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11 Dec 2018
Changing language in job advertisements and de-identifying CVs during recruitment can significantly boost a person’s prospects of landing a job by overcoming unconscious bias, new University of Melbourne research shows.
31 Jul 2018
Australian attitudes to gender roles are becoming more progressive, but these views are not translating into real change in the home and workplace, according to the latest release of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey.
22 Jun 2018
Managers who encourage staff to take more control over their workflow by putting them in the driver’s seat find themselves with more competent and connected teams with motivated, engaged, high-performing and loyal employees, research by the University of Melbourne shows.
15 Jun 2018
Medical specialists are increasingly bulk-billing and providing more services to patients but their median hourly earnings are increasing at a slower rate than wage growth in the broader economy, according to the ANZ-Melbourne Institute Health Sector Report.
4 May 2018
Power does not turn everyone into a tyrant but, when given to those who want it most, it can inflate narcissism, according to new University of Melbourne research.
4 Dec 2017
Women paid the minimum award wage earn 10 per cent less than their male counterparts, new research from the University of Melbourne has found.
28 Nov 2017
A new research centre opening on Wednesday, 29 November at the University of Melbourne will strengthen research into the fast-growing areas of behavioural and experimental economics.
27 Oct 2017
Victorian primary school students supported through a targeted disability program are more likely to be exempted from sitting NAPLAN, new research shows.
26 Oct 2017
University of Melbourne graduate James Maccarrone has been awarded the 2018 Victorian Rhodes Scholarship for postgraduate study at the University of Oxford.
19 Oct 2017
Charging drivers at peak times could be the best way to help ease Melbourne’s traffic woes, according to new research by the University of Melbourne.
17 Oct 2017
Young people are almost twice as likely to need social welfare payments if their parents have a history of receiving such assistance themselves, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
16 Oct 2017
Trading of shares and other financial instruments on decentralised or “dark” markets has no effect on the transparency of price information or the way in which those prices are determined, according to new research by the University of Melbourne.
1 Jun 2017
Disadvantaged children in Australia who are subject to family breakdown are more likely to experience homelessness later in life than disadvantaged children whose parents stay together, according to new research by the University of Melbourne.
26 Apr 2017
A drop in job satisfaction among GP’s, an increase in the number of women working in the role and significant funding reforms, are transforming general medical practice in Australia, according to a major new study from the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research at the University of Melbourne.
16 Mar 2017
It is cheaper to provide last resort housing to homeless people than to leave them sleeping rough, a new report from the University of Melbourne has found.
15 Mar 2017
A shortage of Australian doctors in rural communities continues to be a serious problem.
9 Mar 2017
The real hourly wages of men who have a history of casual jobs are generally 10 per cent lower over the long-term than men who have mostly worked in permanent employment, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
14 Feb 2017
Tacit collusion between petrol retailers pushes up the price motorists pay at the pump, according to new research from the University of Melbourne.
8 Feb 2017
Many people who have cosmetic facial surgery feel better about their jobs when they return to work, according new University of Melbourne research.
12 Dec 2016
Melbourne Business School’s full-time MBA program has been ranked ninth in the 2016 Bloomberg Business Week International MBA ranking, up 14 places on the previous year.