Too-frequent feedback can sink workers’ performance
New research by Assistant Professor of Accounting Pablo Casas-Arce finds professionals do better when they receive detailed assessments less often.
ASU research casts doubt on subsidized child care as a way to boost birth rate
Professor of Economics Alex Bick's model predicts recently enacted policies in Germany won't boost birth rate or employment.
Lessons learned on Earth may soon go deep into space
Professor of Management and PetSmart Chair in Leadership Jeff LePine is half-way through a multiyear grant from NASA to study how astronauts — and the rest of us — can more easily and efficiently make transitions between daily tasks. Find out what's the next frontier for ASU and NASA.
Final Four scores big for Valley and students
How much was the college basketball championship worth to Phoenix? According to a study commissioned by the Phoenix Local Organizing Committee and conducted by the Seidman Research Institute: $324.5 million. The experience university volunteers gained? Priceless.
Farm businesses put federal payments toward saving, not spending
Research by Professor of Agribusiness Ashok Mishra examines whether Great Depression-era legislation continues to have a positive effect on contemporary farmers.
Research debunks myth of stock market 'weekend effect'
Clinical Associate Professor of Finance Geoffrey Smith crunches big data to find that downturns on Mondays have stopped since 1975.
As crises grow, ASU expert looks at humanitarian aid efficiency
Assistant Professor Mahyar Eftekhar finds relief groups need more flexibility in spending.
Goods that are 'too pretty to use' could have big effect on sustainability
Research finds that people are less likely to use and enjoy beautiful consumables.
Can psychology influence the way we recycle?
Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing Robert Cialdini's research found social norms have a significant effect on what we toss into the blue bin.
The hidden costs of dishonesty: Ethics is vital to business education
The hidden costs of dishonesty can fundamentally derail organizations, creating an imperative for business leaders to have clear and meaningful codes of conduct, according to a W. P. Carey School of Business researcher.