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You’re already thinking of ditching the chair at your desk; it may be time to ditch the chairs in the conference room too. According to a study published in Social Psychological & Personality Science, groups are better at brainstorming if they stand. Researchers recruited 214 undergraduates to work in groups … Read More
Tension in the office? Talk of layoffs? Merger? Hostile takeover? Well, it’s rough for everyone, but when things at work heat up, supervisors tend to take it out on submissive employees without many friends. This comes via a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Researchers gathered … Read More
We all lie a little bit—but the operative phase there is “little bit”. Most of us don’t lie that much. A tiny minority, however, lie constantly, and they’re responsible for most of the lying in the world. A study published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology surveyed over … Read More
A client asks for a report by Wednesday evening. Do you make sure it gets to them by Wednesday, or do you bust ass over the weekend and send it over Monday morning? If you picked the second option, prepare for the client not to care. A study published in … Read More
Man, narcissists sure do show up everywhere. Twitter. The internet. The creative field. Now, they’re horning in on that already more-ridiculous-than-it-should-be, the job interview. According to a study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology, narcissists tend to do better in job interview than people who behave more modestly. … Read More
