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  • 24 Oct 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

inference about an individual but provides population estimates. The veiled method increased self-reports of anti-gay sentiment, particularly in the workplace: respondents were 67% more likely to disapprove of an openly gay manager when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Mar 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Sophisticated Investors May Be Harming Fintech Lending Platforms

differs significantly from a traditional lending bank. Once an application is filed, the lending platform collects information on borrowers through online self-reporting and by pulling credit reports. The platform automatically requests... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Banking; Financial Services
  • 07 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Are Creative People More Dishonest?

the researchers learned, the higher the creativity required for the job, the higher the level of self-reported dishonesty. Then, through a series of experimental studies, the researchers tested--and largely proved--the theory that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising
  • 07 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

the Census Bureau’s weekly Pulse Survey said they had received PPP assistance as of August 29. The program, which expired on August 8, increased a participating business's self-reported survival odds by 14 to 30 percentage points and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service
  • 17 Jul 2018
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New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

and money shape our social relationships? Across three studies, utilizing self-report (N=127; N=249) and behavioral outcomes (N=358), we provide the first evidence that the chronic orientation to prioritize time over money encourages... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 Jan 2012
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First Look: January 10

effect was mediated by self-reported feelings of moral purity. In Experiment 2, the same manipulation increased the amount of money participants donated to a good cause, and self-reported feelings of moral... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 May 2021
  • Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

meaninglessness, uncertainty, and boredom. These negative psychological states increase nostalgia because nostalgia is restorative. After conducting dozens of studies using diverse methods ranging from qualitative text analysis, View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 15 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 15

control condition, and this effect was mediated by self-reported feelings of moral purity. In Experiment 2, the same manipulation increased the amount of money participants donated to a good cause, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 22

Additionally, wearing a heavy backpack affected participants' behavior. Specifically, it led them to be more likely to choose healthy snacks over guilt-inducing ones and boring tasks over fun ones. It also led participants to cheat less. Importantly, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 14

(Dot) Com Karthik Ramanna and Rachna TahilyaniHarvard Business School Case 112-078 Anti-corruption web platform "ipaidabribe.com" leverages the transparency and anonymity of the Internet to encourage private citizens in India who have been the victims of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

many more. In 2012, the SAC launched the Higg Index, a comprehensive measure of environmental and social sustainability. The Facilities Module of the Higg Index is self-reported by manufacturers, and requires some level of validation to... View Details
  • 05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

Beginning Makes Ethics Salient and Decreases Dishonest Self-reports in Comparison to Signing at the End Authors:L. Shu, N. Mazar, F. Gino, M. Bazerman, and D. Ariely Publication:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 27

payments in the remaining months. Concerns about later-life income, spending flexibility, and counterparty risk are the most important self-reported motives that influence the annuitization decision. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

on 2,521 participants demonstrating the embodied effects of expansive versus contractive nonverbal postures. We discuss a new addition to this list that found an embodied effect of nonverbal expansiveness on self-reported feelings of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 7, 2009

a self-reported measure. Overall, we find that debt literacy is low: only about one-third of the population seems to comprehend interest compounding or the workings of credit cards. Even after controlling for demographics, we find a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Sep 2013
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First Look: September 17

more lucrative, but we find that the effect of performance-based pay rates on dishonesty depends on how readily people can compare their pay rate to that of others. In Experiment 1, participants were paid 5 cents or 25 cents per View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Jan 2012
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First Look: Jan. 24

Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 Abstract Due to its clandestine nature, most of what we understand about corruption comes from survey evidence and self-reported perceptions of corruption: this limits both the range of questions... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 May 2011
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First Look: May 24

Dishonest Self-Reports Authors:Lisa L. Shu, Nina Mazar, Francesca Gino, Dan Ariely, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract Many business and governmental interactions are based upon trust with the assumption that all actors generally comply with... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

affiliation. These results hold through a large number of specifications and cannot be attributed to mobilization against the laws, measured by campaign contributions and self-reported political engagement. ID requirements have no effect... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne