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The Making of a Toxic Boss
Power and incompetence are a bad combination. Behold the Mr. Dithers Syndrome.
October 19, 2009

The iconic bullying boss has to be Mr. Dithers, Dagwood Bumstead's nemesis in the long-running comic strip Blondie. Mr. Dithers is blustery, mean, stingy with praise and money, and both physically and emotionally abusive. And he's gotten away with his intolerable behavior for more than 70 years. (Click here to follow Wray Herbert)

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Sucking Up Has Its Limits
Students who truly care about learning do better than the Eddie Haskell types.
September 9, 2009
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Analyze This
The real problem with the Rorschach test: It doesn't work.
July 30, 2009
All-Star? Sez Who?
Forget talent, it's the human need to connect that drives the selection of our cultural icons. 
July 13, 2009
Poverty Hurts
How having money can bolster self-esteem and diminish physical pain—and why economic stress can have the opposite effect.
June 15, 2009
Talking the Talk
A new study looks at whether announcing your goals helps you follow through on them.
May 13, 2009
Standing By Their Men
Why women like the fiancée of the alleged 'Craigslist killer' defend their loved ones, even when it may seem irrational to do so.
April 30, 2009
Just Say No to Aging?
A provocative new book from a Harvard psychologist suggests that changing how we think about our age and health can have dramatic physical benefits.
April 14, 2009
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Poverty Hurts

open quoteA new wave of newly minted college grads are hoping to enter the workforce this summer, and their prospects aren't looking good. The recession is taking a toll, and many of these young people may be leaving the comfortable cocoon of campus life to face a doubly painful reality of job rejection and financial hardship.close quote
 
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