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Study finds abusive bosses can make workers feel 'dehumanized,' fueling burnout
New research co-led by Liu-Qin Yang, a professor of psychology at Portland State University (PSU), suggests that the true damage of a toxic boss goes far deeper than a bad mood—it fundamentally alters how employees perceive ...
Economics & Business
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The customer might always be right, but apologies actually backfire in customer service
The customer is always right. It's the first rule of customer service, one that often means "I'm sorry" is the de facto response if mistakes are made. But a new study published in the Journal of Consumer Research indicates ...
Economics & Business
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Social media influencers increase the toxicity and power of misinformation, research shows
Social media influencers (SMIs) can perpetuate the flow of misinformation online because of the unique relationship they have with their followers, research led by Cardiff Business School finds. For an article published in ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2026
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Seeing global trade through the lens of physics
New research from the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) shows why widely used algorithms for measuring economic complexity produce trustworthy results and how these tools may benefit diverse areas such as ecology, social science, ...
Mathematics
Mar 12, 2026
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Gen Z holds companies to account for greenwashing
Companies increasingly want to talk about sustainability, but not everyone believes equally in their commitments. The focus of corporate communication has shifted towards sustainability in response to increasingly serious ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2026
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Can merging hotels improve efficiency? Data-driven model uncovers major gains
Researchers have developed a data-driven analytical framework that reveals how hotel mergers can generate significant resource savings, even among properties that already operate efficiently. Published in The Journal of Engineering ...
Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2026
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Women use professional and social networks to push past the glass ceiling
To understand how professional networks contribute to persistent gender disparities in corporate leadership, researchers analyzed data from more than 19,000 corporate employees over 20 years. Published in Patterns, their ...
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2026
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Goal-setting apps can backfire if goals are too easy—or too hard
It might date back to the ancient Greeks, but the concept of "everything in moderation" still holds true for today's users of goal-setting apps. In a paper in the Journal of Marketing Research, a team from the University ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2026
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Study explores why consumers stick with the familiar or try something new
Why do people often stick with familiar brands and choices, even when better options might exist? A new study co-authored by an Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) researcher explores the decision-making strategies ...
Economics & Business
Mar 11, 2026
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Childcare burden may explain US gender gap in poverty rates
Gender differences in poverty rates in the United States may be associated with women's differing circumstances—particularly the burden of dependent children—rather than inherent to gender itself, according to a study ...
Social Sciences
Mar 11, 2026
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Augmented reality job coaching boosts performance by 79% for people with disabilities, study finds
Employment can be a powerful gateway to independence, dignity, and belonging. Yet for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), that gateway remains limited. Although work supports better health, ...
Economics & Business
Mar 11, 2026
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From chatbots to assembly lines: The impact of AI on workplace safety
The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, spearheaded by generative AI, is expanding into various spheres of society, including the labor market. A study conducted by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and published ...
Economics & Business
Mar 10, 2026
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Distant past may expose companies to claims of hypocrisy
Companies risk being criticized as hypocritical when their words and deeds don't match—even if those discrepancies are decades apart, Cornell-led research finds. In a series of studies involving nearly 5,000 participants, ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2026
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Heat does not reduce prosociality, study suggests
High temperatures have long been empirically linked to violence, conflict, and aggression at the societal level—a troubling pattern in a warming world. Alessandra Cassar and colleagues sought to explore the effect of high ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2026
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Dark personality levels relate to people's job interests and chosen careers
When choosing an education or job, your choice is not only based on skills and opportunities. Your personality plays a notable role, too—and according to new research, certain traits can cause you to disregard certain types ...
Social Sciences
Mar 10, 2026
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Lactose-free milk presents an opportunity to boost dairy consumption and coffee shop visits with coffee drinkers
For many coffee drinkers, choosing milk for their coffee shop order often involves navigating a growing list of choices, each carrying different expectations around taste, digestibility, cost, and more. A new study in the ...
Economics & Business
Mar 9, 2026
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Study finds unexpected link between public health, tax policies
A new study finds that the more a state's budget relied on sales tax revenue, the more likely it was to shorten stay-at-home orders during the early stages of the COVID pandemic. The findings suggest that state public-health ...
Economics & Business
Mar 9, 2026
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Online meetings come with pros and cons—managers should understand all of them
Video meetings have become a staple in the workplace. A recent study among senior IT industry managers shows that video meetings have a dual impact on remote leadership. Although Teams, Zoom and other tools for video meetings ...
Economics & Business
Mar 9, 2026
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CEO turnover taxes analyst attention, skewing broader forecasts
When analyst attention is absorbed by CEO turnover, other companies in their portfolio pay the price, new Cornell research finds. The study, "Analyst Rational Inattention: Evidence from CEO Turnover Events," published in ...
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2026
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Drug-related homicides increased in Mexico after NAFTA, study finds
The opening of trade borders under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1994 was accompanied by a significant increase in drug-related violence in Mexican regions that functioned as key corridors for drug trafficking. ...
Economics & Business
Mar 5, 2026
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