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...

The rater in surveys as a source of bias.

As a method of collecting data, surveys have been widely criticized for the biases that are included in the data. When the source of biases are the same for both the dependent and the independent variable, (as in, what is used to explain, and what we are seeking to...

Science: The pursuit of ignorance

“In science knowing a lot of stuff doesn’t make you a scientist … knowing a lot of stuff is what helps you get to: Ignorance” He goes on to say that science is about knowing where in a dark room to look for a black cat. Worth watching to get an...

Organizaton theory – a timeline

It can be useful to get acquainted with how the field has developed, and as such, found this diagram helpful, taken from a presentation by Lars Groth at UiO.