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Employees' ties outside of work – whether on corporate boards or committees, or even political party affiliations – can create conflict at work, research from The Wharton School professor Henning Piezunka uncovers: https://whr.tn/4kj3oUc We're resuming our monthly series with Marissa Solomon Shandell – a Wharton Management PhD student whose popular @ResearchDoodles Instagram account depicts management concepts that can apply to your professional or personal growth – with this illustration of external connections leading to internal issues. To investigate this phenomenon, Piezunka and his co-authors analyzed data from professional soccer matches, revealing that club teammates who faced off as World Cup rivals passed to each other 11% less often in their next club season. Applying that lesson to the workplace, competing outside of work could shape the way colleagues interact in their shared workplace, potentially reducing collaboration or even leading to distrust or defensiveness. To combat this, Piezunka says, organizations can reinforce team identity, set boundaries for external engagements, and foster a culture of collaboration. #management #managementresearch #workplaceculture #culture #collaboration

Expressing pride in your accomplishments can sometimes make you seem less competent, especially if colleagues don’t view the achievement as significant, research from The Wharton School professor Rebecca Schaumberg finds: https://whr.tn/4immKq1 Her study shows that this fear of judgment may discourage employees from sharing successes – limiting learning, recognition, and morale in the workplace. To counter this, managers can foster a culture where all achievements, both large and small, are celebrated.

Allowing employees to evaluate their managers leads to better leadership, stronger team dynamics, a boost in productivity, and lower turnover, according to a study co-authored by The Wharton School professor Shing-Yi Wang: https://whr.tn/4ij3Z6W Over eight months of research, workers on production lines at a Chinese automaker evaluated their managers on key qualities like fairness, empathy, adaptability, and openness to suggestions. Managers in teams receiving feedback encouraged workers more and criticized them less, with improvements even continuing with workers who joined the firm after the experiment ended. “This lasting change points to a real shift in the norms in the workplace, and provides proof that better management doesn’t need constant oversight or other costly interventions to take root,” said Wang. #Management #Leadership #Feedback #HR #Evaluations

Do "sin taxes" on goods like soda, cigarettes, and alcohol actually impact purchasing habits? While the measures aim to reduce consumption and improve public health, they can also place a heavier financial burden on lower-income households that are more likely to purchase these products, The Wharton School professor Ben Lockwood shares. Lockwood continues our Ripple Effect podcast's three-part series on taxes by explaining his research into the implementation and effectiveness of sin taxes: https://whr.tn/4c32SFV #TaxPolicy #Economy #Taxes #BehavioralEconomics

How could tariffs impact the auto industry? Professor John Paul MacDuffie, director of Wharton's Program on Vehicle and Mobility Innovation, spoke with The Associated Press about how the effects will vary depending on automakers' supply chains. In this week's The Wharton School faculty in the news roundup... 1?? MacDuffie on tariffs' impact on the auto industry: https://whr.tn/41QGNFV 2?? John Zhang on tariffs' impact on e-tailers Shein and Temu: https://whr.tn/3FxxJ1e 3?? Barbara Kahn on The White Lotus' clothing collaborations: https://whr.tn/4itMPTZ 4?? Americus Reed II on consumer boycotts: https://whr.tn/4i7ttE8 #Wharton #UPenn #UniversityOfPennsylvania

What has the health care industry learned in the five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? The Wharton School professor Zeke Emanuel warns that while we learned valuable lessons about resource allocation, forecasting, and public health infrastructure, much of that knowledge has yet to be put into action: https://whr.tn/4ivkJaT The dismantling of global monitoring systems and lack of investment in hospital capacity and ventilation upgrades signal that the U.S. remains underprepared for future health crises, he says. With hospital admissions declining and burnout rising among medical staff, the health care system faces an uncertain future. #HealthCare #HealthCareIndustry #HealthCareManagement

Working moms face a 5% reduction in yearly earnings with each child they have, a study by The Wharton School professor Tiantian Yang found. One way they've worked to overcome this "motherhood penalty," according to the research? By turning to entrepreneurship. Our "Research Doodles" series with Wharton PhD student Marissa Solomon Shandell continues with this illustration of what Yang uncovered in analyzing employer/employee data from Sweden with co-authors, Olenka Kacperczyk (London Business School) and Lucia Naldi (J?nk?ping International Business School). Facing stalled career growth and pay discrimination, mothers with the right skills and networks are more likely to start their own businesses. "But they have to be very selective in terms of the businesses they are going to create,” Yang said. “They would need to create businesses that are going to be incorporated and hire employees. The downside could be that it might intensify work-family conflict.” Learn more: https://whr.tn/3XM9GSn #Entrepreneurship #WorkingMom #WomenEntrepreneurs #WomenInBusiness

Five years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, we asked?The Wharton School?professors to reflect on its lasting impact across industries. Swipe for key insights, and read more from their responses here:?https://whr.tn/3FAljpb Featuring... - Itay Goldstein on finance and the economy - Susan Wachter on real estate - Ezekiel Emanuel & Ingrid Nembhard on health care - Kartik Hosanagar on AI - Barbara Kahn on retail and marketing - Serguei Netessine on innovation and productivity - Maurice Schweitzer and Michael Parke on the workplace #Wharton?#UPenn?#UniversityOfPennsylvania

The delicate balancing act of paying and collecting income taxes is really an exercise in behavioral economics, explains The Wharton School professor Alex Rees-Jones to open our Ripple Effect podcast's series on taxes: https://whr.tn/3Fj0bDP He conducted research into how loss aversion – people valuing decreasing a loss more than increasing a gain – can motivate policy decisions to increase tax collection and/or decrease losses. This psychological framing can influence tax compliance, deductions, and enforcement strategies, as policymakers could adjust tax structures to improve compliance and optimize revenue collection. #Taxes #TaxDay #TaxSeason #TaxPolicy #BehavioralEconomics

How are stablecoins reinforcing the dominance of the U.S. dollar? Professor Yao Zeng explains to?Forbes?how clearer oversight could help stablecoins become even more resilient – leading this week's?The Wharton School?faculty in the news roundup. Swipe through for.. 1?? Zeng on stablecoins:?https://whr.tn/3DoZ3Ow 2?? Susan Wachter on falling bond yields:?https://whr.tn/43sChjd 3?? Matthew Bidwell on job candidates' use of AI:?https://whr.tn/3F87nma 4?? Americus Reed II on shopping boycotts:?https://whr.tn/3F7y2zN 5?? Olivia S Mitchell on pension fund divestment:?https://whr.tn/3FcxEQn #Wharton?#UPenn?#UniversityOfPennsylvania