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Julia Minson
Vol. 47, Pages 101435
To form truthful beliefs, individuals must expose themselves to varied viewpoints. And yet, people routinely avoid information that contradicts their prior beliefs—a tendency…
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Julia Minson
Vol. 170, Pages 104147
Attitude conflict—interpersonal disagreement on deeply-held, identity relevant issues—is common in personal, professional, and policy settings. Understanding one’s counterpart is…
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Julia Minson
Vol. 26, Issue 2, Pages 93-111
The present article reviews a growing body of research on receptiveness to opposing views—the willingness to access, consider, and evaluate contradictory opinions in a relatively…
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Julia Minson
As consequential negotiations pervade both our personal and professional relationships, it is important to understand the common shortcomings that stand in the way of our ability…
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Robert Wilkinson
vlog Working Paper No. RWP20-029
The ability to exercise leadership effectively requires skills and capacities that must be developed; they are not innate. Leadership is rarely making one decision and sticking to…
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Arthur Brooks
The roadmap for finding purpose, meaning, and success as we age, from bestselling author, Harvard professor, and the Atlantic's happiness columnist Arthur Brooks. Many of us…
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Julia Minson
Vol. 43, Pages 182-188
We review research on “attitude conflict” —- competitive disagreement with regard to beliefs, values, and preferences, characterized by parties’ intolerance of each other’s…
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Hannah Riley Bowles
Vol. 9, Pages 199-223
A person's gender is not a reliable predictor of their negotiation behavior or outcomes, because the degree and character of gender dynamics in negotiation vary across situations…
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Robert Livingston
Vol. 64, Issue 6, Pages 1873-1900
One important benefit of teamwork is the exchange and integration of diverse knowledge, experience, and opinions group members bring to the table. However, demographic attributes—…
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Max Bazerman
Vol. 600, Pages 478-483
Policy-makers are increasingly turning to behavioural science for insights about how to improve citizens’ decisions and outcomes1. Typically, different scientists test different…