The Academic Minute

Silver medalists appear less happy than bronze medalists

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Associate professor Andrea Luangrath looked into why Olympians who come in second are often less pleased than those who finish third.
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Tippie researcher awarded $272K to study transportation systems

Tuesday, September 3, 2024
The National Science Foundation is funding Tippie professor Beste Basciftci's work on streamlining and improving transit systems.
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UI studies why qualified homeowners reject loans to rebuild after disasters

Monday, September 2, 2024
The study by professor Cameron Ellis looked at loan activity following every natural disaster between 2005 and 2018.
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Over 25% of Americans are hesitant to take government loans to repair storm damage, study finds

Wednesday, August 28, 2024
Recent research from Tippie Professor Cameron Ellis finds that many Americans don't take advantage of available recovery loans.
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National Science Foundation awards time management grant to Tippie researcher

Monday, August 19, 2024
Yiduo Shao, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship, is leading the research effort.
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U.S. looks to ban election betting as traders flock to prediction sites

Saturday, August 17, 2024
The Tippie Iowa Elections Market - run by professor Tom Gruca - is one of the pioneering election prediction sites.
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Grocers try to scare up profits with early Halloweeen candy sales

Tuesday, August 13, 2024
The kids are barely back to school and grocery stores are already hawking Halloween candy. Tippie professor Peggy Stover explains why.
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Why silver hurts more than bronze

Monday, July 22, 2024
Research fby professor Andrea Luangrath shows that Olympic silver medalists seem less happy than their bronze-winning counterparts.
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When a worker is harassed during their commute

Friday, July 5, 2024
In a podcast with the Academic Minute, Associate Professor of Industrial Relations Beth Livingston discusses the impact work commute harassment has on workers and what responsibility employers have to address it.
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For many Olympic medalists, silver stings more than bronze

Wednesday, June 26, 2024
Second-place finishers lament how close they got; third-place finishers just happy to be there.
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What mouse mover technology teaches us about the future of work

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
Jennifer Nahrgang, professor of management and entrepreneurship, says simply monitoring employees' time online is a faulty metric for measuring productivity. Instead, employers should study output instead.
Inside Higher Ed

Making delivery driver parking more efficient

Monday, June 17, 2024
Business analytics professor Ann Campbell explores how to make parking easier for delivery drivers.
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How can we train our students to be better communicators?

Thursday, June 6, 2024
Associate Professor Carl Follmer discusses why departmental communications programs like those at Tippie are critically important in developing future career skills.
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Curious by nature: What makes a good boss?

Friday, May 24, 2024
Professor Steven Courtright, Henry B. Tippie Professor of Management, discusses transformational leadership and its importance to being a good boss.
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UI professor: Let the federal government do our taxes for us

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Ryan Wilson on Radio Iowa about the possibility of introducing ReadyReturn filing in the US.
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The productivity boost missing from your to-do list

Monday, January 29, 2024
Amy Colbert in The Wall Street Journal about how creating a "done" list can motivate you.
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Forget brainstorming. Try brainwriting.

Friday, January 26, 2024
Eean Crawford in Axios on how the brainwriting process makes sure that all ideas are brought to the table and all voices are brought into the conversation.
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Need workplace changes? UI study says to ask manager, don’t tell them

Thursday, January 25, 2024
Daniel Newton on Radio Iowa about a technique for employees to get their ideas through.
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Questions are the key to meaningful results

Wednesday, January 24, 2024
Daniel Newton in the Daily Herald about how tapping into a style popularized by the game show Jeopardy, employees can come across as less assertive, which is especially effective when reporting to a dominant leader.
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Teamwork! Teamwork!

Sunday, January 14, 2024
Ken Brown in the Gazette about the efficacy of motivational posters.
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Embracing big ideas

Monday, January 8, 2024
Daniel Newton in the Society of HR Management about employee reluctance to offer ideas.
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Misplaced confidence

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Tippie researcher Paul Hribar finds company earnings guidance is wrong about 70% of the time.
Harvard Business Review

5 types of stories leaders need to tell

Friday, September 22, 2023
Nick Westergaard in Harvard Business Review on why storytelling is an important leadership skill, and how executives who want to succeed should master five types of narrative: vision, values, action, teaching, and trust stories.
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The journey is the destination

Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Those consumer loyalty cards filling our wallets that give you a free sandwich or cup of coffee tend to lead to disappointment. A new study shows that for many, filling the card is more fulfilling than the reward.
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Incompetent bosses

Monday, May 8, 2023
A new study from the Tippie College of Business finds that workers respond differently to incompetent bosses, depending on whether they are younger or older than themselves.