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Is workaholism bad for your health? It depends how engaged you are in your job, finds SFU Beedie study
Aug 31, 2017
A new study investigating the phenomenon of ‘workaholism’, whose sufferers feel compulsively driven to work long hours and feel guilty when they are not working, has found that – as might be expected – it can have negative impacts on both mental and physical health. What is more surprising, however, is that these health issues are correlated to workaholism only when a person has low engagement in their work; for those who feel highly engaged […]More...
How firms can appropriate consumer-created intellectual property
Oct 10, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that though firms may be tempted to profit from consumer-created modifications to their intellectual property, this is not always advisable – and can in fact backfire.More...
How firms can appropriate consumer-created intellectual property: study
Sep 1, 2015
New research from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business reveals that though firms may be tempted to profit from consumer-created modifications to their intellectual property, this is not always advisable – and can in fact backfire.More...
At the intersection of Bio and Nano
Jan 6, 2014
Beedie researchers explore the emergence of a new sector.More...