Whether weddings, national parades or religious festivals, rituals present a puzzle. We stress their importance, reflecting on these services as some of life’s most cherished moments. And yet, when prompted, most of us can’t explain why we perform them. What explains their persistence, and this apparent contradiction? In his new book Ritual: How Seemingly Senseless Acts …
An evolutionary perspective provides a powerful way of thinking about employees' health. What I've outlined below is Zhen Zhang and Michael Zyphur's chapter on employee health and physiological functioning, in Stephen Colarelli and Richard Arvey's volume The Biological Foundations of Organizational Behavior. The chapter provides a wealth of information regarding employee health and physiology, and I'll focus mainly …
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Darwinian Business 