Category: Business

Entrepreneurial and market orientation strongly tracked performance in 293 minority-owned enterprises

A study of 293 ethnic minority enterprises found entrepreneurial and market orientation strongly tracked performance,...

AI interview answers changed with age, and prompt redesign reduced some gaps by up to 77%

Workers of different ages used measurably different language in automated video interviews, while redesigned prompts...

Passive AI use reduced workers’ confidence and sense of ownership in experiment

A preregistered experiment found passive reliance on AI reduced workers’ self-efficacy, psychological ownership and perceived...

Meeting silica dust exposure limits still left some jobs classified as high risk

A study of 42 enterprises and 1,060 air samples found that some silica-exposed jobs remained...

Young adults responded better to algorithmic feed ads when they felt useful, relevant and less intrusive

A study of 609 Chinese young adults found that personalisation and incentives were associated with...

Air pollution reduced the productivity of Chinese researchers, study finds

A Nature Human Behaviour study found that each 1 μg/m³ increase in annual PM2.5 exposure...

AI became more persuasive when it mirrored people’s values, study finds

Across one exploratory study and two pre-registered experiments, researchers found that AI recommendations became more...

Who really pays a tariff? New research found 92% reached US import prices

Tariffs may be imposed at one country's border, but their effects can travel around the...

The science of a “Karen”: Why some customers are almost impossible to satisfy

Some consumers continually raise their standards for what a perfect product should be, making them...

The easier it is to pay, the easier it is to spend

Paying by card still feels less painful than handing over cash, a mega-study of 32,371...

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