Access to work emails outside of working hours has been described as a ‘toxic’ source of stress for employees, according to a recent report from the Future Work Centre.Research shows that for conscientious staff, checking emails away from the office is linked to higher levels of stress and pressure. Although personality types can often affect the degree to which the pressure is felt, businesses and organisations are being urged to put policies into place to stop employees letting work anxieties overspill into home life. Titled ‘You’ve got mail!’, the report surveyed 2,000 people across >>>

Stanford Report, January 7, 2016 Stanford psychologists found that rejection's impact lingers as "heavy baggage" when people who tend to see personality as fixed respond to the rejection by questioning their true self. By Clifton B. Parker Martin Novak/Shutterstock Stanford psychologists say rejection, particularly by a romantic partner, can pose a potent threat to the self. People carry a heavier burden from rejection when they view it as revealing something about "who they really are" as a person, new Stanford research shows. The research, published in the >>>

Men are not only getting away with a higher salary in job fields dominated by women, but they also have lower stress levels. A recent study presented at the British Psychological Society's Division of Occupational Psychology annual conference in Nottingham, UK, suggests men who work in female-dominated industries care more about social aspects of their career, like friendships and flexible working hours, than they do financial rewards. "It is often assumed that men value careers with regular opportunities for promotion; however our study demonstrates that this isn't always the case," Dr. >>>