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Leadership
Making a Great Leader

Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. on March 26, 2018

To understand what makes a great leader, you need to first understand what followers are shopping around for.

To understand what makes a great leader, you need to first understand what followers are shopping around for.

Compulsive Behaviors
My Father Was A Gambling Man

Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. on February 14, 2018

As younger children play more games with in-game purchases available, debates have begun to arise over whether games with loot boxes should be banned from their hands.

As younger children play more games with in-game purchases available, debates have begun to arise over whether games with loot boxes should be banned from their hands.

Relationships
Sinking Costs

Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. on January 24, 2018

Human irrationality is often more rational than it looks. You just need the right context

Human irrationality is often more rational than it looks. You just need the right context

Menopause
Predicting the Future With Faces

Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. on December 28, 2017

Seeing into the future to predict where romantic effort would be best invested may be more doable than previously envisioned.

Seeing into the future to predict where romantic effort would be best invested may be more doable than previously envisioned.

Gender
Diversity: A Follow-Up

Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. on August 22, 2017

A recent study failed to find a benefit of demographic diversity in business outcomes. Why might we have expected that?

A recent study failed to find a benefit of demographic diversity in business outcomes. Why might we have expected that?

Gender
Does Diversity Per Se Pay?

Jesse Marczyk Ph.D. on August 8, 2017

It's been found that diversity itself predicts business success. As it turns out, that finding was the result of some mistakes.

It's been found that diversity itself predicts business success. As it turns out, that finding was the result of some mistakes.