With the rise of more and more people who work remotely—otherwise known as “open-collar workers”—comes the need to revolutionize the traditional work space and the boundary between work and home. According to The Economics Daily (TED) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2015, 24 percent of employed people worked from home.

People spend the majority of their lives sitting—in front of a TV, commuting, and working at a desk in front of a computer screen. In fact, researchers at the Journal of National Cancer Institute are calling our attention to sedentary behavior, reminding us more and more that “sitting can cause cancer” and other diseases.

Review by April Joseph

Works by April Joseph: "Offer a line that could cry" - p. 7. "Tracie Morris with April Joseph: grateful sounds: the body" - p. 43.

Marketing entails more than merely advertising and sales—it involves the careful study and integration of product design, behavioral economics, and consumer psychology, as well as several other social sciences from various disciplines. Marketing professors often specialize in one or several of these domains and conduct research that advances both marketing theory and practice.