Here’s a paradox: the moment an organization promotes a highly visible minority “star” employee, its diversity efforts may actually slow down. Instead of opening the door wider for further diversity efforts, leaders may feel, consciously or not, that they’ve already “done enough.”
Top 20 movies! Top 5 restaurants in town! Top 100 universities in the world! From dining and entertainment to education and beyond, our daily lives are filled with rankings.
Consumers naturally focus on how highly something is ranked on a list to help them make decisions. But there’s another important feature we often overlook: the length of the list.
Does it matter whether an item is ranked 3rd out of 100 or out of 20? According to researchers, the answer is Yes.
You’re scrolling an online shopping site, when a pop-up appears offering a discount…but the clock is ticking. If you want to take advantage of the offer, you have to make a purchase now. We’ve all experienced the heart-racing adrenalin of chasing a great deal. How do they actually work?
No matter where a business operates, navigating government bureaucracy and regulations is a must. These bureaucratic hurdles, known as red tape, serve as essential tools for governments to regulate markets and alleviate negative impacts such as pollution. However, they also impose tangible costs on businesses, hindering investments and economic growth. Measuring these costs is a significant question for experts in macroeconomics and finance to explore.
If you’re leading a startup and aiming to stand out in the job market competition against industry giants like Apple or P&G, here’s a winning strategy: invest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives that benefit your employees. A recent study led by NYU Shanghai Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations Tanya Yuan Tian and collaborators Brayden King and Edward B.
Apr 28 2023
The times may be “a-changing” but how much? A recent study examines the relationship between people’s perceptions of societal progress over time and how much society is actually improving.
In a paper published last July in Negotiation and Conflict Management Research (NCMR), Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations David Hunsaker found that the point at which strong emotion is expressed during a business negotiation has a significant impact on the relationship between both parties.
Rodrigo Zeidan is a solution seeker. In his eighth year at NYU Shanghai, Zeidan, Associate Professor of Practice in Business, has just published his seventh book, titled "A General Model of Working Capital Management” (Palgrave Macmillan).
What do 6.6 million medical papers tell us about the connection between gender diversity and team performance?
Performance incentives - a reward system tying pay to performance - is a well-known strategy for boosting worker productivity in many companies. But new research has found that such incentives not only affect workers’ behaviors on the job, but also during their off-hours.
