23 Sep 2015 Men Frightened by Female Bosses Three experiments conducted by Ekaterina Netchaeva and coauthors show that males feel threatened by female supervisors and risk to trigger dynamics that can disrupt the workplace
02 Sep 2015 Crime and Punishment in Gourmet Cuisine Kitchens A study by Gianmario Verona and coauthors shows that social norms are an imperfect substitute for intellectual property rights. They cripple when violators are wellreputed or the violation is a minor one, and the perceived costs of sanctioning can prevent knowledge sharing
07 Sep 2015 Why a Career is Hard if You Don't Change Firm An experiment conducted by Arnaldo Camuffo, Ekaterina Netchaeva and Federica De Stefano highlights the tendency to hire external candidates even if the position requires firm specific human capital
28 Sep 2015 When Need Makes Us More Creative Emanuela Prandelli and Paola Cillo challenged two resource constrained student groups to create a fashion outfit and are comparing their results to those of unconsytrained students
21 Sep 2015 The Voice Cycle in Workplaces Two experiments by Burak Oc and colleagues show that when bosses don't listen subordinates give up speaking out their voices
14 Sep 2015 Exaggerate on the Catwalk and You Will Sell More in the Shop Paola Cillo and two coauthors demonstrated that the cloth items featuring extreme innovation seen at fashion shows make the blander versions actually marketed easier to accept