Academic articles

Here are some favorite academic articles. Unfortunately, many of them will require you have access to the databases, due to copyright restrictions.

Research at Google on what makes teams effective

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...

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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,...

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The importance of research design

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,...

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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...

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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...

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