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Connecting with Others in the Digital Age

Juliana Schroeder - Professor, Business, Haas School, Psychology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Technology is rapidly changing, giving humans more options than ever to decide how to communicate with each other. Whereas online options to engage with others are expanding, in-person contact seems to be decreasing. How are these changes affecting the way people connect with each other? How does this affect...

 Social Sciences   Education, Cognition & Psychology

Communicating and Connecting with Others

Juliana Schroeder - Professor, Business, Haas School, Psychology

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

If humans are social animals, then why do they choose to remain disconnected with people sometimes? Here we explore when people don’t want to connect with others, such as when they are strangers. In one set of studies, we asked strangers to have conversations on public transportation (e.g., buses, cabs...

 Social Sciences   Education, Cognition & Psychology

The Impact of Human-GAI (Generative AI) Interaction on Society and Organizations

Juliana Schroeder - Professor, Business, Haas School, Psychology

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

Human-GAI Interaction is inevitably becoming more common. We seek to address the following research questions: 1. What are the pros and cons of mandatory disclosure of non-political deepfake commercials? Would the disclosure affect people's trust towards the political information they see? 2. How could GAI aid crowd-based...

 Social Sciences   Education, Cognition & Psychology

Human-AI Interfaces for the Future of Work (Research Track)

Park Sinchaisri - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

To be considered, please also complete this form: https://bit.ly/45sjUZw ] Our lab is currently working on multiple research projects of various stages on human-AI interfaces for a variety of applications in the future of work. The overarching goals are to (i) understand how humans learn and make decisions...

 Digital Humanities and Data Science   Social Sciences   Mathematical and Physical Sciences   Engineering, Design & Technologies

Human-AI Interfaces for the Future of Work (Game-Building Track)

Park Sinchaisri - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

To be considered, please also complete this form: https://bit.ly/45sjUZw ] Our lab is currently working on multiple research projects of various stages on human-AI interfaces for a variety of applications in the future of work. The overarching goals are to (i) understand how humans learn and make decisions...

 Digital Humanities and Data Science   Social Sciences   Mathematical and Physical Sciences   Engineering, Design & Technologies

Human-AI Interfaces for the Future of Work (Foundational Track)

Park Sinchaisri - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs     Location: On Campus

To be considered, please also complete this form: https://bit.ly/45sjUZw ] Our lab is currently working on multiple research projects of various stages on human-AI interfaces for a variety of applications in the future of work. The overarching goals are to (i) understand how humans learn and make decisions...

 Digital Humanities and Data Science   Social Sciences   Mathematical and Physical Sciences   Engineering, Design & Technologies

Organizational Culture, Interpersonal Networks, and Organizational Performance

Sameer Srivastava - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs     Location: On Campus

Professor Sameer Srivastava uses computational methods to: (1) unpack the complex interrelationships between group culture, individual cognition, and interpersonal networks; and (2) examine how they jointly relate to individual attainment and organizational performance. Professor Srivastava directs the Berkeley Center for Workplace Culture and Innovation and the Berkeley-Stanford Computational Culture...

 Social Sciences   Engineering, Design & Technologies

Who has the president's attention? Evidence from the presidential diaries

Guo Xu - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Full- no new appr needed     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

This project studies the time use of presidents by digitizing and leveraging the presidential diaries (1900-2017). The presidential diaries contain hourly information about activities and meetings of presidents throughout history, allowing us to take an unusually close look at how different political leaders allocate their time and attention...

 Social Sciences

Does studying business ethics make MBAs more ethical?

Guo Xu - Professor, Business, Haas School

Status: Current Term Now Closed     Weekly Hours: 12 or more hours     Location: On Campus

Many business schools offer a course on business ethics. Does being exposed to business ethics make you a more ethical business leader? Despite being a simple question, the answer is quite ambiguous. This project aims to answer the question...

 Social Sciences

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