According to newswise.com, p eople are less likely to support an organization after an ethical failure if the business is led by a woman, the American Psychological Association reports. However, organizations led by women endure less negative backlash for competence failures than those headed by men. “Our study found that consumers’ trust in, and willingness to support, an organization after a failure varied based on the gender of the organization’s leader and the type of incident,” says Nicole Votolato Montgomery, PhD, of the University of Virginia and lead author of the study, at the site. “Women incur greater penalties for ethical transgressions because of persistent gender stereotypes that tend to categorize women as having more communal traits than men, such as being more likable, sensitive and supportive of others. Even in leadership settings, women are still expected to be more communal ...

How many times have you rehearsed telling your partner bad news?  Honey, I rammed the car through the beauty shop window.  But no one was hurt! Now a new study says that anticipating  performance before a school or work presentation can cause you not to remember what happened before the event. So who cares?  According to newswise.com,  "Performance anticipation could weaken memory because people tend to focus on the details of their upcoming presentation instead of paying attention to information that occurs before their performance," says lead author Noah Forrin, a postdoctoral fellow in Psychology at Waterloo.   "People who experience performance anxiety may be particularly likely to experience this phenomenon." Building on what previous research called the next-in-line effect , Forrin and his co-authors explored how different ways of preparing for a presentation can have an impact on the " pre-performance memory deficit, " the web site report...