Morale From a managerial perspective, morale embodies the collective spirit and motivation of a group of employees. Other terms used to designate this concept include espirit and espirit de corps. In fact, espirit de corps was one of the first...

Morale, also known as esprit de corps when discussing the morale of a group, is an intangible term used for the capacity of people to maintain belief in an institution or a goal, or even in oneself and others. The second term applies particularly to...

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Once upon a time, Denny Neagle was known as a good pitcher who cracked walls in clubhouses with a shrill, realistic imitation of a train whistle. Then he became known as a guy who signed a five-year, $51 million...

In his 1998 book, One Nation, After All, Alan Wolfe set out to find and describe the mores of contemporary Americans. After years of research and interviewing, he discovered that Americans had become so moderate and tolerant (actually, so cowed into fear of appearing...

Q: I am the office manager of a small insurance firm. I have been here nine months and have noticed that our work environment seems pretty poor. Some of our employees do not seem very motivated, don't care about their jobs or have bad attitudes....

President Evo Morales vowed to move forward with his campaign to nationalize Bolivia's oil and gas industry while presiding Saturday over ceremonies marking the transfer of two Brazilian-owned oil refineries to state hands.Bolivia this week agreed to buy back formerly state-owned refineries from Brazilian state...