Research Highlights from scholarly journals

Children can be taught to identify false health claims online, and the benefits can spread to their parents.

Excessive screen time, largely spent on gaming apps, is contagious and lowers students' grades and post-graduate income, a Chinese study reveals.

Brazil's commitment to social inclusion and equity has boosted its young democracy.

Newly hired managers do better when integrated slowly into firm operations.

Employees experiencing mental illness successfully manage their symptoms by disengaging from some aspects of their jobs and engaging in others.

By Alana Conner

Role ambiguity dampens board member's commitments.

By Abraham Nachbaur

Are foundations paying trustees too much money?

“One death is a tragedy; 1 million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin is supposed to have said. The more people we see suffering, the less we care.

By Alana Conner Snibbe 1

How donors should think about nonprofit efficiency.

How nonprofit board size and independence relate to board performance.

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