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Management
How to begin talking about race in the workplace
How to begin talking about race in the workplace
Wharton management professor Stephanie Creary explains her framework for middle managers in corporate environments who would like to initiate conversations about race in the workplace.
Working from home: Navigating the pandemic’s new normal
Working from home: Navigating the pandemic’s new normal
Wharton management professor discusses her research on how people navigate the boundaries between work and home, at a time when she is living her research in real life.
Confronting COVID-19: Why firms need to tap nonprofit partnerships
Confronting COVID-19: Why firms need to tap nonprofit partnerships
Wharton management professor Aline Gatignon argues that firms have an important role to play in the response to COVID-19, and should consider the unique ability of the nonprofit sector to serve hard-to-reach populations during disasters.
Wharton School launches a remote course on the impact and implications of COVID-19
Wharton School launches a remote course on the impact and implications of COVID-19
Starting March 25, the new course will address in real time how global business and financial uncertainty can be managed in the wake of such dramatic events.
Why don’t women promote themselves?
Why don’t women promote themselves?
Wharton’s Judd Kessler co-authored a study, “The Gender Gap in Self-Promotion,” which measured confidence and self-promotion among women about their performance at work.
The state of the auto industry in the 2020s
The state of the auto industry in the 2020s
The Wharton School’s Professor of Management John Paul MacDuffie names current trends in the auto industry and where it’s headed in the future.
The confidence gap between men and women
The confidence gap between men and women
When employers are looking at self-performance reviews, they are more likely to hire those who rate themselves higher—men.
Self-awareness is the key to more effective team discussions
Self-awareness is the key to more effective team discussions
Wharton’s Barbara Mellers and doctoral student Ike Silver discuss their research on “collective confidence calibration” and the effectiveness of team discussions.
How companies like the NBA could benefit from ‘corporate diplomacy’
How companies like the NBA could benefit from ‘corporate diplomacy’
In a Q&A, Professor of Manaement Witold Henisz explains how recent controversies involving the NBA and Activision-Blizzard can be prevented through increased focus on corporate diplomacy.
The key to keeping your employees happy
The key to keeping your employees happy
Moods, emotions, even smiles are some of the emotional contagions Wharton professor Sigal Barsade cites as what are passed along throughout the workplace, making the professional environment either more pleasant or more unhappy.
In the News
The Hill
It’s time to end the Medicare-Medicaid merry-go-round
In an opinion essay, Rachel M. Werner of the Leonard Davis Institute, Wharton School, and Perelman School of Medicine says that Medicare and Medicaid fail to integrate coverage and coordinate care across their two plans.
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Forbes
Ethan Mollick on the four rules of Co-Intelligence with AI
In a Q&A, Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School discusses his transition from entrepreneurship to academia, the most important concepts that need to be taught to entrepreneurs, and the four rules of Co-Intelligence with AI.
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Time
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Diane Alexander of the Wharton School says that medical reimbursements for an identical office visit in 2009 ranged from $37 in Minnesota to $160 in Alaska.
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CNBC
Here’s why entry-level jobs feel impossible to get
Peter Cappelli of the Wharton School says that employers are looking outside to hire people rather than promoting them from within.
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RNZ/Radio New Zealand
Embracing AI in our lives
In his new book, “Co-intelligence: Living and Working with AI,” Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that people should learn to work with AI as a tool to be more creative, more capable, and even more human.
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Los Angeles Times
Meta now has an AI chatbot. Experts say get ready for more AI-powered social media
Ethan Mollick of the Wharton School says that social media apps are investing in AI to become “stickier” for consumers, keeping users on their platforms for as long as possible.
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