NEUROSCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT: CHALLENGES FOR BEHAVIOuRAL RESEARCH IN ORGANIZATIONS
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https://doi.org/10.12775/JPM.2011.005Keywords
Neuroscience, Behavioural Management, Honesty, Social loafingAbstract
The objective of this paper is to explore how the application of neuroscience to management research can facilitate a better understanding of some issues concerning to people behaviour in organizations. In recent years, the ability of researchers to directly observe brain activity has increased tremendously. This paper presented extant neuroscientific findings and showed some examples on how they could be incorporated into management research. We present two studies on honesty and social loafing in teams to inform management researchers when and how neuroscientific methods can complement traditional empirical approaches such as interviews or surveys.
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