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  • 01 Sep 2024
  • News

Research Brief: Hear Me Out

Image by Lincoln Agnew Image by Lincoln Agnew It’s usually not hard to spot the extroverts in the office—or anywhere else. The butterflies of any social gathering, extroverts tend to restore their energy levels by being around other people. But for all their... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • April 16, 2019
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Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger

By: Leslie John, Hayley Blunden and Heidi Liu
Most jobs require us at some point to deliver bad news—whether it be a minor revelation such as a recruiter telling a prospective employee that there’s no wiggle room in salary, or something major, like when a manager must fire an employee. We dread such discussions... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Perception; Judgments
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John, Leslie, Hayley Blunden, and Heidi Liu. "Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 16, 2019).
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Forgoing Earned Incentives to Signal Pure Motives

By: Erika L. Kirgios, Edward H. Chang, Emma E. Levine, Katherine L. Milkman and Judd B. Kessler
Policy makers, employers, and insurers often provide financial incentives to encourage citizens, employees, and customers to take actions that are good for them or for society (e.g., energy conservation, healthy living, safe driving). Although financial incentives are... View Details
Keywords: Incentives; Motivation Laundering; Self-signaling; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Perception
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Kirgios, Erika L., Edward H. Chang, Emma E. Levine, Katherine L. Milkman, and Judd B. Kessler. "Forgoing Earned Incentives to Signal Pure Motives." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117, no. 29 (July 21, 2020): 16891–16897.
  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

Research Brief: Better to Be Safe with a Sorry

"Never apologize, mister," John Wayne's character famously said in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. "It's a sign of weakness." And while previous academic research has similarly concluded that apologizing during negotiations hurts perceptions of... View Details
Keywords: Morrell, Daniel; Information
  • Jul 2012
  • Article

A Better Way to Tax U.S. Businesses

also raise revenue--and end public perceptions of unfairness. These reforms could actually turn the U.S. tax system into an asset. But they won't be effective if managers don't change their mind-set. Rather than shirking their tax... View Details
  • 20 Oct 2022 - 22 Oct 2022
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Stigma Against AI Companion Applications

By: Julian De Freitas, A. Ragnhildstveit and A.K. Uğuralp
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Attitudes; Perception
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De Freitas, Julian, A. Ragnhildstveit, and A.K. Uğuralp. "Stigma Against AI Companion Applications." 53rd Association for Consumer Research Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 20–22, 2022.
  • December 10, 2021
  • Editorial

Go Ahead and Ask for More Time on That Deadline

By: A.V. Whillans and A.V. Whillans
Unrealistic deadlines don’t help anyone—and yet more often than not, employees avoid asking for extensions even when they know more time would help them do a better job. Through a series of studies with more than 4,000 working adults, the author illustrates how despite... View Details
Keywords: Deadlines; Extension Request; Employees; Time Management; Behavior; Perception
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Whillans, A.V. "Go Ahead and Ask for More Time on That Deadline." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 10, 2021).
  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence

By: Jennifer M. Logg, Uriel Haran and Don A. Moore
Are overconfident beliefs driven by the motivation to view oneself positively? We test the relationship between motivation and overconfidence using two distinct, but often conflated, measures: better-than-average (BTA) beliefs and overplacement. Our results suggest... View Details
Keywords: Self-perception; Overconfidence; Motivation; Better-Than-Average Effect; Specifically; Personal Characteristics; Perception; Motivation and Incentives; Cognition and Thinking
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Logg, Jennifer M., Uriel Haran, and Don A. Moore. "Is Overconfidence a Motivated Bias? Experimental Evidence." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-099, April 2018.
  • July 2022
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The Developmental Origins and Behavioral Consequences of Attributions for Inequality

By: Antonya Marie Gonzalez, Lucia Macchia and Ashley V. Whillans
Attributions, or lay explanations for inequality, have been linked to inequality-relevant behavior. In adults and children, attributing inequality to an individual rather than contextual or structural causes is linked to greater support for economic inequality and less... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Behavior; Perception
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Gonzalez, Antonya Marie, Lucia Macchia, and Ashley V. Whillans. "The Developmental Origins and Behavioral Consequences of Attributions for Inequality." Art. 104329. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 101 (July 2022).
  • May 2019
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A Counterfeit Competence: After Threat, Cheating Boosts One's Self-Image

By: S. Wiley Wakeman, Celia Moore and F. Gino
In six studies, we show that after experiencing a threat to their abilities, individuals who misrepresent their performance as better than it actually is boost their feelings of competence. We situate these findings in the literature on self-protection. We show that... View Details
Keywords: Cheating; Self-perception; Self-protection; Competency and Skills; Identity; Perception; Performance
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Wakeman, S. Wiley, Celia Moore, and F. Gino. "A Counterfeit Competence: After Threat, Cheating Boosts One's Self-Image." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 82 (May 2019): 253–265.
  • October–December 2015
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Reducing Bounded Ethicality: How to Help Individuals Notice and Avoid Unethical Behavior

By: Ting Zhang, Pinar O. Fletcher, Francesca Gino and Max H. Bazerman
Research on ethics has focused on the factors that help individuals act ethically when they are tempted to cheat. However, we know little about how best to help individuals notice unethical behaviors in others and in themselves. This paper identifies a solution:... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Management Skills; Behavior; Perception
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Zhang, Ting, Pinar O. Fletcher, Francesca Gino, and Max H. Bazerman. "Reducing Bounded Ethicality: How to Help Individuals Notice and Avoid Unethical Behavior." Special Issue on Bad Behavior. Organizational Dynamics 44, no. 4 (October–December 2015): 310–317.
  • 6 Jun 2002 - 9 Jun 2002
  • Conference Presentation

Perceived Individual Creativity in Organizational Teamwork as a Function of Personality and Gender

By: Giovanni Moneta, Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel and Steven J. Kramer
Keywords: Gender; Organizations; Groups and Teams; Creativity; Identity; Perception
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Moneta, Giovanni, Teresa M. Amabile, Elizabeth Schatzel, and Steven J. Kramer. "Perceived Individual Creativity in Organizational Teamwork as a Function of Personality and Gender." Paper presented at the American Psychological Society Annual Convention, New Orleans, June 06–09, 2002.
  • February 2020
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Being 'Good' or 'Good Enough': Prosocial Risk and the Structure of Moral Self-regard

By: Julian Zlatev, Daniella M. Kupor, Kristin Laurin and Dale T. Miller
The motivation to feel moral powerfully guides people’s prosocial behavior. We propose that people’s efforts to preserve their moral self-regard conform to a moral threshold model. This model predicts that people are primarily concerned with whether their... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Moral Sensibility; Decision Making; Risk and Uncertainty; Behavior; Perception
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Zlatev, Julian, Daniella M. Kupor, Kristin Laurin, and Dale T. Miller. "Being 'Good' or 'Good Enough': Prosocial Risk and the Structure of Moral Self-regard." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 118, no. 2 (February 2020): 242–253.
  • September 2021
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Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Clio Bryant Flikkema and Olga Shurchkov
We explore how groups deliberate and decide on ideas in an experiment with communication. We find that gender biases play a significant role in which group members are chosen to answer on behalf of the group. Conditional on the quality of their ideas, individuals are... View Details
Keywords: Gender Differences; Stereotypes; Teams; Economic Experiments; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Groups and Teams; Perception
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Coffman, Katherine B., Clio Bryant Flikkema, and Olga Shurchkov. "Gender Stereotypes in Deliberation and Team Decisions." Games and Economic Behavior 129 (September 2021): 329–349.
  • 10 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy

growing academic interest in the influence of social networks on entrepreneurial successes and failures, Nanda says. As an example, he cites Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128, a 1994 book by... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 24 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

find evidence of lessened gender penalties for female-led ventures that are presented using a social impact frame. In a second study, we experimentally validate this effect and show that it is mediated by the effect of View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Dec 2006
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First Look: December 19, 2006

and demand with the help of the invisible hand in a short-term, quasi-static perspective, government coordinates the modernization of market frameworks in accord with changing circumstances, including changing perceptions of societal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2012
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Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior

By: Ayelet Gneezy, Alex Imas, Amber Brown, Leif D. Nelson and Michael I. Norton
Building on previous research in economics and psychology, we propose that the costliness of initial prosocial behavior positively influences whether that behavior leads to consistent future behaviors. We suggest that costly prosocial behaviors serve as a signal of... View Details
Keywords: Behavior; Perception; Performance Consistency; Identity
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Gneezy, Ayelet, Alex Imas, Amber Brown, Leif D. Nelson, and Michael I. Norton. "Paying to Be Nice: Consistency and Costly Prosocial Behavior." Management Science 58, no. 1 (January 2012): 179–187.
  • August 20, 2024
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Sexual Assault Victims Face a Penalty for Adjacent Consent

By: Jillian J. Jordan and Roseanna Sommers
Across 11 experimental studies (n = 12,257), we show that female victims of sexual assault are blamed more and seen as less morally virtuous if their assault follows voluntary sexual intimacy, a factor we term “adjacent consent”. Moreover, we illuminate a... View Details
Keywords: Perception; Prejudice and Bias; Moral Sensibility; Crime and Corruption; Social Issues
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Jordan, Jillian J., and Roseanna Sommers. "Sexual Assault Victims Face a Penalty for Adjacent Consent." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121, no. 34 (August 20, 2024).
  • 04 Mar 2019
  • Working Paper Summaries

The Revision Bias

Keywords: by Ximena Garcia-Rada, Leslie John, Ed O’Brien, and Michael I. Norton
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