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The lifeblood of a business school is its faculty, and at the University of Maryland's Robert H. Smith School of Business our faculty members are inspiring, supportive and world-class. We are attuned to a marketplace that values innovation, entrepreneurialism, analytical thinking and hard work. Our teaching and research equips students with the wisdom of business scholarship rooted in the experiential lessons of the marketplace.

February 14, 2024
Viewer Discretion Advised: How Gender Enters the Picture When Audiences Rate Movies
Professor David Waguespack warns against relying solely on average ratings when choosing a movie, particularly if it stars a woman. In groundbreaking research, he reveals how gender affects movie ratings, shedding light on biases in audience perceptions and their impact on box office revenues.
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January 23, 2024
When Firms Internalize Political Stigma
The Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017 stigmatized local employers by creating the impression that strongly anti-diversity attitudes put on display by white supremacists were widespread in the community. Employers sought to counteract this “stigma by association” by dramatically…
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November 8, 2023
How Employees Can Help Cut “Quiet Cutting” Out of Their Careers

When “Quiet Quitting” went viral on social media in 2022, it brought a new meaning to absenteeism in the workplace. A year later, employers are flipping the script with their own trend – “Quiet Cutting.”

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November 2, 2023
Analyzing the New Workday Dead Zone: The Power Dynamics and Science of It

The hours between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. have become the time when many workers leave the office or take a break from remote work. It’s being called the workday dead zone.

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October 11, 2023
Smith Experts Offer Tips to Bring to the Negotiating Table in the Wake of Labor Strikes
From coast to coast and across industries, American labor unions are finding strength in numbers to fight for higher pay and increased protections amid soaring living costs and growing pay gaps.
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October 5, 2023
Mega Firms are Big Innovators
Some of the country’s biggest companies are also its biggest innovators, finds a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research that examines U.S. patent data, co-authored by professor Serguey Braguinsky of the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business.
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September 14, 2023
The Way People Work in Teams Is Changing. Here’s What That Means for You.
If you work with teams of people, there’s no doubt you’ve seen some changes in recent years. Virtual meetings have become commonplace – whether colleagues are working down the hall, from home in the same region, or several time zones away. Organizations often rely on global teams. And new…
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August 9, 2023
Employer and Employee Responses to Dobbs V. Jackson
More than a year has passed since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs V. Jackson ruling overturned federal abortion rights. During this period, employers in states making abortion illegal have stepped in to cover out-of-state abortion-related healthcare not available locally. But to what effect?
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June 23, 2023
Meme Stocks in 2023: What Novice Investors Should Know

Recently screened at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, “This is Not Financial Advice” is acclaimed for exploring the multi-million dollar rise and fall of crypto-influencer Glauber Contessoto.

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May 18, 2023
Pursuing Work-Life Balance Isn’t a Want, It’s a Need for Success
Finding work-life balance may not guarantee your success, but without it, failure is almost inevitable. The pursuit of work-life balance feels like a race without a finish line – people are trying to win the battle of doing more of everything while doing it well. The fruits of those labors create…
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