We've all heard the idea that happy employees perform better—this concept, central to the happy-productive worker hypothesis, has been...

Hunter Ludlam Based on Ed Diener's recipe for happiness, Professor Elemental might be the happiest person alive based on his claims from...

Mia Wild Bodies by Drowning Pool was very stressful to listen to, so how interesting that this week’s topics are stress and wellbeing. My...

By Sophie Ardley and Anna Sutton Have you ever been in a social setting where you didn’t feel comfortable showing people your true self?...

Mia Wild I think that the main premise of this song is that Kylie went through a series of events or changes throughout her life, but...

Mia Wild Using Implicit Leadership Theory, I will discuss the Bridge of the song Rammstein - Ich Will. The lyrics: “we want that you...

By Richard Potter and Anna Sutton HR professionals and managers often find themselves in the unenviable position of trying to balance the...

Hunter Ludlum Why I do not want Emmet from the Lego movie on my team: As shown in the song "Everything is Awesome", Emmet is inept at...

Mia Wild Gwen emphasises throughout the whole song that time is ticking, as per the “tick tock tick tock”. This reiterates that simply...

Hunter Ludlam In the song 'You Learn', I think Alanis Morissette is suggesting that operant conditioning is the most effective way of...

By Zane Sheeran and Anna Sutton Working in policing can be hazardous, stressful and emotionally demanding. Across the world, officers...

Daneka Moroney Verse two describes the couple's contrasted attitudes towards work. "She sits on her ass, he works his hands to the...

This week is the first in a series of blogs from my students at Waikato University in 2023. We have a song in the lecture and there's a...

By Jackson Cate The workplace can offer us much more than simply a source of income, it can be a source of happiness, motivation, and...

By Zane Sheeran Would you show up to work drunk? For most of us that’s a big no, but many of us are happy to go to work fatigued,...

Sophie Ardley Emotional labour is when we adapt our true emotions to emotions that are expected of us in a job, particularly in customer...

By Tiffanie Rodricks The World Health Organisation has identified burnout due to a continuously fast paced work environment as an...

By Melissa Goodman Workplace employee burnout is a well-known concept, but do we really know what it means? The basic concept can be...

By Abi Clarke Working night shifts means that people need to change their regular sleep-wake cycle, and become accustomed to nocturnal...

by Mitchell Williams Psychological capital describes the internal resources that we can draw upon at work to perform better and have...