A new study shows that in China, wearing masks for health reasons tends to influence people to follow rules and norms more generally. Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in ...

You've seen them at the checkout counter, in supermarkets and health food stores, in head shops, and around town: employees who wear nose rings, or piercings in the center of the nose, through the ...

We’ve all seen it: A deviant behavior is repeated, without catastrophic results, and eventually becomes the accepted social norm for the organization. This process is called the “normalization of ...

Employees often feel pressure to work while sick, leading to lost productivity, deviant behaviors such as theft and mistreatment of coworkers and intent to leave the organization, according to new ...

Breaking into a run. Standing too long in once place. Repeatedly looking over your shoulder. Everyone does these things from time to time, and they aren't usually cause for alarm. But in Esther Hovers ...

When male workers believe their gender status is threatened, they are more likely than their female counterparts to engage in deviant behavior such as lying, cheating or stealing in the workplace, new ...

Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in the number of people wearing masks to limit the spread of illness. Now, new research co-authored by MIT scholars suggests that, in ...

Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in the number of people wearing masks to limit the spread of illness. Now, new research co-authored by MIT scholars suggests that, in ...