Research

Our faculty members are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Their teaching and research equip our students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.

Find out more about the latest research by browsing current working papers online at Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

April 15, 2021

When Rudeness Becomes A Matter of Life or Death

New research shows how rudeness can become deadly, interfering with doctors' decision-making and lead to misdiagnoses.

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April 13, 2021

Have Something To Say? Your Boss Wants You to Do it in Private.

Managers want employees to share thoughts and concerns in one-on-one settings – not public meetings – because they want to save face, finds new research.

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March 25, 2021

How To Get Women To Speak Up More At Work

New research finds don't women speak up as much as men in organizations, but they can gain confidence to do so if they see women leaders speak up first.

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March 23, 2021

Need To Delegate At Work? Pick the Popular People

New research finds that employees with more friends at work will be better at getting things done and asking for help when they need it.

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March 23, 2021

With Great Power Comes Great Job Demands, Stress

New research finds that having power at work is a double-edged sword: it makes your job more demanding, which has both good implications and bad implications, simultaneously.

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March 9, 2021

10 COVID-Era Trends That Are Here To Stay

The pandemic has changed so much about the way we live and work. And some of those changes are here to stay.

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March 3, 2021

Bitcoin: Viable Currency, or Tulip-Style Bubble?

Is Bitcoin a viable currency for trade? Or is merely it an overheated asset, poised to cool way down?

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January 28, 2021

What's Up With GameStop?

Few would have guessed that GameStop would be Wall Street’s most eye-popping stock to watch. Our experts explain the frenzy.

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January 27, 2021

A Post-Pandemic Strategy for Organizations

How do you plan for the next crisis? Begin by asking this question.

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January 20, 2021

Are We There Yet: What Happened to the Driverless Revolution?

Just a few years ago, the driverless car revolution seemed inevitable. But time passed and drivers are no closer than they were then to sitting in fully driverless vehicles. Maryland Smith's David Kirsch shares the roadmap for what happened to the driverless car dream and where it's going.

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