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Morality Report: Precrime Comes to the Office
The Atlantic: As an indicator of a job candidate’s virtues, the trio of a résumé, a cover letter, and an interview is rudimentary at best: Recruiters have been shown to spend about six seconds pondering the
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Older Workers Possess Unique Cognitive Strengths
Although some abilities tend to decline over time, new research finds that other cognitive skills actually improve with age. Scientists have long known that our ability to analyze novel problems and reason logically, also known
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Walking at Lunchtime Buffers Against Workplace Stress
Taking a lunch hour stroll was shown to have a positive influence on people’s mood, enthusiasm, and perception of performance at work.
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One Way to Rein in Powerful People? Honest Feedback
While it’s standard practice for supervisors to provide regular feedback to their subordinates, it’s far less common for employees to get the opportunity to candidly appraise their supervisors’ performance. A new study suggests that honesty
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A Disagreeable Personality Can Help Get Original Ideas Noticed
Infamously disagreeable innovators ranging from Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs have helped to propagate the idea that being headstrong and aggressive may be linked with creative genius. After all, creative success isn’t just about coming
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Weight Bias Impacts Our Perceptions of Competence
Overweight individuals often face discrimination across many stages of their careers. Compared to their thinner colleagues, people who are overweight are less likely to be hired, less likely to be promoted, and ultimately earn lower
