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Study of the Day: When Teamwork Isn’t Democratic, Everyone Benefits
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: Though many believe that equality within a team is important, does this flat power structure really improve a group’s performance? METHODOLOGY: Researchers led by Richard Ronay randomly assigned 138 undergraduate students to
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The Big Reason Employees Need Bosses
BusinessNews Daily: It turns out that equality may not be the best policy … at least when it comes to work. That’s because a new study has found that teams with a built-in hierarchy outperformed
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Is bad bedside manner a conscious decision on the doctor’s part?
Toronto Star: Bad bedside manner — when a health-care practitioner fails to see the patient as human — can make or break an already complex relationship. Patients crave a deep relationship, full of empathy and
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Kreislauf der Geschenke
Süddeutsche.de: Warum es in Ordnung ist, Präsente weiterzugeben Geburtstag, Hochzeit, Kommunion, Konfirmation, Einschulung und bald wieder Muttertag: Ständig soll irgendjemand beschenkt werden. Das stresst, und am Ende wird wieder etwas wenig Kreatives in Geschenkpapier versteckt.
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Is regifting really that bad?
Business Insider: The people who originally gave the gift are not nearly as offended as regifters think they’ll be. Five studies investigate whether the practice of “regifting”-a social taboo-is as offensive to givers as regifters
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Creepy People Leave You Cold
Scientific American: Jack Nicholson, playing the crazed caretaker in The Shining, makes me reach for a blanket. Now a study finds that people we find, well, creepy can actually make us feel colder. The research
