Behavioral Decision Making Archives - Page 4 of 6

Not just the office jerk. Even good colleagues overclaim. Managing around this destructive dynamic isn’t straightforward

Q&A / Happiness

The empirical study of happiness, a growth area at business schools, enters the classroom

Feature / Investing

The simplest explanation — “I can’t believe you know something I don’t” — may trump all the rest

Alibaba finds a fresh twist on an old-school store is an effective marketing tool

A compilation of research offers a compelling cheat sheet for how to get more out of time

Can nudges, tailored to personality traits, persuade retirees to wait?

Research Brief / Ethics

In experiments, immorality and harm are deemed more extreme merely because an act was punished

Workers involved in compensation decisions might accept a co-worker’s better deal if management didn’t unilaterally decide

Research Brief / Bias

By age 10 or earlier, kids are putting more weight on the future than the past — just like adults

Research Brief / Gender

Analysis of 15 years of Wikipedia editors’ chatter reveals women of rank don’t shrink from controversial topics

Tweaking 401(k) website design and language can significantly boost worker contributions, yet HR doesn’t always see these opportunities

How we interpret time-series data is dependent on the designer’s chosen format

Research Brief / Time

That’s helpful information in a social media world filled with friends who do enviable things

Feature / Public Policy

Video from officer-worn cameras is judged less negatively than footage captured on dashboard cameras

Prerequisites are valued poorly in a series of six experiments

Reviews that explicitly talk about objective quality assessments are well received

Area: Behavioral Decision Making