What are the growth stories of Finnish leaders like? In a recent study from the University of Vaasa, Finnish directors were asked about their paths to leadership and these growth stories were compared with the leadership stories in Väinö Linna s novels The Unknown Soldier and Under the North Star. According to the study, the directors stories repeat elements that are rooted in our cultural heritage and can also be seen in Linna s novels.
E-Mail
A new UCLA study finds that the proportion of physicians who are Black in the U.S. has increased by only 4 percentage points over the past 120 years, and that the share of doctors who are Black men remains unchanged since 1940.
The research also spotlights a significant income gap between white and Black male physicians a disparity, the researcher writes, that could reflect a combination of pay discrimination and unequal access for physicians to pursue careers in more lucrative specialties. The paper will be published April 19 in the peer-reviewed
Journal of General Internal Medicine. These findings demonstrate how slow progress has been, and how far and fast we have to go, if we care about the diversity of the physician workforce and the health benefits such diversity brings to patients, particularly minority patients, said Dr. Dan Ly, the study s author, an assistant professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
We live in a world where robots increasingly build our cars, algorithms trade stocks and computers translate texts. Robotics, digitalization and artificial intelligence are transforming numerous professions. Some jobs are disappearing, while other new ones are being created. The online game The Automated Life now enables users to try out how they might survive in an increasingly automated world of work. The game was developed in the Center for Humans and Machines at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development.
E-Mail
IMAGE: Meghan Joy: The neoliberal urban model has had time to prove whether it works for all the people in a city. It is clear that it does not. view more
Credit: Concordia University
What would a truly progressive city look like? A city that pays more than lip service to issues that directly affect low-income residents, seniors, marginalized communities and others whom neoliberal policies have seemingly left behind?
Meghan Joy, an assistant professor of political science, argues that urban studies, and particularly urban political scientists, should re-assess the concept of the progressive city. The once-widely embraced notion fell out of favour over the past several decades as local politicians embraced neoliberal policies that she says prioritized wealth generation over liveability and accessibility for all city residents. In a new paper recently published in
E-Mail
Researchers from the University of Texas, University of Chicago, University of Notre Dame, and London School of Economics published a new paper in the
Journal of Marketing that examines whether entrepreneurs in emerging markets can benefit from marketers help.
The study, forthcoming in the
Journal of Marketing, is titled Do Marketers Matter for Entrepreneurs? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Uganda and is authored by Stephen Anderson, Pradeep Chintagunta, Frank Germann, and Naufel Vilcassim.
Can marketers help improve the world? While this question may seem vast and unknowable, this new study proposes otherwise. The researchers propose that marketers can help entrepreneurs in emerging markets grow their businesses. And flourishing entrepreneurs in these markets can then improve lives, sustain livelihoods, enhance overall living standards, and strengthen societies.