https://phys.org/science-news/economics-business en-us The latest news on economics research, business research, management sciences If there's one thing most office workers can agree on, it's that they tend to feel less productive toward the end of the day and the end of each work week. Now, a team of researchers at Texas A&M University has found objective evidence of this phenomenon in action. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-workers-productive-typos-afternoonespecially-fridays.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:56:43 EDT news610253796 In an analysis of more than 5,000 people, frequently working in teams was associated with a greater tendency for women and white men to put in extra effort at work, while other links between job conditions and effort varied between genders and ethnoracial groups. Wei-hsin Yu of the University of California, Los Angeles, U.S, and Janet Chen-Lan Kuo of National Taiwan University, Taiwan, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on August 2, 2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-teamwork-environments-linked-white-employees.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:00:01 EDT news610189589 The global refugee population is more than 26 million people, according to some estimates. Such largescale movements of people affect many countries and have created significant interest among business and management researchers in recent years as companies try to work out how to successfully integrate refugees into their workforces. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-hiring-refugees-good-businesses.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:30:02 EDT news610193301 In the digital age, a new Twitter strategy can have implications for a healthy bottom line. How companies handle customer complaints on social media plays a critical role in their customer-focused performance management systems. However, there has been a notable lack of descriptive information related to assessing managerial performance based on the handling of online complaints. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-brands-twitter-affects-bottom-line.html Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:09:38 EDT news610193374 A new statistical tool can help researchers get meaningful results when a randomized experiment, considered the gold standard, is not possible. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-statistical-tool-causal-effects.html Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:32:05 EDT news610191121 How emotion contributes to the plight of temporary migrants on study and work visas in Aotearoa New Zealand is the focus of a publication by Professor Francis Collins and Associate Professor Christina Stringer from the University of Auckland. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-exploitation-migrant-workers-emotional-issue.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:42:14 EDT news610184530 The theory that many people feel the work they do is pointless because their jobs are "bullshit" has been confirmed by a new study. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-people-pointless-meaningless-jobs.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:00:01 EDT news610100777 The public funding of science is responsible for many of the biomedical and other scientific breakthroughs on which our lives depend. However, the process through which funding decisions are made, the peer review of grant proposals, has been historically understudied, and current approaches can lead to undesirable outcomes. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-score-approach-grant.html Economics & Business Education Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:55:03 EDT news610127702 Tourism researchers could learn from spirit mediums to develop a better way of researching by embracing "nothingness" and opening themselves up to the mysterious and unseen "atmospheres" that surround us, a new study reveals. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-spirit-mediums-tourism-secrets.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:28:03 EDT news610126081 How much time bargainers take deciding whether to accept or reject an offer can reveal how much they think an item is worth—a discovery which may help online bargain hunters get the best deal. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-reveals-insights-online-buyers-sellers.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:26:03 EDT news610125961 A short walk down Melbourne's Lygon Street will take you past around 30 Italian restaurants, cafes and pizzerias. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-creative-geography-australia-digital-technology.html Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:40:04 EDT news610116001 Charities that provide social services such as medical care or after-school programs should consider emphasizing how their efforts can help their clients become more self-sufficient, my research findings suggest. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-donors-people-feet.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:30:01 EDT news610114464 The notion of "degrowth" is gaining traction among some politicians in Europe. It was given a platform recently at the European Parliament's "Beyond Growth" conference. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-degrowth-rich-economies-climate-flawed.html Economics & Business Political science Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:03:03 EDT news610113781 Social media is a critical marketing tool to help raise awareness when firms launch new products. The platforms can help inform consumers about product characteristics and benefits relative to competitors' products. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-social-media-shown-effective-prompts.html Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:53:42 EDT news610041219 The United Kingdom is vulnerable to global events and over reliant on other countries for essential resources—but there are policy choices which could significantly lessen this exposure, a new report makes clear. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-articles-policy-solutions-resilient-uk.html Economics & Business Political science Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:44:04 EDT news610037042 Researchers Vahid Ghafouri and Guillermo Suárez de Tangil from IMDEA Networks Institute have collaborated on a research led by Waleed Iqbal, Gareth Tyson, and Ignacio Castro from Queen Mary University of London that analyzes how real-world inequalities manifest themselves in social networks. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-reveals-internet-income.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:22:46 EDT news610035763 A new study shows that 20 years after it was outlawed in Australia, workplace discrimination is still rife for pregnant women, especially those returning to work after maternity leave. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-workplace-discrimination-rife-pregnant-women.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:41:03 EDT news610033262 There has been much research linking the rising levels of influence that financial market institutions exert over firms with the negative trends in human resource management (HRM), such as employment insecurity, wage dispersion, trade union decline, and lower job quality. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-leveraged-buyouts-beneficial-employees.html Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 14:39:04 EDT news610033141 Ever since the industrial revolution, people have feared that technology would take away their jobs. While some jobs and tasks have indeed been replaced by machines, others have emerged. The success of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence (AI) now has many people wondering about the future of work—and whether their jobs are safe. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-future-proof-career-era-ai.html Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:26:30 EDT news610028787 Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC's "American Crime" took a different tack. It opened on a tomato farm in North Carolina, where it showed a young woman being brutally raped in a field by her supervisor. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-sexual-violence-pervasive-threat-female.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:25:44 EDT news610028740 Today's consumer landscape is witnessing a pivotal shift away from traditional ownership toward an access-based model. Rather than outright owning goods and services, people prefer to simply have access to them. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-opinion-shift-renting-goods-ushering.html Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 13:04:07 EDT news610027444 New research from the University of Adelaide demonstrates that being proactive could earn an individual a leadership position, but merely being proactive alone does not make for a good leader. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-proactive-shortcut-good-leadership.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 12:35:03 EDT news610025701 As Europe's population ages, understanding the causes of declining birth rates becomes more important. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-europeans-babies-demography-expert.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Sat, 29 Jul 2023 13:50:01 EDT news609767163 Engaging an audience in the hyper-competitive world of online social media content is a big challenge for any new business venture. One strategy, adopted by established "superstar entrepreneurs" such as Elon Musk, is to post provocative comments on Twitter. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-provocative-social-media-effective-businesses.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Sat, 29 Jul 2023 03:30:01 EDT news609765977 When companies deceive shareholders about earnings or commit other kinds of accounting fraud, the legal fireworks can be spectacular. Even if the companies don't collapse, as in the notorious Enron case, some executives are sent to jail, fired, or otherwise punished. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-blame-financial-fraud.html Economics & Business Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:10:36 EDT news609772232 China, India, Indonesia, Uganda, and Vietnam are projected to be among the fastest-growing economies for the coming decade, according to researchers at the Growth Lab at Harvard University. The new growth projections presented in The Atlas of Economic Complexity include the first detailed look at 2021 trade data, which reveal continued disruptions from the uneven economic recovery to the global pandemic. China is expected to be the fastest-growing economy per capita, although its growth rate is smaller than gains seen over the past decade. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-china-indonesia-vietnam-global-growth.html Economics & Business Political science Fri, 28 Jul 2023 14:02:03 EDT news609771721 A new study found that teachers who left low-performing K-12 public schools in Tennessee as part of schoolwide turnaround reforms had positive impacts on test scores in the schools that took them in, and they were more likely to collaborate. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-teachers-turnaround-schools-positive-effects.html Economics & Business Education Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:45:18 EDT news609677112 Creatively enhancing a CV, a practice known as "resume padding," has the potential to cast the sender in a bad light. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-resume-padding-bad-individuals-good.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 27 Jul 2023 11:11:00 EDT news609675057 In 2015, two political scientists at the University of Rochester began assembling data to study the effects of colonialism on the ability of newly liberated states to collect revenues after independence. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-unexpected-gap-year-disparity-state.html Economics & Business Political science Wed, 26 Jul 2023 17:06:11 EDT news609609967 Institutional investors want companies to report more about their climate risk, according to a new study from a researcher at The University of Texas at Austin. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-investors-climate-disclosure.html Economics & Business Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:15:44 EDT news609606939