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From time to time, we’ll be rounding up the latest workplace-related stories for your reading pleasure. Here are today’s recommendations:

PhysOrg.com reports on a recent study that examines the influence of beauty, status and sex on job negotiations in “Hiring practices are influenced by beauty“.

Small Business Trends asks the provocative question, “Are Your Employees’ Hours Quality Time or Quantity Time?” How might you answer that about your own workplace?

George’s Employment Blawg takes a look at a harsh realization: “Much Employee Creativity Unused on Job“.

Online Guide to Mediation, a blog published by OptionBridge partner Diane Levin, looks at a new social networking web site that helps employees join forces to effect workplace change, among other things.

PersonnelToday.com lists the “Top 10 management issues companies get wrong“.

Finally, Life at Work, a New Zealand blog that takes an irreverent look at workplace issues from the perspective of an employment lawyer, asks, “Exactly why did you leave your last job?“

Most of us aren’t trained psychologists. But many of us would welcome the opportunity to learn from the insights psychologists have into human behavior — particularly when it comes to our jobs and the people we work with. Especially if those insights were provided in language that a layperson can understand in a well-organized format that’s easy to use and readily accessible from any computer screen.

The American Psychological Association Online offers visitors to its web site exactly that in a special section on workplace issues. Here you can find a wealth of great articles that include:

• “Telecommuting has mostly positive consequences for employees and employers, say researchers“
• “Tips for women negotiating salaries“
• “What makes a good leadership: the assertiveness quotient“

Click here to explore the APA’s library of articles on workplace topics.

Science Daily reports that while few people are free from prejudice, the good news is that our biases can be overcome through reconditioning.

Interested in testing the extent of your own hidden biases? Visit Project Implicit, a collaborative research project undertaken by researchers at Harvard University, the University of Washington, and the University of Virginia. This research project utilizes online tests to gather information about and gain insights into conscious and unconscious preferences on a wide range of topics, including religion, sexuality, gender, race, and even U.S. presidents.