Wage gap linked to customer bias
Researchers have helped solve the mystery of why white men continue to earn 25 percent more than equally well-performing women and minorities. Managers and business owners must pay a premium for white...
View ArticleWhen good companies do bad things: Examining illegal corporate behavior
The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study led by a Michigan State University scholar that challenges previous...
View ArticleBosses exaggerate women's family-work conflict
(PhysOrg.com) -- Decades into the era of two-earner households, the virtues of family-friendly policies are all but universally assumed in the corporate world. But now new research suggests serious...
View ArticleStudy shows failure better teacher than success
While success is surely sweeter than failure, it seems failure is a far better teacher, and organizations that fail spectacularly often flourish more in the long run, according to a new study by Vinit...
View ArticleGaining a competitive advantage within your market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Surely most people have at least heard the saying, "Put yourself in the other person's shoes." Research by a Smeal professor has taken an interesting look at this old adage within the...
View ArticleRole of gender in workplace negotiations
A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of...
View ArticleHumility key to effective leadership
Humble leaders are more effective and better liked, according to a study forthcoming in the Academy of Management Journal.
View ArticleMedia portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world
The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest...
View ArticleThe search for a job begins and ends with you
Staying motivated is always tough, but it certainly gets easier when you start seeing results. That's why keeping your spirits up during a job search can be extremely difficult. Candidates often face...
View ArticleBusiness students better equipped to evaluate peers
Peer evaluation is a touchstone of many business school classes. But does the process of rating the work of one's classmates really shape better businesspeople? A new study from Concordia's John Molson...
View ArticleGlobal expansion all about give and take, study finds
The key to successful global business expansion is spreading operations across multiple countries, rather than trying to dominate a region or market, according to a new study led by Michigan State...
View ArticleResearch links power and tendency to punish harshly
Often, employees are shocked by what they think is a supervisor's severe reaction to a subordinate's seemingly minor transgression. The supervisors who punish them seem to be so absolutely sure that...
View ArticleCatfight? Workplace conflicts between women get bad rap
A new study from the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business suggests troubling perceptions exist when it comes to women involved in disputes at work.
View ArticleStereotyping prime obstacle to women in commercial science
Female professors are almost 50 percent less likely than their male counterparts to be invited to join corporate scientific advisory boards (SABs) and start new companies mainly because of gender...
View ArticleInternet search engines drove US librarians to redefine themselves
Although librarians adopted Internet technology quickly, they initially dismissed search engines, which duplicated tasks they considered integral to their field. Their eventual embrace of the...
View ArticleWhat people don't get about my job
Having a job is a privilege that brings many things - satisfaction, pride, a roof over your head, a way of life. But what happens when not everyone understands what you do, affecting how they perceive...
View ArticleNew study finds catch shares improve consistency, not health, of fisheries
Catch share programs result in more consistent and predictable fisheries but do not necessarily improve ecological conditions, according to a new study published online this week by the journal...
View ArticleScientists offer new take on selective fishing
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new, less selective approach to commercial fishing is needed to ensure the ongoing productivity of marine ecosystems and to maintain biodiversity, according to a paper in the...
View ArticleThe bivalve effect
McGill biologist Dr. Frederic Guichard says marine life can communicate over thousands of kilometers, calling into question current fishery management and marine preservation practices. "If I kill...
View ArticleA look back suggests a sobering future of wildfire dangers in US west
The American West has seen a recent increase in large wildfires due to droughts, the build-up of combustible fuel, or biomass, in forests, a spread of fire-prone species and increased tree mortality...
View ArticleRefining the tool kit for sustainable fisheries
As spatial planning is used increasingly to manage fisheries and other ocean resources, researchers are working to determine the best ways to use and refine the various spatial management tools. Among...
View ArticleThe unravelled mushroom genome offers many opportunities
A consortium of 20 research groups, including Wageningen UR Plant Breeding, part of Wageningen UR, has mapped the entire genome of the button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus). This represents a major step...
View ArticleStudy: Carbon buried in the soil rises again
A research team that includes a University of California, Davis, plant scientist has identified a source of carbon emissions that could play a role in understanding past and future global change.
View ArticlePreserving biodiversity can be compatible with intensive agriculture
Preserving genetically diverse local crops in areas where small-scale farms are rapidly modernizing is possible, according to a Penn State geographer, who is part of an international research project...
View ArticleNew algorithm based on biased assimilation models society polarization
Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes watching some of the more partisan "news" networks lurking in the bowels of cable television is aware that America has grown more polarized in recent years....
View ArticleNew technique measures evaporation globally
Researchers at Columbia Engineering and Boston University have developed the first method to map evaporation globally using weather stations, which will help scientists evaluate water resource...
View ArticleTallying the wins and losses of policy
In the past decade, China as sunk some impressive numbers to preserve its forests, but until now there hasn't been much data to give a true picture of how it has simultaneously affected both the people...
View ArticlePsychology influences markets, research confirms
When it comes to economics versus psychology, score one for psychology. Economists argue that markets usually reflect rational behavior—that is, the dominant players in a market, such as the hedge-fund...
View ArticleDrought, fire management and land use changes have led to denser forests in...
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from several institutions in the U.S. has found that compared to the beginning of the last century, California's forests are more dense, with fewer large...
View ArticleView of 'nature as capital' uses economic value to help achieve a sustainable...
Researchers today outlined in a series of reports how governments, organizations and corporations are successfully moving away from short-term exploitation of the natural world and embracing a...
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