The hidden asymmetry in how coworkers respond to each other’s feelings
New research finds employees rarely acknowledge their boss's emotions, but when they do, bosses reciprocate with more attentive responses to ...
A good brand match does more for fake influencers than real ones
New research finds that brand fit boosts engagement differently for human and computer-generated influencers. For virtual personas, a good match ...
When teams split into cliques, this leadership style may help them get creative again
When a team has splintered into cliques, a lab study using an escape room suggests that leaders who stress relationships ...
Why salaried jobs might handle AI differently than hourly ones
A new working paper models what happens when workers enjoy their tasks enough to work on them unpaid. The result ...
Fiscal news becomes inflationary only under one condition, study finds
A survey experiment with 7,000 German firms shows that pessimistic news about French, Italian, and Spanish debt raises inflation expectations, ...
Why some managers treat employees as instruments, according to a new study
Why do some bosses treat employees like tools? A two-study investigation offers evidence that a supervisor's self-image shapes their tendency ...
Costly content, cheap imitation, and the incentive problem for AI platforms
A Harvard economist models what happens when AI chatbots answer questions instead of sending readers to the sources that produced ...
When a “good economy” feels worse: How economic optimism can deepen a sense of powerlessness
A study of American and Canadian workers finds that for people struggling with money, believing the economy is thriving is ...
When kids pick between gambles, what looks like risk aversion is often something else entirely
A study of 2,204 Chinese fifth graders finds that IQ and personality traits shape economic choices mainly by affecting deliberation ...
When Bitcoin miners race and lose: the hidden energy cost of near-simultaneous wins
Researchers at University College London built a model of how Bitcoin's mining collisions arise, linking network delays and power concentration ...