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- Technological Prudence: What the Amish Can Teach Us (2011) [pdf] https://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/130953.pdf 11 comments
- Supervisors Driven by Bottom Line Fail to Get Top Performance: Study https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 8 comments
- Mass Anomaly Detected Under the Moon’s Largest Crater - “Imagine taking a pile of metal five times larger than the Big Island of Hawaii and burying it underground. That’s roughly how much unexpected mass we detected,” https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=210457 779 comments space
- Music Listening Near Bedtime Disruptive to Sleep, Baylor Study Finds https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=223743 12 comments science
- An organization that projects an ethical face but whose managers fail to respond to internal ethical situations sends mixed messages to its employees, which can lead to a lack of employees' moral courage and an increase in unethical behavior, finds a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=221757 3 comments science
- People Who Experienced Parental Divorce as Children Have Lower "Love Hormone" Levels than Those Who Did Not https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=220145 23 comments science
- Texas Cave Sediment Upends Meteorite Explanation for Global Cooling | Media and Public Relations https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=219716 16 comments science
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 6 comments science
- Students Who Listened to Beethoven During Lecture Did Better on Test Next Day - "College students who listened to classical music by Beethoven and Chopin during a computer-interactive lecture on microeconomics — and heard the music again that night — did better on a test the next day than did peers" https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=218435 31 comments science
- Just to confirm what everyone has been saying about shit leadership, long hours, and bad leadership in general. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 14 comments army
- If you treat your employees poorly it can effect your profits. http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 9 comments nottheonion
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 2163 comments science
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 6 comments science
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 5 comments science
- Strong same-sex friendships among male firefighters can help cut down on their stress, but loving relationships with their wives may actually increase anxiety for those who constantly face danger, suggests a new study (n=428), stemming from the desire to protect wives from awareness of the risks. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=214713 552 comments science
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 8 comments business
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 14 comments army
- Ya don’t say... https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 55 comments navy
- Supervisors with ‘bottom-line mentality’ driven by profits to the exclusion of caring about other outcomes, like employee well-being, environment or ethics, could be hurting their bottom lines by losing the respect of their employees, who counter by withholding performance, according to a new study. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=211538 3518 comments science
- Mass anomaly detected under the moon's largest crater: an unknown metal mass 5 times the size of the Big Island of Hawaii is buried between the moon's crust and its core just under the South Pole-Aitken basin https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=210457 451 comments science
- Belief in the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ Does Not Turn People into Successful Entrepreneurs https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=209971 4 comments science
- Both men and women who report being very close to God take the Bible more literally, and that increases with prayer and Bible study. The Baylor Religion Survey is the most extensive study of religion ever conducted into American religious attitudes, behaviors and beliefs https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=207104 40 comments science
- When couples play board games or take a painting class together, their bodies release oxytocin, the “hugging hormone.” But men wielding paintbrushes released twice as much or more as the level of women painters and couples playing games, a new study with 20 married/cohabiting couples has found. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=206875 1137 comments science
- Students given extra points if they met "The 8-hour Challenge" -- averaging eight hours of sleep for five nights during final exams week -- did better than those who snubbed (or flubbed) the incentive, https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=205058 859 comments science
- Discuss Religion, Spirituality When Treating Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness. Researcher says it’s “critical” that mental health providers be equipped to assess clients’ religion/spirituality. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=200805&_buref=1172-91940 3 comments science
- Refraining from bad behavior toward a significant other during stressful life events is more important than showing positive behavior, suggests a new study. When stressed, people may be especially sensitive to negative behavior in their relationships, and less sensitive to positive behavior. https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=200018 440 comments science
- New research shows individuals who are anxious in interpersonal situations are better at predicting what others may like for a gift, compared to people who are “secure” in interpersonal settings who are more likely to engage in social projection (making choices for others based on own preferences). https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=197637 5 comments science
- Bigger Government Makes for More Satisfied People, International Study Finds http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=145501 86 comments worldnews
- Cellphone addiction is ‘an increasingly realistic possibility,’ study of college students reveals: Women college students spend an average of 10 hours a day on their cellphones and men college students spend nearly eight, with excessive use posing potential risks for academic performance http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=145864 394 comments science
- Bigger government makes for more satisfied people, international study finds: People living in countries with governments that spend more on social services report being more contented, according to a study http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=145501 198 comments science
- Anxiety and amen: Prayer doesn't ease symptoms of anxiety-related disorders for everyone, study finds http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=145373 3 comments science
- Favored by God in warfare? How WWI sowed seeds for future international conflicts: World War I — the “war to end all wars” — sowed seeds for future international conflicts in a way that has been largely overlooked: through religion, says (author Philip Jenkins) a Baylor University historian. http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=143211 54 comments history
- Gratitude, not 'gimme,' makes for more satisfaction, study finds: People who are materialistic are more likely to be depressed and unsatisfied, in part because they find it harder to be grateful for what they have, according to a study http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=141629 53 comments science
- Baylor says "Don't mess with Texas Football"; Looks classy in process and forgets about what they did when the SWAC broke up. http://www.baylor.edu/nation/texasfootball.htm 25 comments sports
- Study proves people inhabited the Americas earlier than previously believed http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=90916 5 comments science
- Movement under way in California to ban divorce : John Marcotte wants to put a measure on the ballot next year to ban divorce in California. The effort is meant to be a satirical statement after California voters outlawed gay marriage in 2008 http://www.baylor.edu/lariat/news.php?action=story&story=65674 4 comments politics
- Traveling Faster Than the Speed of Light, Two Baylor Physicists Have a New Idea http://www.baylor.edu/pr/news.php?action=story&story=52090 26 comments science