Area: Management and Organizations

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A man shouts during a congressional town hall meeting on March 13, 2025 in Asheville, North Carolina. Research Brief / Politics

Reducing Partisan Hostility Can Be Surprisingly Simple

Megastudy: strategies reduce political animosity, but don’t necessarily improve — and may harm — commitment to democratic principles

Man taking the grocery shopping left on the porch of the house. Research Brief / Behavioral Decision Making

Grocery Delivery: Beyond a Gratuity, What Motivates a Gig Driver?

You as a customer can control two factors — time of day and whether you insist on personally accepting the goods — but not the third, route density

Illustration for first-movers feature Feature / Entrepreneurship

How First-Mover Advantage, Once Unquestioned, Lost Its Grip on Entrepreneurs and Business Researchers

A skeptic asked questions that drove decades of study; plenty of ‘first-movers’ weren’t actually first

Two guards walking inside San Quentin State Prison. Research Brief / COVID-19

How Prisons, Very Much Like Nursing Homes, Helped Spread COVID Beyond Their Walls

After a botched inmate transfer, San Quentin guards carried the virus back to their neighborhoods

Sunset over a wineyard in Bordeaux, France. Research Question / Global Warming

To Survive Global Warming, Company Operations Adapt — But Do Those Changes Make Things Worse?

Businesses need research to guide adaptation beyond quick ‘maladaptive’ fixes and toward long-term resilience

A white man wearing a business suit sitting at a desk throws his desk phone in a fit of anger. Research Brief / Artificial Intelligence

AI Chatbots That Lead With Empathy Can Help Manage Workplace Anger

When AI acknowledges feelings, resistance to the technology melts

A woman and a man having a meeting. Feature / Behavioral Decision Making

The Listening Gap: Speakers Assume They’re Heard, the Spoken-To Often Feign Attentiveness

A growing body of research questions the value of the nod, eye contact, ‘mm-hmm’ and ‘uh-huh’

Young couple playing in swimming pool Research Brief / Management

A Bonus of Added Vacation Time Feels Better Than a Monetary Bonus

Time off as a reward makes people feel more human

A red door slightly open on the left and a blue door slightly open on the right. Research Brief / Stereotypes

Political Polarization Creates Minefield for Marketing Strategy

Liberals and conservatives respond differently to ads that reinforce or challenge stereotypes

Focused bearded man in a business casual outfit holding a tablet while presenting to a colleague in a modern office setting. Research Brief / Workplace

How White Men, Discussing Race and Gender Inequities, Can Gain Credibility

Adding a note of personal advocacy to any factual statement helps a lot

Three rows of bright abstract textured multicolored emoticons. Research Brief / Happiness

The Surprising Relationship Between Empathic Skill — the Ability to Read Others’ Feelings — and One’s Own Happiness

A surer path to contentedness might be believing one possesses empathy, even if one doesn’t

A young Caucasian male employee goofing off and being unproductive in his office when he should be working. He is in the process of trying to balance a pencil on his nose. Research Brief / 

Noncompetes Help Acquiring Companies Retain Workers, But Productivity Falls

Innovators held by contracts produce fewer patents for new owners, study suggests

Steve Carrell playing Michael Scott on "The Office." Research Brief / Gender

Being Passionate About Your Job Works … If You’re a Man

When being evaluated for ‘high potential’ programs, men are rewarded for showing emotion — women are penalized

A sunny afternoon traffic jam in Chengdu, China. Research Brief / Government

Chinese Citizens, Given Voice in Local Budgeting, Are More Satisfied With Country’s Regime — and Want More From It

Taste of democracy engenders the opposite of cynicism

Personal perspective view of a female doctor talking with a patient Research Brief / Nudges

A Psychological Approach to Helping Doctors Do Better at Doing No Harm

Behavioral nudges reduced doctors’ overprescribing and overtesting of older patients

A color illustration of the top of the U.S. Capitol building with a crack down the center. Research Brief / Bias

Winning Buoys One’s Perception of Democracy, But Even Some Losers Appreciate the Process

Insurrection at U.S. Capitol led some Trump voters to surprising assessment

 
 
 
 
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