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- Two Mindsets That Can Create Rude or Polite Coworkers https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amd.2022.0069.summary 32 comments
- Why We Choose Liars as Leaders https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amp.2021.0063.summary 72 comments
- The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amd.2021.0100.summary 2 comments
- Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amp.2019.0198.summary 249 comments
- The dark side of entrepreneurship https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amd.2018.0194.summary 82 comments
- Is Your Organization a Great Place for Bullies to Work? https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amp.23.4.89.summary 2 comments
- Dwelling on Roads Not Taken Can Create Bumps at Work https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2019.0746.summary 16 comments
- Women Using Less Feminine Terms in Cover Letters Are Less Likely to Get Hired https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2018.1280.summary 108 comments
- Study: Women negotiate more often than men, but they’re still paid less than their male peers. While women are more likely to ask for higher compensation, men are more likely to succeed at getting better deals, sometimes without even asking. https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amd.2022.0021.summary 297 comments science
- Study: About 80% of employers worldwide say it’s a top hiring priority that new employees fit well into their organizations. But few take the right steps to make that happen, and instead reduce diversity and increase organization dysfunction. https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amp.2022.0163.summary 17 comments science
- New research shows that when dreams are first recalled, people often draw connections between their dreams and waking lives, and these connections change how people think, feel, and act at work. https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amj.2021.0377 3 comments science
- Blame Cronyism, Not Capitalism https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amp.2019.0198.summary 205 comments economics
- Researchers say religion makes the gender wage gap worse (by $1,734 per year) | Researchers: many religions are patriarchal in nature, and that mindset leads to the sort of culture that diminishes women’s contributions https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amj.2019.1254 80 comments science
- Research shows that leaders with narcissistic tendencies can create dysfunctional organizational cultures and fuel unethical behavior. The best way for organizations to avoid these consequences is to avoid hiring or promoting narcissistic leaders. https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amd.2019.0163.summary 20 comments science
- Employees who spent more time on the phone with their health insurers reported being more likely to be absent from work. The problem all boils down to “sludge,” more commonly known as red tape. Sludge can be used intentionally to keep people from getting the benefits to which they’re entitled. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amd.2020.0063.summary 173 comments science
- Contrary to popular belief, letting your mind wander on the job does not necessarily hurt your work. When people feel a strong personal identification with their profession, daydreaming can actually boost creative problem-solving. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2017.1283.summary 44 comments science
- World-changing events such as climate change, the COVID-19 pandemic, and street protests in cities around the globe may be making many entrepreneurs averse to launching long-term enterprises. The stronger the perception is that an LMC is close, the more risk-averse entrepreneurs may become. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amp.2019.0049.summary 5 comments science
- If the current lack of innovation in antibiotics persists, we will face a doomsday scenario with drastic implications. In such a scenario, resistant bacteria will kill between 10 and 50 million people each year, and human interaction, travel, and commerce is likely to become heavily restricted. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amp.2019.0018.summary 112 comments science
- Being cast as an underdog can be a powerful motivation to prove the naysayers wrong and rise to the top. For managers, the findings mean that framing low expectations as opportunities to prove others wrong may help boost performance. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2017.0181.summary 8 comments science
- Being lenient about handling misconduct at work can be a double-edged sword for the person choosing not to strictly enforce the rules. Researchers also found that employees who are lenient can promote feelings of pride and reduce feelings of guilt when they also forgive wrongdoers. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2018.0123.summary 5 comments science
- Lack of detailed knowledge about corporate corruption—and how to fight it effectively—is limiting economic growth around the world. More than $1 trillion is paid in bribes each year, the World Economic Forum estimated, and “that corruption reduces global GDP by more than 5%. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/annals.2018.0156.summary 787 comments science
- Hackathon successes and failures show that organizations trying to accelerate innovation—the way many are trying to develop new products in response to the COVID-19 pandemic—are not likely to achieve their goals by merely working in the same old ways, within tighter deadlines, according to research. https://journals.aom.org/doi/full/10.5465/amj.2017.0712.summary 5 comments science
- Performance-based pay linked to employee mental-health problems, new study shows (n=318,717). Once a company switches to a pay-for-performance process, the number of employees using anxiety and depression medication increased by 5.7 percent. https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amd.2018.0007 70 comments science
- Boredom increases creativity, but only for individuals with a high learning goal orientation, high need for cognition, high openness to experience, and high internal locus of control, suggesting that boredom motivates individuals to engage in novelty-seeking responses. https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amd.2017.0033 226 comments science
- Mindfulness helps customer service employees deal with rude customers. Employees who recalled previous prosocial acts and took the perspective of their customers perceived less mistreatment from customers and ruminated less after work https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/amj.2016.0448 3 comments science
- Leaders’ displays of anger affects how they’re perceived depending on why they get angry. Leaders who express anger in response to ethics violations enhances others’ perceptions of leader effectiveness, whereas anger in response to incompetence diminishes perceptions of leader effectiveness. https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/amj.2015.0460 7 comments science