In a series of experiments, my colleagues and I had a middle-aged man offer 253 ferry passengers traveling from Connecticut to Long Island the choice between $5 and a chance in a mystery lottery (paying from $0 to $10 with an average payout of less than $5) in exchange for completing More
Professionals who invest time in networking against their personal preferences may find that their work suffers as a result, a study suggests. More
Americans average six hours per week in meetings. And managers especially spend considerably more time in them. But attendees rate as many as half of the meetings they attend as “poor,” and organizations in the US waste an estimated $213 billion on ineffective meetings annually. What are the keys to effective meetings More
Psychological scientists looking to apply for funding from the US National Science Foundation may be interested in upcoming January and February deadlines. More
Thanks to a sponsorship from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, APS is pleased to announce a new annual award to recognize and encourage research by students and emerging scholars studying psychological science and entrepreneurship. More
What keeps us invested in working for more than just a paycheck? From Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to self-determination theory, researchers are drawing on psychological science to understand the factors that keep employees engaged. More
