The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive global health crisis. Because the crisis requires large-scale behaviour change and places significant psychological burdens on individuals, insights from the social and behavioural sciences can be used to help align human behavior with the...

In a 2 by 2 experimental design, we tested whether the acceptance of new group members depended on two newcomer characteristics; (1) the future prospects of a newcomer (whether a newcomer becomes a permanent member of the group or only remains temporarily within the group) and (2) on the kind of...

An experimental study examined the combined influence of work style diversity and informational diversity within task groups (N=101 dyads) on work process and work outcome. During a ten minute discussion, dyads had to choose one out of three organizations for a joint internship. Work style...

Purpose This paper aims to identify social psychological root causes of misconduct by traders and offers practical guidelines to prevent misconduct. Design/methodology/approach The authors use insights on social psychological mechanisms to examine current business practices observed in the...