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3 Reasons Why We’re All Loafing At Work–And What To Do About It
Fast Company: To hear Wharton organizational psychologist Adam Grant tell it, at-work freeloading is a heady cocktail: a mixture of intrinsic and extrinsic rewards, of internal motivation and social obligation--or a lack thereof. The best ways to cure loafing, then, active those languid, latent energies. But we must make one caveat: that loafing or slacking can be easily conflated with what we've taken to calling negative space, that is, the not-doing that is crucial to doing your best work. How so? ... Folks slack off when they don't think their work matters--a lack of intrinsic motivation that is also a symptom of burnout, the ultimate bugbear of productivity and at-work wellness.
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William and Kate: whatever you do, don’t call him Kevin
The Guardian: "What's in a name?" Shakespeare has Juliet ask in Act II, Scene II of Romeo and Juliet. "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," she says – arguing that a name is merely a label, and a label does not change the essence of a thing. It's a lovely sentiment, but modern psychological science comes to a different conclusion. For many in the UK, and indeed around the world, one name that matters a great deal is that of William and Kate's newborn baby. On Monday afternoon, the Associated Press reported that the betting agency Ladbrokes had taken 50,000 bets as the Duchess of Cambridge went into labour.
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Trust in Leaders, Sense of Belonging Stir People to Safeguard Common Goods, Analysis Shows
A team of researchers share scientific findings on conditions that foster cooperative use of common resources, ranging from drinking water to public television.
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2013 Psi Chi Distinguished Speaker: Charles R. Honts
Lying is a most ubiquitous human behavior. We lie in 25 percent of our interactions, and even trained lie catchers perform near chance. While many of our lies are inconsequential, some have resulted in the deaths of thousands. Despite this, deception and deception detection research is uncommon, and often derided. Why?
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Three Men, Three Ages. Which Do You Like?
The New York Times: It turns out that a young Max and a middle-aged Max can get away with saying things that an old Max cannot. At least that is the conclusion of a new study by Princeton researchers aimed at measuring age discrimination, one of the toughest forms of workplace bias to prove. The subjects of the experiment -- 137 Princeton undergraduates -- were shown a video of a man who would be their partner in a trivia contest. His name was Max, he was white, neither handsome nor ugly, wore a checked shirt and said he was from Hamilton, N.J.
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2013 APS Award Address: Gerald L. Clore
[embed]https://vimeo.com/70931151[/embed] Emotions provide embodied information about what is good or bad about important psychological situations. They influence judgments and decisions and regulate modes of thought. New research shows that the affect-cognition connection is malleable rather than fixed, as previously assumed, and that the impact of emotion depends on its apparent object.
