Contributors: Wharton People Analytics Postdoctoral Researcher Louis Hickman & Nigel Bosch, Vincent Ng, Rachel Saef, Louis Tay, Sang Eun Woo Organizations are increasingly adopting automated video interviews (AVIs) to screen job applicants despite a paucity of research on their reliability, validity, and generalizability. In this study, we address this gap by…Read More
The Wharton School’s Stephanie Creary speaks with experts about how increasing access to accurate data can help drive changes in DEI policies in the January 18, 2022 issue of Knowledge@Wharton. Read more.
Contributors: Robert W Rebele, Peter Koval, Luke D Smillie Research that helps people change their behavior has the potential to improve the quality of lives, but it is too often approached in a way that divorces behavior from the people who need to enact it. In this paper, we propose…Read More
By: Adam Grant The New York Times The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021. Read More.
By: Adam Grant The New York Times A few years ago, I made the mistake of having an argument with the most stubborn person I know. R., whose initial I’m using to protect his privacy, is a longtime friend, and when his family came to visit, he mentioned that his…Read More
Contributor: Matthew A. Killingsworth Past research has found that experienced well-being does not increase above incomes of $75,000/y. This finding has been the focus of substantial attention from researchers and the general public, yet is based on a dataset with a measure of experienced well-being that may or may not…Read More
Contributors: Stephanie J. Creary, Nancy Rothbard, Elena Mariscal, Olivia Moore, Jared Scruggs, and Natalia Villarmán During year 1 of the project, team members Elena Mariscal WG’20, Olivia Moore WG’20, and Natalia Villarman WG’20, conducted interviews and helped organize an in-person convening at Wharton in conjunction with the Wharton People Analytics…Read More
By: Reb Rebele and Adam Grant The Atlantic We didn’t sign a consent form, but we’re all participants in the world’s largest natural experiment in behavior change. In response to the coronavirus pandemic, millions if not billions of people around the globe are pleading for systemic solutions. In the meantime,…Read More
By: Adam Grant and Allison Sweet Grant The New York Times Kids — and parents — need to understand that there’s a big difference between selflessness and generosity. Like many new parents, when our first child was born, we were delighted to receive gift boxes of tiny pajama sets, monogrammed…Read More
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