Academic articles
Here are some favorite academic articles. Unfortunately, many of them will require you have access to the databases, due to copyright restrictions.
On the arena and style of discourse in Social Psychology.
Social psychology is having a rough time now, with replication studies questioning the validity of several well known and cited studies, by central figures in the field. Is the field alone with these problems? Probably not. Andrew Gelman presents some relevant factors...
Famous and influential psychology studies that fail replication
While most authors of the original research argue for reasons why the replication failed, they seem to do so in order to defend themselves, and against suspicion of poor research in the first part. (or that which worse is) When reading such defenses, it is easy to...
Research at Google on what makes teams effective
Research into team effectiveness at Google has shown that the single most important factor is the extent team members feel psychologically safe. Second order of importance shows that team member dependability, role clarity, meaning of work and real impact of work also...
Multiperson prisoners dilemma game: cooperation emerges in small groups
A simulation study shows that cooperation can emerge as the dominant strategy in a "tragedy of the commons game" when: groups are small there is long term memory (So as to weed out those who cheat.) As this is a computer simulation game, one has to wonder if human...
Place in- and structure of network more important than size
The extent information takes hold and is spread depends on the "Majority illusion"; which means: whether other people in the network believes most other people have the information. (Who wants to be the odd one out?) Worth noting, this is independent of whether it is...
“How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time” by Hal R. Varian
The first academic book I got when I started at McGill was “Intermediate Microeconomics: A modern approach” by Hal Varian. It got me hooked on the subject. He is now both “Chief economist” at Google, and professor at Berkeley; and still does brilliant research....
Energizers and de-energizers at work: A social network analysis study
The people we work with are a great source of inspiration, or demotivate; some fill us with energy, others drain it. These are the results from a study by Gerbasi et. al. (2015) "Destructive de-energizing relationships: How thriving buffers their effect on...
Social Ties in Academia: A Friend is a Treasure
My takeaway from the article: Encourage my two advisers to become editors of prestigious journals! This extract from the conclusion says a lot: The social effect is particularly relevant for former PhD students and university colleagues of the editor; for instance,...
Why companies do not learn: HBR
https://hbr.org/2015/11/why-organizations-dont-learn Topics include mindset responsibility and time for planning and reflection
“Rethinking Management Scholarship” From editor in AMJ 2014
What they now want to publish. in short: The excitement comes from the balanced interpretation of the mission “to publish empirical research that tests, extends, or builds management theory and contributes to management practice.” In broader discussions on management...
The importance of research design
I have had my first graduate class in Methodology, and have thus been primed to focus on potential flaws in research design. No wonder then, that when an article called: "Making it all up – The behavioral science Scandal" appeared in my facebook timline, I clicked,...
Empathy and perspective taking
Empathy is getting a lot of critical attention now, Paul Bloom from Yale has given several talks on the topic, where is tagline is: “I am against it”.. his argument is that empathy is in part sympathy, and together with the fact that we have more sympathy for those...
How to publish.. according to AMJ
Publishing is a craft, like so many others. A series of five articles in Academy of Management Journal, where various editors come with recommendation for how to approach each part of the process from design to the final article. Publishing in AMJ—Part 1: Topic Choice...