Flexible employment arrangements where workers only provide labour (and are paid) when requested to by their employer have proliferated. How do react the resulting instability in work schedules and pay? This study seeks an answer using experimental methods. 301 low-income, working age, non-student individuals took part on-line experiment simulating standard zero-hours contractual conditions. Re...

Changes in the contemporary labour market have resulted in an increasing demand for flexibility in the work context. The present research examines the associations between unemployed individuals’ work values and their attitudes towards job flexibility. Consistent with Expectancy-Value Theory, results showed that the general concept of employment value was positively related to all measured type...

considering the challenges that modern organizations face, creating a happy organization in the number one strategic imperative and the only way to long-term success. we studied research literature and background in this article, then we identified ten factors of happiness at work. considering this factors, we design questionnaire in order to measure of happiness at work. validity of factors an...

Reminding children to think about alternatives is a strategy adults often use to promote children's cognitive flexibility, as well as children's engagement in and enjoyment of the task. The current study investigated whether the impacts of reminders on kindergarten children's cognitive flexibility, intrinsic motivation, and mood are moderated by who provides the reminders. Eighty-three healthy ...