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Environmental Sustainability Begins at Home

By David Canter | Published: June 12, 2018

David Canter reviews results of studies on the challenges of sustaining natural resources.

Transforming Research into an Illustrated Abstract

By Lucy Lambe | Published: May 31, 2018

Publishing research that can be accessed as widely as possible is clearly crucial, but ensuring that research is accessible to similarly large groups of people...

Also posted in Communication, Interdisciplinarity, Tips | Tagged LSE, Open Access | Leave a comment

Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News

By Gleb Tsipursky | Published: May 18, 2018

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently acknowledged his company’s responsibility in helping create the enormous amount of fake news that plagued the 2016 election – after...

Also posted in News, Research Ethics | Tagged Behavioral Science, Facebook, Fake News | Leave a comment

Sweating the Small Stuff: It’s the Facets of Personality That Reveal Larger Truths

By Piers Steel | Published: May 16, 2018

One of the largest meta-analysis conducted in the social sciences: asks what the relationship is between who you are (i.e., personality), your work enjoyment (i.e.,...

Posted in Research | Tagged Bandwidth-Fidelity Dilemma, Human Relations, job satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, personality psychology | Leave a comment

Microsite Offers Content on Mental Health Awareness

By SAGE | Published: May 14, 2018

In the latest of its monthly series of interdisciplinary microsites addressing important public issues, SAGE Publishing today is offering free access to academic articles that...

Posted in Research | Tagged mental health | Leave a comment

The Value of Big Data Creation

By SAGE | Published: May 12, 2018

How do firms transform big data and why do firms differ in their abilities to create value from big data? in a research article that...

Also posted in Bookshelf, Communication, Impact | Tagged Big Data, Resource Management, Strategic Organization | Leave a comment

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

By SAGE | Published: April 25, 2018

CASBS at Stanford University and SAGE Publishing are announcing nominations to the fifth annual SAGE-CASBS awards. The award goes to researchers who have made outstanding...

Also posted in Interdisciplinarity, Public Policy, Recognition | Tagged Award, Call for Nominations, CASBS, SAGE Publishing | Leave a comment

How Do You Feel About Companies With Personal Data

By Helen Kennedy | Published: March 31, 2018

The recent revelation that Cambridge Analytica was able to acquire the Facebook data led to a surge of interest and questions around what companies do...

Also posted in News, Research Ethics | Tagged Big Data, Data Science, Research Methods | Leave a comment

What is The Relationship Between Research and Policy?

By Christina Boswell | Published: March 17, 2018

Christina Boswell and Katherine Smith set out four different approaches to theorizing the relationship between knowledge and policy and consider what each of these suggests...

Also posted in Impact | Tagged Academic Knowledge, policymaking | Leave a comment

Aging Collection Marks First of Many Interdisciplinary Troves for Researchers

By SAGE | Published: March 15, 2018

In the first of what will be a monthly series, SAGE Publishing will open up articles in a specific area of public interest – note,...

Posted in Research | Tagged Aging, Microsite | Leave a comment

Academy of Management Report on Measuring Scholarly Impact

By Usha Haley | Published: March 13, 2018

Usha Haley shares findings of a recent Academy of Management report that sought to answer the impact of scholarly research. By surveying 20,000 members &...

Also posted in Impact, News, Research Ethics | Tagged Academy of Management, Scholarly Impacts | Leave a comment

Educational Reforms Still Have No Answer for School System

By Jack Schneider | Published: March 9, 2018

The Gates Foundation is regrouping after its latest school improvement disappointment, but it’s not bowing out of the education reform business. As the philanthropic powerhouse...

Also posted in Academic Funding, International Debates, News, Public Engagement, Teaching | Tagged Bill Gates foundation, reform | Leave a comment

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Environmental Sustainability Begins at Home

Transforming Research into an Illustrated Abstract

Behavioral Science Can Be Used to Win War with Fake News

Sweating the Small Stuff: It’s the Facets of Personality That Reveal Larger Truths

Microsite Offers Content on Mental Health Awareness

The Value of Big Data Creation

Call for Nominations for the 2018 CASBS-SAGE Awards

How Do You Feel About Companies With Personal Data

What is The Relationship Between Research and Policy?

Aging Collection Marks First of Many Interdisciplinary Troves for Researchers

Academy of Management Report on Measuring Scholarly Impact

Educational Reforms Still Have No Answer for School System

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