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September 1, 2023
Knowing Your Boss’s Salary Can Make You Work Harder—or Slack Off
Your level of motivation depends on whether you have a fair shot at getting promoted yourself.
Erika Deserranno, Philipp Kastrau and Gianmarco León-Ciliotta
August 16, 2023
Social-Media Algorithms Have Hijacked “Social Learning”
We make sense of the world by observing and mimicking others, but digital platforms throw that process into turmoil. Can anything be done?
William Brady, Joshua Conrad Jackson, Björn Lindström and M.J. Crockett
July 3, 2023
It’s Performance Review Time. Which Ranking System Is Best for Your Team?
A look at the benefits and downsides of two different approaches.
George Georgiadis
July 1, 2023
How AI Can Help Researchers Navigate the “Replication Crisis”
A new tool predicts whether a specific study is likely to replicate, building confidence in the findings among scientists, funding agencies, and the public.
Wu Youyou, Yang Yang and Brian Uzzi
July 1, 2023
A Company Has Donated on Your Behalf! What Will You Do Next?
A new study on the recent trend of “giving-by-proxy” offers good news for charitable organizations.
Samantha Kassirer, Maryam Kouchaki and Jillian J. Jordan
July 1, 2023
How to Prepare for AI-Generated Misinformation
“We have to be careful not to get distracted by sci-fi issues and focus on concrete risks that are the most pressing.”
William Brady
June 1, 2023
Is There a Bot Behind That Tweet?
When we see messages that contradict our political ideology, we are more inclined to attribute them to bots. It’s making society even more polarized.
Shane Schweitzer, Kyle Dobson and Adam Waytz
May 1, 2023
Today’s Gig Workers Are Subject to Endless Experimentation
“It raises the question, do we want to be a society where experimentation is just the norm?”
Hatim Rahman, Tim Weiss and Arvind Karunakaran
May 1, 2023
How Activism-Inspired Roles like “Sustainability Manager” Emerge and Evolve
First, these new positions are held by activists themselves. Over time, this changes.
Grace Augustine and Brayden King
April 26, 2023
How to Manage a Disengaged Employee—and Get Them Excited about Work Again
Don’t give up on checked-out team members. Try these strategies instead.
Leigh Thompson
April 10, 2023
Are People on Social Media Actually That Outraged?
One reason we think Twitter is such a polarized place: we’re bad at inferring how angry people are from their posts.
William Brady and and coauthors
April 1, 2023
Take 5: Research-Backed Tips for Scheduling Your Day
Kellogg faculty offer ideas for working smarter and not harder.
Maryam Kouchaki, Maria Ibanez, Nicola Persico, Robert L. Bray, Jan A. Van Mieghem, Itai Gurvich and and coauthors
March 3, 2023
For Students with Disabilities, Discrimination Starts Before They Even Enter School
Public-school principals are less welcoming to prospective families with disabled children—particularly when they’re Black.
Lauren Rivera and András Tilcsik
March 1, 2023
Leaders, Don’t Be Afraid to Admit Your Flaws
We prefer to work for people who can make themselves vulnerable, a new study finds. But there are limits.
Li Jiang, Leslie John, Reihane Boghrati and Maryam Kouchaki
February 23, 2023
Take 5: How Fear Influences Our Decisions
Our anxieties about the future can have surprising implications for our health, our family lives, and our careers.
Chethana Achar, David A. Matsa, Derek D. Rucker, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Cynthia S. Wang, Gregory Carpenter and and coauthors
February 23, 2023
A DEI Reading List
Kellogg faculty share insights on how to build and sustain DEI initiatives.
January 17, 2023
What Is the Purpose of a Corporation Today?
Has anything changed in the three years since the Business Roundtable declared firms should prioritize more than shareholders?
Aaron Yoon, Ravi Jagannathan, Carola Frydman, Robert Korajczyk and José Maria Liberti
January 2, 2023
College Campuses Are Becoming More Diverse. But How Much Do Students from Different Backgrounds Actually Interact?
Increasing diversity has been a key goal, “but far less attention is paid to what happens after we get people in the door.”
Rebecca M. Carey, Nicole Stephens, Sarah S. M. Townsend and MarYam Hamedani
December 22, 2022
In a World of Widespread Video Sharing, What’s Real and What’s Not?
A discussion with a video-authentication expert on what it takes to unearth “deepfakes.”
Nicola Persico and Bertram Lyons
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