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Doug Pugh

@DougP_RIC

Professor of Management @VCUBusiness | Research/Teaching in customer service, emotions, negotiations | Saints fan | MAMIL | Dad |

 Richmond, VA
Joined June 2012
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🧵 Colleges have committed themselves to partisan political values, and now they “have no compelling justification for their existence to give when the opposing political party comes into power. We have nothing to say to the half of America who doesn’t share our politics.”
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This short paragraph in @TheAtlantic is one of the best indictments I've heard of the kind of flashy psych research that goes on in (top) business schools. Something needs to give 💪 theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Fascinating reflection from Arlie Hochschild in @TheAtlantic on how the concept of "emotional labor" has been distorted as it became mainstream—including whether it is, in fact, necessarily gendered theatlantic.com/family/archi…
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Should leaders encourage chit-chat between coworkers? Glad to see our #AMJ research featured in this @Forbes article about how #smalltalk at work can help us connect across the #virtual divide @RU_SMLR @ProfASGabriel @pat_downes @work_ties forbes.com/sites/forbesbusin…
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Class of 2021: As he combines passions for sports, law, politics and business, Andy Mensah remembers his roots. Andy Mensah made a mark on the soccer field at Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as in boardrooms and at the Virginia State Capitol.
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Class of 2021: After throwing everything he had at his student loans — including his car — Joel Rosback is graduating debt-free
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Always great to see our faculty and leadership expertise, such as Vann Graves of @VCU_Brandcenter, featured in national media. “Hertz isn’t going to bring @Tesla down, because the Tesla brand is too strong for that,” Graves told @FastCompany. fastcompany.com/90690087/tes…
Can Tesla still be cool if it's a rental car? Apparently, yes

Can Tesla still be cool if it's a rental car? Apparently, yes

Tesla and Elon Musk have become so iconic, they can withstand Hertz buying 100,000 Teslas for its fleet.

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On the folly of learning from exemplars. Of the 50 firms extolled in business bestsellers (In Search of Excellence, Good to Great, Built to Last): 16 failed within 5 years, 23 underperformed the S&P500, and only 5 of the other 11 maintained performance 🙃 hbr.org/2021/06/dont-underes…
Don’t Underestimate the Power of Luck When It Comes to Success in Business

Don’t Underestimate the Power of Luck When It Comes to Success in Business

Managers are very prone to both benchmarking and stereotyping. These practices lead them into underestimating the power of luck, so that they often attribute success to capabilities and failure to...

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Pls see here for a talk by Sang Woo, James LeBreton, @melissagkeith, and I on the issues of validity, bias, and fairness in grad school admissions youtube.com/watch?v=PA9h-9Tz… based on our paper that will appear in Perspectives on Psychological Science: psyarxiv.com/w5d7r
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As local businesses continue to feel the impacts of the supply disruption triggered by COVID-19, @VCUBusiness supply chain expert Jeff Smith tells @ShannonLillyTV @CBS6 that he expects shortages and price hikes will increase in the coming months. wtvr.com/news/local-news/vcu…

VCU supply chain expert expects shortages will increase amid holidays

As local businesses continued to feel the impacts of the supply disruption triggered by COVID-19, a VCU supply chain expert said he expected shortages and price hikes to increase in the coming months.

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Study finds when a woman chairs a faculty search committee, 23% women apply than when the chair is a man. When the chair is an underrepresented minority (URM), 100% more URMs apply. @Maryam_A_Kazmi uh.edu/news-events/stories/2…
What to Do When Not Enough Women and Minorities Apply for a Job: Chang

What to Do When Not Enough Women and Minorities Apply for a Job: Chang

As businesses and educational institutions are grappling with how to adopt more diversified hiring practices, a study of recruitment data suggests a simple and efficient way of increasing diversity in

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Want to sit an actual classroom seat this fall? Learn more here buff.ly/348LQSY #VCUExecutiveMBA
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I apologize in advance management scholars. Somebody had to do it 😅 #MGMTtwitter (xkcd.com/2456/)
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People with authoritarian political views — whether they are on the far left or far right — have characteristically similar psychological profiles. Our new JPSP paper takes a data-driven approach to understanding left-wing authoritarianism: psyarxiv.com/3nprq A thread: 1/
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This is a moment of profound national humiliation. The worlds oldest Constitutional Republic has been turned into a lawless Banana Republic by @realDonaldTrump and @VP and @GOPLeader. We are shamed and every adversary in the world is cheering.
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In his disgraceful case that #DrBiden should go by Jill, the author was unclear on some key points. I've rewritten them to highlight what he really meant. linkedin.com/pulse/yes-women…
Yes, Women with Doctorates Should Be Called Dr.

Yes, Women with Doctorates Should Be Called Dr.

Mr. Joseph Epstein – Joey – Grampa Simpson: I read your recent WSJ op-ed asking Dr.

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What’s the worst part of this? (a) Ignorance that in too many fields, women don’t get the respect they deserve without titles like Dr. (b) A man who calls a woman “kiddo” having the audacity to offer advice (c) Equating honorary and actual doctorates (d) WSJ publishing it
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Dr. Peter Hotez: The covid vaccine discovery was not a 4 month process, it was a 17 year process msnbc.com/deadline-white-hou…
Dr. Peter Hotez: The covid vaccine discovery was not a 4 month process, it was a 17 year process

Dr. Peter Hotez: The covid vaccine discovery was not a 4 month process, it was a 17 year process

Founding Dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Peter Hotez, explains that although the development speed

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Heterodoxy has no place in a an institution that values diversity.
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A recipe: > Take one questionable personality typing tool with lots of face validty > Blend with an over-hyped emotion construct that has wide appeal > Pour carefully into a faddish project management technique Tasty!
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