We’ve all seen it: A deviant behavior is repeated, without catastrophic results, and eventually becomes the accepted social norm for the organization. This process is called the “normalization of ...

You've seen them at the checkout counter, in supermarkets and health food stores, in head shops, and around town: employees who wear nose rings, or piercings in the center of the nose, through the ...

A new study shows that in China, wearing masks for health reasons tends to influence people to follow rules and norms more generally. Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in ...

Employees often feel pressure to work while sick, leading to lost productivity, deviant behaviors such as theft and mistreatment of coworkers and intent to leave the organization, according to new ...

Organizations typically strive to establish an atmosphere of conformity and teamwork to achieve maximum productivity and create a healthy corporate culture. In organizations of any size, deviant ...

A study by researchers at Texas Tech University found a link between the number of more tattoos a person has and the amount of "deviance" they were involved in. But that isn't the whole story. A ...

Breaking into a run. Standing too long in once place. Repeatedly looking over your shoulder. Everyone does these things from time to time, and they aren't usually cause for alarm. But in Esther Hovers ...

Since 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in the number of people wearing masks to limit the spread of illness. Now, new research co-authored by MIT scholars suggests that, in ...

Since 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global increase in the number of people wearing masks to limit the spread of illness. Now, new research co-authored by MIT scholars suggests that, in ...