Could Distributed Peer Review Better Decide Grant Funding?
The landscape of academic grant funding is notoriously competitive and plagued by lengthy, bureaucratic processes, exacerbated by difficulties in finding willing reviewers. Distributed […]
The North-South Divide Appears in Metrics, Too
Science and technology systems are routinely monitored and assessed with indicators created to measure the natural sciences in developed countries. Ismael Ràfols and Jordi Molas-Gallart urge the creation of indicators that better reflect research activities and contributions in ‘peripheral’ spaces.
How Leaders Succeed and Fail at Communicating Change to Subordinates
[We’re pleased to welcome Timothy Hartge of University of Michigan-Dearborn, who co-authored an article published in International Journal of Business Communication, entitled […]
Behavioral Science May Hold Some Keys to Climate Change
As we are often reminded, we urgently and drastically need to limit our use of one shared resource – fossil fuels – and its effect on another – the climate. But how realistic is this goal, both for national leaders and for us? Well, psychology may hold some answers.
Are Academy Awards Effective Signals of Quality Films?
The Academy Awards is a well-established celebration of talent and achievement in the film industry. Yesterday marked the Oscars’ 88th award ceremony, a testament […]
Failure: What Can Businesses Learn When Things Go Wrong?
Failure has long carried costs and stigma, both personal and professional. In some business sectors, though, notably the technology industry, failure has […]
Stephen Reicher on Crowd Psychology
“In a sense, you could summarize the literature: ‘Groups are bad for you, groups take moral individuals and they turn them into immoral idiots.’ I have been trying to contest that notion,” social psychologist Stephen Reicher says in this Social Science Bites podcast, “[and] also to explain how that notion comes about.”
Does Employer Branding Influence a Candidate’s Job Application Decisions?
Employer branding is mainly concerned with creating and improving the image of an organization as an employer or as a great place […]
Star Performers: Three Types of Star Employees that Excel at Value Creation
Stellar classification has long been used in astronomy to differentiate stars and predict stellar evolution, but can a similar typology be applied […]
