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Packed to the rafters: why reducing crowds enhances our shopping experience

Packed to the rafters: why reducing crowds enhances our shopping experience

Despite the popularity of online shopping, a surprising 71 per cent of shoppers prefer using physical stores when deciding on purchases.

Rebecca Dare

Department of Marketing

Could an ‘opt-in until you opt-out’ approach work to boost female leaders?

Could an ‘opt-in until you opt-out’ approach work to boost female leaders?

What does it take to get women into leadership positions? Our new podcast series Thought Capital speaks to an academic leader and explores intriguing new research.    

Lata Gangadharan

Department of Economics

How a Machiavellian approach could boost your career

How a Machiavellian approach could boost your career

Handling your emotions at work may be necessary to navigate the complex political waters in office environments, to protect your job and bolster your career prospects.

Herman Tse

Jun Gu

Department of Management

Prisoners of healthcare: Intimidated patients are similar to hostages

Prisoners of healthcare: Intimidated patients are similar to hostages

Patients who feel unable to assert themselves in the presence of doctors and medical staff negotiate as if they are being held hostage.

Tracey Danaher

Department of Marketing

The ‘ordinary’ bravery of resisting tyranny from within

The ‘ordinary’ bravery of resisting tyranny from within

A new book paints a fresh picture of the Germans who sought to resist - and mostly, failed to thwart - Hitler's brutal Nazi regime.

Gary Magee

Wayne Geerling

The contagion effect: How bribery and corruption spreads

The contagion effect: How bribery and corruption spreads

Bribery is a stubborn scourge in many countries that undermines economies and promulgates inequality. It persists despite the usual response of applying tough sanctions against both the officials who accept bribes and those who offer them. Is bribery “contagious”?

Lata Gangadharan

Klaus Abbink

Department of Economics

How we behave: Insights from a trillion internet observations

How we behave: Insights from a trillion internet observations

Monash Business School researchers have developed a one-of-a-kind database that has mapped global internet use against human behaviour. It is a tool they believe could shed new light on everything from global sleep patterns to how economic activity is impacted by internet use.

Paul Raschky

Department of Economics

How to avoid envious hostility in the workplace

How to avoid envious hostility in the workplace

A good working relationship with your manager can be beneficial as it may lead to additional resources and support at work. Your talents, ability and performance are more likely to be recognised and you may have more influence over decision making in your team.

Herman Tse

Department of Management

Leaving it to fate: how personality influences wealth

Leaving it to fate: how personality influences wealth

Personality plays more of a role in determining a person's level of wealth at retirement than previously thought.

Sonja de New

Shared intentions: How and when we learned to collaborate

Shared intentions: How and when we learned to collaborate

Shared intentions are part of our everyday life. They range from the banal, such as "we intend to go out to dinner tonight", to those with more far-reaching consequences like "we intend to form an alliance to defeat our common enemy".

Simon Angus

Department of Economics