Tag: Workplace
Transgender Americans still face workplace discrimination despite some progress and support...
George B. Cunningham, Texas A&M University
Activist Gwendolyn Ann Smith founded Transgender Day of Remembrance on Nov. 20 to honor the memory of those...
Got a boss who denies reality? A behavioral scientist’s guide to...
Gleb Tsipursky, The Ohio State University
‘Tis the season for holiday parties at the office.
While they’re great for building workplace camaraderie and team spirit,...
Our laws don’t do enough to protect our health data
Sharona Hoffman, Case Western Reserve University
Have you ever wondered why your computer often shows you ads that seem tailor-made for your interests? The answer...
What post-Weinstein Hollywood can learn from ’90s sexual harassment training
Elizabeth C. Tippett, University of Oregon
When accounts of Harvey Weinstein’s harassment emerged, they reminded me of vignettes from harassment videos made by professional human...
Google memo completely misses how implicit biases harm women
E. Anne York, Meredith College
Workplace biases are back in the national conversation, thanks to the recent memo by a Google employee. The memo’s author...
How a job acquires a gender (and less authority if it’s...
Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara and Laura Doering, McGill University
“I’m not bossy, I’m the boss.”
So proclaims Beyoncé in a video in...
Fixing a toxic culture like Uber’s requires more than just a...
Katina Sawyer, Villanova University and Christian Thoroughgood, Villanova University
In times of organizational crisis, some companies are able to right the ship, while others sink...
What Gorsuch’s conservative Supreme Court means for workers
Michele Gilman, University of Baltimore
As Neil Gorsuch takes his seat on the Supreme Court, the 4-4 ideological stalemate that plagued the institution...
EXPLORING NATURE
Children can be systematic problem-solvers at younger ages than psychologists had...
Celeste Kidd, University of California, Berkeley
I’m in a coffee shop when a young child dumps out his mother’s...
