Employers pay 36 percent more for health care than they did just five years ago, according to a recent study by professional services firm Towers Watson and the National Business Group on Health.
The study was sponsored by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
"My professional judgment would be, mount another study before you do this, " he says.
According to a study of off-ramping professional women sponsored by The Center for Work-Life Policy (completed in 2005, updated in 2010, ) almost one third of professional women off-ramp at some point, often pulled by family considerations.
This week LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD), released the findings of a study it conducted to learn more about professional women and their attitudes toward mentoring.
The study found a small number of patients had seen a health professional to talk about emotional problems - but more patients would have liked this support.
BBC: 'More support needed' for patients after intensive care
In the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, where I focus a good deal of my professional (and personal) time, IDC recently conducted an SMB Cloud Adoption Study to investigate how cloud computing will impact small and midsize businesses (SMBs) in the next three years.
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Since, according to the study described above, consumer reviews are more trusted than the most reliable professional reviews, why not use them everywhere?
Drawing on a business school case study I authored, here are some management lessons from Hayek's professional life that can serve as examples for leaders in any industry.
Although more than half of Harvard undergraduates end up in law, medicine or business, future doctors and lawyers must study a non-specialist liberal-arts degree before embarking on a professional qualification.
This study analyzes nearly 20 years of data to explore the adaptation of one professional service firm to an increase in women in the professional workforce and the shifting discourse around gender and work.
My own opinion, and I stress that this is personal opinion, not something the result of deep academic study, is that the Portuguese economy is in the grips of the professional upper middle classes.
In a recent study by ANZ recruitment agency Hydrogen Group, ALL of the 2, 637 professional women surveyed in Global Professionals on the Move 2011 said they would recommend working abroad.
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They will also study for a level 4 diploma in IT, software, web and telecommunications professional competence, and will be expected to work predominantly at GCHQ, the electronic communications agency - although some will go on to work for MI5, the security service, or MI6 intelligence agency.
BBC: Cybercrime-fighters seek 'generation Xbox' for spy jobs
Athletes selected based on their post-professional athletic success and well-being will be honored by the researchers at the conclusion of the study.
In a company-funded study published last year in the Journal of Sleep Research, the Zeo predicted the same sleep cycle as professional sleep equipment in a lab about 75% of the time, compared with 86% agreement for two independent professional lab measures with each other.
The Council of Great City Schools, a research and policy group that represents large districts, commissioned a study that found districts making the most progress had stable leadership, high academic goals for students, quality professional development for teachers and data analysis that helped alter teaching.
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