Almost 80 students successfully completed the Human Resource Management lecture at the Faculty of Economics and Management in June 2022.

Delia Meyer reports in HR Today on a study that examines how the timing of work affects employees' intrinsic motivation.

Naemi Jacob reports in HR Today on a study by a research team led by Maike Debus of the University of Neuchâtel that shows that employees react differently to perceived overqualification depending on their personal cultural values.

Promotions do not retain and motivate employees in the long term. A representative study from Germany shows that their positive effect lasts a maximum of one year.

Swiss organizations have intensified their internal communication: management is increasingly addressing employees directly. This is shown, among other findings, by the latest CRANET study.

The answer of many companies to the growing flexibility requirements of their employees is an "activity-based flexible office", in which office spaces offer different work locations for different tasks.

The study programme ”MAS in Humanitarian Leadership“, developed by the University of Lucerne in cooperation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), moved into its third round with 21 participants last Tuesday, on 22 of February.

Do you have a colleague at work whose sense of humor you find terrific, but who, in return, also irritates you because he thinks and works quite differently from you? Our workplace is the ideal breeding ground for ambivalent relationships that awaken both positive and negative feelings in us at the same time.

Michaela Christian Gartmann (PwC Switzerland) and Dr. Heidi Bodenmann (Migros Group) share their experiences of what works. Dr. Manuela Morf adds scientific findings.

Dr. des. Laura Schärrer and Dr. Anna Sender have written a study that identifies factors that play a significant role in freelancer assignments. This has been published in the International Journal of Human Resource Management.