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When organisations go big on rules, they can create red tape instead of accountability. Providing more authority to decision-makers offers a smarter approach.
Social inequalities emerge in every human society. New research into how these hierarchies form suggests ‘prestige psychology’ – the tendency to defer to expertise – is at the root.
Cutting back on small indulgences can have a lasting impact on social connections and local economies.
The pope leads the Catholic Church, but some 2,000 other people work at the Holy See and city-state.
After years of hearings and almost 6,000 submissions, the final report has been tabled in parliament. It contains 122 recommendations for change in the Australian Defence Force.
Overworking junior doctors has been normalised for decades. And we all suffer.
Though the Global South tends to experience higher disease burdens, most public health decisions and knowledge generation are centered in the Global North.
A study into the hierarchical relationship between first officers and their captains has shed light on the risk taking that occurs during the critical moment of landing an aircraft.
With mountains of digital evidence, advanced computing techniques could help judges and jurors better understand how criminal syndicates operate — potentially allowing fairer sentencing.
While Pope Francis has publicly acknowledged sexual abuse by clergy, the hierarchical structure of the Catholic Church still makes it difficult to report and address cases of abuse.
In the cockpit of an aircraft, the hierarchy between captain and co-pilot is strictly respected. At the risk, sometimes, of poor decision-making.
There are many examples of hierarchies in the animal world. Bees, for example, send males off to die after breeding season.
Disparagement humor makes a punchline out of a marginalized group. Racist or sexist jokes, for instance, aren’t just harmless fun – psychologists find they can foster discrimination.
In sports, what’s considered fair play has changed throughout history. At one point, even looking ‘too poor’ was grounds for exclusion.
The crimes of Brock Turner and Omar Mateen may be discussed as if they’re unrelated. They’re not.
For hundreds of thousands of years humans lived in hunter-gatherer societies, eating wild plants and animals. Inequality in these groups is thought to have been very low, with evidence suggesting food…
Imagine a company without managers, structure or even job titles. Sounds like a fantasy of some anarchist collective? Think again, the Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos which is entirely owned…
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Chercheure en Facteur Humain & Neurosciences Sociales, ISAE-SUPAERO
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