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Research snapshot: Discover how Spears Business is impacting the world

Research begins with a question, and Spears Business faculty are finding answers to improve industries and lives. Find out how Spears Business researchers are helping workplace groups identify experts, measuring long-term outcomes of healthcare
Research snapshot: Discover how Spears Business is impacting the world
Spears Wentz Scholar explores business through research

Wed, Oct 9, 2019

Lexi Barry describes herself as endlessly curious, so there's little wonder that since coming to the Spears School of Business, she has become passionate about research. That passion was fueled last spring when Barry was named a 2019-2020 Wentz

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Changing young lives through entrepreneurship

Mon, Jul 22, 2019

When asked why dozens of middle school and high school girls were sitting in a classroom on the Oklahoma State University campus on a hot July morning, one voice rang out loud and clear, "to learn to be girl bosses."

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What's the future of the dreaded performance appraisal

Thu, Jul 11, 2019

For decades researchers have studied the impact of performance appraisals on employees and the organizations they work for. Much of that research shows that traditional approaches to judging a person's work performance are perceived as less than

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Hiring a diverse workforce with artificial intelligence

Thu, Jun 6, 2019

How can we remove unconscious biases from hiring practices and ensure a more diverse workforce? According to Oklahoma State University researcher Kimberly Houser, the answer is to address the source of the problem – human decision-making. Her

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Accounting student and McNair Scholar ready for life's next stage

Thu, May 2, 2019

A few years ago, when professional sports teams won the Super Bowl or the World Series, a star player would be asked in the tumultuous aftermath what they were going to do now. Of course, it was an advertisement and their response would be, "I'm

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Victim blaming in the workplace

Tue, Apr 16, 2019

Why does the victim get blamed for office rudeness, and why does the office bully get away with it? The latest research from a decade-long study of incivility in the workplace by Spears School of Business researcher Dr. Matt Bowler and colleagues

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Faking emotions at work: the positive and negative side of workplace acting

Fri, Mar 29, 2019

In many jobs, employees are expected to act happy, or at least friendly, even when they just don't feel like it. So, it's not unusual that workers occasionally fake positive feelings, even when the results actually make them feel worse. But research

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School of Entrepreneurship research ranks high internationally

Thu, Mar 28, 2019

The Oklahoma State University School of Entrepreneurship is ranked fourth among nearly 500 programs from around the world for research productivity for the past five years. The ranking lists university entrepreneurship programs by their ability to

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Mentoring the next generation of biomedical data science researchers

Wed, Feb 27, 2019

Oklahoma State University data science researcher Dr. Dursun Delen has been selected to mentor a biomedical scientist and physician in using artificial intelligence to model data to improve the efficiency of hospital emergency rooms. Delen, Regents

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