Maryland Smith Research

Words of wisdom for new managers: First win over your team, then roll out your changes with a keen understanding of your predecessor.

When purchased merchandise get returned, resellers bid for the items "as is" in fast-paced auctions. How does bidder experience influence the process?

Markets often react in counterintuitive ways to monetary policy. Understanding why can help analysts anticipate Fed action.

Organizations want strong leaders. But when they exit, loyal employees often follow them out the door. New research shows how to halt the exodus.

Targets of intimidation, humiliation and verbal attacks can flip the script on a bad boss, shifting the balance of power in their favor.

Speaking up with new ideas becomes less risky when employees feel connected to robust social and professional support systems.

Workers who witness incivility in the morning often suffer from tainted perceptions of social interactions for the rest of the day.

Upstarts lacking a proven track record can offset their disadvantage by explicitly promoting themselves as highly moral. Sympathetic consumers will respond.

When employees cut corners at work, it might not be mischief or lack of a moral compass. Smith School research suggests it might be monotony.

Researchers can discover solutions to complex problems when they combine know-how from different disciplines, but they should understand the risks involved.