The idea of walking a mile in someone else’s shoes is often trotted out as a metaphor for understanding empathy. The act […]
It is fundamental to understand what happens during a process of improvisation and how organizational agents can better manage such processes.
With proposing changes to the law to promote person-centered decision-making for ‘coma’ patients as the focus, Celia and Jenny Kitzinger’s research has benefitted over 68,000 patients in prolonged coma, vegetative or minimally conscious states
The American Academy of Political and Social Science webinar, “Civic Responsibility and the Repair of American Democracy,” starts at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, February 1.
The most influential theory about informal hierarchies is built on the assumption that informal hierarchies don’t change. However, these authors’ work shows that informal hierarchies do change at predictable times.
The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia released the 2022 Australia Day Honours List, and sprinkled among the 1,040 honorees were several prominent Antipodean social and behavioral scientists.
The work of Christopher Boafo, Richard Afriyie Owusu and Karine Guiderdoni-Jourdain offers an understanding of the internationalization of informal smaller firms in two major enterprise clusters in a sub-Saharan African economy through a network perspective.
The Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award acknowledges individuals or groups who have furthered the cause of intellectual freedom, particularly as it impacts libraries and information centers and the dissemination of ideas.
Drawing on discussions with academics who have oriented their work around public engagement and social impact, Daniel Pearson suggests these academics present an opportunity to rethink the existing structures of reward and recognition in higher education. “We are, as a species, addicted to story,” says English professor Jonathan Gottschall in his book, The Storytelling Animal. “Even when the […] Tom Burns, whose combination of play — and plays – with teaching in higher education added a light, collaborative and engaging model […] A 2024 report by the National Academies explores the latest advances in artificial intelligence (AI) technology and their potential effects on economic productivity, job stability, and income inequality. It also highlights key research opportunities and data needs to help workers and policymakers adapt to the evolving AI landscape. In this post, co-authors Frank T. Piller, Tucker J. Marion, and Mahdi Srour reflect on the inspiration behind their research article, “Generative […] During the final stages of editing the proofs for Artificial Intelligence and Work: Transforming Work, Organizations, and Society in an Age of Insecurity, […]
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