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The Trust Deficit in AI-Powered Performance Tracking

Reworked
Emily Zitek, ILR associate professor, provides research-based analysis on the use of AI to monitor and evaluate employees.
The Trust Deficit in AI-Powered Performance Tracking

14 Signs You’re The Friend Who Goes All In—Even When Others Don’t

Bolde
Research from Vanessa Bohns, ILR professor of organizational behavior, is cited in a discussion of friends offering help without being asked; the research suggests that friends often underestimate how much their help is appreciated.
14 Signs You’re The Friend Who Goes All In—Even When Others Don’t

Want The Life You’ve Been Dreaming Of? These 13 Resets Get You Closer

Bolde
This article notes research from Vanessa Bohns, ILR professor of organizational behavior, about the power of saying no.
Want The Life You’ve Been Dreaming Of? These 13 Resets Get You Closer

It’s easier to be yourself at work when you’re popular

Fast Company
James Carter, ILR assistant professor of organizational behavior, comments on a research study that he co-authored, saying that people with higher social status are more able to “be their authentic selves” in the workplace.
It’s easier to be yourself at work when you’re popular

For Attached Sellers, ‘Who’ Can Matter More Than ‘How Much’

Cornell Chronicle
New research by Alice Lee, assistant professor of organizational behavior, found that a seller’s emotional attachment to an item – big or small – influences the “sales funnel,” the process through which sellers sort through the field of potential buyers to determine the course of negotiation and, ultimately, the sale.
For Attached Sellers, ‘Who’ Can Matter More Than ‘How Much’

The Creativity Challenge

The New York Times
Brian Lucas, an associate professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University, teaches his students the value of sticking with something: He calls it the “10 Percent Rule.” Through his research, he has found that people tend to underestimate how creative they can be when they’re working on a task.
The Creativity Challenge

Why Quitting a Job You Used to Love Is OK

Cornell Chronicle
People who are passionate about their work, but then become less engaged in it, may stay at the job due to an exaggerated fear that others will judge them harshly for quitting, but new research has revealed they may be judged less harshly.
Why Quitting a Job You Used to Love Is OK

A Wedding Reveals How Much Help Is Really Available to You

The Atlantic
“We all like to feel like good, kind, effective people,” Vanessa Bohns, a Cornell University organizational-behavior professor who worked on the study, told me in an email. “When we are looking onto an event from the sidelines, we don’t get to feel any of those things.”
A Wedding Reveals How Much Help Is Really Available to You

MLB’s International Latino Players, Coaches Face Challenges Despite Diversity Efforts

Cornell Chronicle
Using Major League Baseball as a case study, Cornell research highlights potential shortcomings in diversity metrics that could obscure inequities in sports and other organizations.
MLB’s International Latino Players, Coaches Face Challenges Despite Diversity Efforts