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When it comes to sales, managers can matter
Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they’re mulling over a purchase, whether it’s a dishwasher, a tablet or a lawnmower. That’s the main finding of a new study I co-authored. As a scholar
It's OK if managers step in to help their sales staff—but not too much
Shoppers can take cues when managers step in to help their staff. Credit: Grab on Unsplash, CC BY Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they're mulling over a purchase, whether it's a dishwasher, a tablet or a lawn mower. That's the main finding of a new study I co-authored. As a scholar of sales and pricing, I delved into this question, along with fellow researchers Molly R.
It’s OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too much
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they’re mulling over a purchase, whether it’s a dishwasher, a tablet or a lawnmower. Article continues below this ad That’s the main finding of a new study I co-authored.
It’s OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too much
By Daniel E. Chavez, Research Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they’re mulling over a purchase, whether it’s a dishwasher, a tablet or a lawnmower. That’s the main finding of a new study I co-authored.
It’s OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too much
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First genomic evidence of inbreeding in South American pumas and the role of Andean climate history in shaping genetic diversity
Abstract Climatic oscillations in the Andes have repeatedly reshaped habitats over millions of years, yet their long-term genomic consequences for carnivores with broad geographic distributions remain unclear. Given the long evolutionary history of pumas (Puma concolor) in South America, the continent has long been considered a reservoir of genetic diversity.
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Against the Stage
Guy Debord called the spectacle, a social order where ‘the tangible world is replaced by a selection of images which exist above it, and which simultaneously impose themselves as the tangible par excellence.’ Essentially, a condition of life under late capitalism, where reality itself is experienced primarily as representation. In this sense, one might observe that from Mussolini’s staged marches to Hitler’s filmic rallies, fascism has always been an aesthetic project. Today, it wears new masks.
Más allá del petróleo
El Secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, ha disipado la ambigüedad. En declaraciones a NBC News manifestó: “No permitiremos que la industria petrolera en Venezuela sea controlada por opositores de Estados Unidos”, nombrando de forma específica a China, Rusia e Irán. El Hemisferio Occidental, aclaró, “nos pertenece”. Ese es el claro y conciso lenguaje de la confrontación geopolítica.
Más allá del petróleo
El Secretario de Estado estadounidense, Marco Rubio, ha disipado la ambigüedad. En declaraciones a NBC News manifestó: “No permitiremos que la industria petrolera en Venezuela sea controlada por opositores de Estados Unidos”, nombrando de forma específica a China, Rusia e Irán. El Hemisferio Occidental, aclaró, “nos pertenece”. Ese es el claro y conciso lenguaje de la confrontación geopolítica.
Solidarity with Venezuela’s Left Opposition
During August 2025, the Venezuelan government stepped up its attacks on human rights defenders and domestic critics of its increasingly authoritarian regime. On 7 August, the mothers of young detainees holding a vigil outside theSupreme Court were attacked by government vigilantes.
Solidaridad con la oposición de izquierda en Venezuela
Saltar al contenido principal Apoyanos Fecha de publicación: 8 minutos de lectura también disponible en La izquierda global debe defender a los pensadores y activistas de izquierda que enfrentan persecución en Venezuela, y rechazar el falso antiimperialismo que permite una deriva autoritaria. Compartiendo socialmente Compartir en: Durante agosto de 2025, el gobierno venezolano intensificó sus ataques contra defensores de derechos humanos y críticos internos.
Empresas petroleras administradas por el Estado y la transición energética
La pertinencia y la transformación de las empresas petroleras administradas por el Estado En los meses anteriores a la COP sobre cambio climático de 2022, el semanario político y empresarial The Economist (25 de julio de 2022) publicó un artículo titulado: “State-run oil giants will make or break the energy transition”.
From Exodus to Excellence
Challenges breed strength. Tanner Capulong’s journey is the proof of that pudding – from his maternal family’s Vietnam exodus to forging his path at UC Health. Capulong crafted excellence regardless of trials and tribulations. Capulong’s parents paved the way for his success well before he enrolled at CU Denver Business School. Tenaciously, his mother fled from the Vietcong to the U.S. by fishing boat, a voyage facilitated by a Parisian monk.
Guardians of seed, land and life
It documents their invaluable contribution to food and seed sovereignty and struggle to ensure the recognition of women small-scale farmers, peasants and producers in policy frameworks that protect the rights to seed, land and food.
Medio ambiente y la agenda comercial de economía digital
La digitalidad nos atraviesa en un mundo cada día más conectado. Y así como la economía digital se expandió desprovisto de normas y envuelto en un halo de comodidad y satisfacción, los problemas ante la falta de regulación comenzaron a hacerse ver. Temas como sesgos raciales y de género, discriminación, exceso de poder, falta de privacidad, extractivismo, son algunos de los tantos problemas que se discuten hoy día y que llevan a pensar que la gobernanza del mundo digital es necesaria.
Nuestro Futuro es Público
Está más claro que nunca: las empresas energéticas, impulsadas por el lucro, han influenciado a gobiernos, instituciones internacionales y convenciones ambientales de las Naciones Unidas en la adopción de decisiones políticas que favorecen la codicia y la acumulación de capital. Como tales, estas políticas no están priorizando las necesidades ecológicas y humanas.
Un trato sucio en Bolivia
Las hojas de coca no eran consideradas un bien de consumo esencial (aunque para muchos bolivianos son tan esenciales como lo son el té o el café en otras partes del mundo) y todo el transporte dentro y fuera de Los Yungas se paralizó, excepto para quienes transportaban suministros básicos de alimentos.
The Strategic Dilemmas of Working Class Politics and Organization Today
Cat Boyd is a Glasgow-based writer, campaigner and trade unionist. She is assistant editor at Conter and host of Contercast. She writes mainly on Scottish and American politics, culture and work. Daniel Chavez works at the Transnational Institute (TNI) where he runs their New Politics Initiative.
Compulsory voting: the debate
A map on which the countries marked in red have enforced compulsory voting. By SPQRobin (licensed under Creative Commons) Australia’s electoral mandate Should citizens be compelled to vote? Most of the world’s democracies say no, but a few compel electors to turn up at the ballot box, even if leaving them free to deface their ballot or leave it blank. A travesty of democracy? Or a necessary condition for it?
Compulsory voting: the debate
Should citizens be compelled to vote? Most of the world’s democracies say no, but a few compel electors to turn up at the ballot box, even if leaving them free to deface their ballot or leave it blank. A travesty of democracy? Or a necessary condition for it? The case against is that it is an undemocratic infringement of a person’s liberty; the case for is that it enhances government by the people.
The Commons, the State and the Public: A Latin American Perspective
By Daniel Chavez, originally published by Transnational Institute January 10, 2019 An interview with Daniel Chavez. What are the commons and what is their political, social and economic relevance? In recent years, many researchers and social activists from very different countries, like myself, have rediscovered the notion of the commons as a key idea to deepen social and environmental justice and democratise both politics and the economy.
UPS: Ensuring Efficient Operation
UPS and generators can introduce several challenging tasks for managers and technicians, including ensuring energy-efficient operation. OTHER PARTS OF THIS ARTICLEPt. 1: UPS: Maximizing Performance LifePt. 2: UPS: Routine Maintenance MattersPt. 3: This Page Generators and uninterruptible power supplies must provide protection to the electrical infrastructure in the event of voltage sags in the utility grid or a power outage.
UPS: Routine Maintenance Matters
Generator maintenance often includes performing a monthly load bank test at 100 percent load for an extended period. Depending on whether the generator is rated for standby power or continuous prime power, these load bank tests can last 2-12 hours. Load bank testing is a way of ensuring dependable operation of the generator. Specifically with diesel engine generators, when a unit goes for a long period without running at full capacity, its exhaust system will experience what is called wet stacking.
UPS: Routine Maintenance Matters
Managers who understand load bank testing can help maximize the performance life of a UPS or generator. OTHER PARTS OF THIS ARTICLEPt. 1: UPS: Maximizing Performance LifePt. 2: This PagePt. 3: UPS: Ensuring Efficient Operation Generators and uninterruptible power supplies must provide protection to the electrical infrastructure in the event of voltage sags in the utility grid or a power outage.
UPS: Maximizing Performance Life
Facility needs, equipment considerations and technician effectiveness all play a role in providing reliable operation of key components. OTHER PARTS OF THIS ARTICLEPt. 1: This PagePt. 2: UPS: Routine Maintenance MattersPt. 3: UPS: Ensuring Efficient Operation Generators and uninterruptible power supplies must provide protection to the electrical infrastructure in the event of voltage sags in the utility grid or a power outage.
TiSA and state-owned enterprises
Lessons from Uruguay’s withdrawal for other countries in the South This briefing discusses why Uruguay withdrew from the TiSA negotiations, to show how under TiSA State-Owned Enterprises would be obliged to abide by commercial considerations. It explains how TiSA seeks to limit the role of State-Owned enterprises as potential agents of productive and technological development, by expressly prohibiting the possibility of discriminating in favour of national suppliers.
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