by david allan van nostrand | Nov 24, 2016 | Conformity, Human Behavior, Organizational Behavior
Cubicles were a cost-effective office solution with so many negatives that Scott Adams earned fame and fortune poking fun at them in his Dilbert cartoons. Even more cost-effective are open-plan layouts, which now make up more than two out of three business office...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 17, 2016 | Human Behavior, Research, Social Desirability
We all know that people will tell you one thing and do another. Social desirability is the term behavioral scientists use to describe how people will deliberately give false responses so as to present themselves in the best light. They’ll tell us they do things...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 10, 2016 | Human Behavior, Items in the News, Organizational Behavior, Surveys
Early Tuesday night, the NY Times said Hillary Clinton was the overwhelming favorite to win the presidential election. Wednesday morning this false conclusion sounded like the most famous election headline of all time. The problems with political polling are the same...
by david allan van nostrand | Nov 3, 2016 | Items in the News, Marketing, Organizational Behavior
Earlier this year the big news for McDonald’s was how their newly-introduced All-Day Breakfast was drawing new customers and increasing profits. If you read any of these articles, the chances were slim that you would have learned that there were other factors...
