Psychology News
Every few days we pick one study in workplace, leadership or wellbeing psychology and briefly explain what it means for organisations.
Economists from SMU and the University of Bristol analysed 481 occupations between 2008 and 2025. The psychological demands of work are rising alongside decision latitude, while pay for stressful work has stayed flat.
The American Psychological Association's latest Stress in America survey shows chronic stress increasingly leading people to withdraw and postpone major decisions – including career ones.
A Nottingham Business School study shows that more than half of employees see a gap between their organisation's wellbeing commitments and their everyday experience. Leaders largely determine whether policies are credible.
A new Australian report links organisational friction – poorly designed tools, bureaucracy and unclear expectations – strongly with burnout. A sense of job insecurity proves just as powerful.
A Washington State University study shows that employees who fear AI will make their occupation obsolete find it easier to justify behaviour that harms the organisation.
A Great Place To Work India study of HR leaders shows the hardest part is not the technology itself but trust, performance assessment and honest conversations about job security.
