By Jan Nijman, Director and Distinguished University Professor, Urban Studies Institute at Georgia State University This fall, Georgia State University will offer a new Ph.D. program in Urban Studies next fall, the first of its ...
Employees need many resources, especially task-related information, to fulfill their job responsibilities. But what if conflict between coworkers makes it difficult to obtain information necessary to perform their jobs? Conflict among coworkers is immensely harmful ...
By Susan McLaren, Senior Research Associate, Georgia Health Policy Center Workplace wellness plans, insurance breaks for active gym goers and paid sick leave are hot topics for employers, who depend on employees being productive and ...
By Kathryn Lawler, executive director, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) For several years, Atlanta has made headlines as the city with the greatest income inequality in the United States. Compared to other large ...
Georgia State University’s reputation continued to rise in 2018, and the university is now widely recognized as the national leader in programs and initiatives that foster student success. Now ranked as the second most innovative ...
Family businesses have different priorities and agendas than nonfamily businesses. Controlling owners are likely to make strategic decisions based on family interests, values, identity and social status. Qian (Cecelia) Gu of Georgia State University’s J. ...
Checkout charity, a phenomenon where cashiers or self-service technologies solicit charitable donations from customers during the payment process, is quickly becoming an established aspect of many retail and service experiences, including restaurants. It is a ...
By Katherine D. Perry, Associate Professor of English and Cofounder and Coordinator of the Georgia State University Prison Education Project Georgia State University’s Prison Education Project at Perimeter College (GSUPEP) was awarded a $210,000 grant ...
Georgia’s job additions in the third quarter nearly equaled the total job additions in the first half of 2018, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson ...
By Phil Ventimiglia, Chief Innovation Officer of Georgia State University and Tiffany Green-Abdullah, Assistant Director of Learning Community Development at the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning The world is changing at an unprecedented rate. Computers are ...
By Mary Helen O’Connor and Heval Kelli Metro Atlanta is home to the second-fastest growing population of foreign-born residents in the United States. According to the Atlanta Regional Commission, immigrants accounted for nearly two-thirds of ...
By Charlotte Alexander and Anne Tucker Artificial intelligence is transforming the traditional delivery of legal services. In general terms, the set of tools broadly called “legal analytics” promises to do two things: increase the efficiency ...
By Flora Zhou, Assistant Professor of Accountancy, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Firms are under increasing pressure to implement effective internal whistleblowing systems to avoid the potential Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ...
Georgia State University and Georgia Institute of Technology have established the Atlanta Global Studies Center (AGSC), a National Resource Center and a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program funded by a $2.25 million ...
By Melissa Haberlen, Senior Research Associate, and Ann DiGirolamo, Director of Behavioral Health, Georgia Health Policy Center Mental health and substance use disorders in children and adolescents contribute to disparities with health and well-being, educational ...
The Georgia FinTech Academy, a statewide talent development initiative of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, will have two physical locations at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business, ...
By Kathryn Lawler, executive director, Atlanta Regional Collaborative for Health Improvement (ARCHI) Eating right, exercising, maintaining social connections, avoiding smoking and illegal substances and practicing safer sex. We have all heard this advice before. But ...
By Debra Kibbe, senior research associate, Georgia Health Policy Center The United States Department of Agriculture defines food insecurity as “a lack of consistent access to enough food for an active, healthy life.” In Georgia, more ...
Georgia State University is ranked the second most innovative university in the nation and second in the country for its commitment to undergraduate teaching in the 2019 Best Colleges edition of U.S. News & World ...
Georgia’s job creation in the first six months of 2018 primarily arose from domestically driven sectors, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. ...