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Research News
October 24, 2025Air quality standards do more than reduce pollution for noncompliant counties; they increase the cost of funding public infrastructure like schools, hospitals, and roads.
October 22, 2025It’s no surprise that short-selling carries heavy weight on Wall Street. But next to nothing has been known about the agent lenders from whom short-sellers borrow their shares—until now.
October 10, 2025Jessica Hoppner, associate professor of marketing at the Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University, has been named a recipient of Academy of Marketing Research Funding for 2025.
October 8, 2025Managers’ attempts to distract investors from bad news have serious implications for market efficiency.
October 1, 2025Meet the newest Costello researchers, and become acquainted with their scholarly profiles.
September 29, 2025Illicit massage businesses (IMBs) run by human trafficking rings are rampant in the United States. A George Mason professor has helped build what may be the best AI-driven tool to root them out.
September 11, 2025Pharmaceutical website design can determine whether patients grasp critical risks, recall benefits, and take meaningful next steps.
September 3, 2025Taxing “book” income may result in worse information for shareholders and creditors.
August 26, 2025Adding automation to manual labor changes the nature of the job, as well as the types of injuries workers routinely suffer.
July 7, 2025Auditors with less common first names are more likely to deviate from auditing norms. But is their individualism an asset or a liability?
July 2, 2025It’s one thing to be a force for good behind the scenes. Having consumers reward you for it, however, depends upon a unique combination of elements.
May 28, 2025Management professor Kevin Rockmann’s research shows how collegial, cooperative relationships are a feature, not a bug, of great organizations.
Faculty Media Mentions
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March 24, 2026Great Place to Work's Culture Edge newsletter speaks to management professor Kevin Rockmann about the "microshifting" trend allowing workers to break up the conventional 9-to-5 workday in an article titled, "Is ‘microshifting’ the future of flexible work?"
March 24, 2026Gregory Unruh, the Arison Professor of Values Leadership at George Mason University, co-authors an article for Inspiring Minds (Harvard Business Impact) offering advice for business scholars on communicating their insights to the world outside academia in an article titled, "Does Your Research Actually Matter to Managers?"-
March 24, 2026Assistant Dean for Research Kevin Rockmann is interviewed on Chicago's WGN Radio about the pros and cons of shaking up conventional 9-to-5 schedules with the "microshifting" trend in an article titled, "Microshifting: A new kind of work day."
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March 19, 2026Kevin Rockmann, Assistant Dean for Research and management professor, speaks to Associated Press about the pros and cons of working in short, discontinuous bursts throughout the day (and night) rather than a standard 9-to-5 schedule in an article titled, "In an always-on culture, employees try ‘microshifting’ to reclaim personal lives."
March 17, 2026David Tarter, executive director of the Center for Real Estate Entrepreneurship, comments to Technical.ly about the reasons behind the rise of innovation districts as vehicles for economic development and job creation in an article titled, "Explained: What are innovation districts and who do they help?"
March 16, 2026Kelly Wentland, associate professor of accounting, comments in a Barron's article about the wider implications of higher income tax refunds in 2026 in an article titled, "Tax Refunds Are Up 11.5% This Year. Who Is Getting the Most."
March 14, 2026Derek Horstmeyer, instructional professor of finance, comments on the economic impact of the Iran war for Business Insider in an article titled, "US consumers will feel the pinch from the Iran war even if stocks and the dollar don't, a finance guru says."
March 11, 2026Brad Swanson, adjunct professor of finance, pens an op-ed for Princeton Alumni Weekly previewing his upcoming book Profit vs. Progress: Why Socially Responsible Investment Doesn't Work and How to Fix It (MIT Press) in an article titled, "Blowing the Whistle on ‘Feel-Good’ Finance."-
March 10, 2026Assistant Dean for Research and management professor Kevin Rockmann joins the HR Happy Hour podcast to discuss how managers can maintain psychologically safe and productive workplaces amidst rising social tensions in an episode titled, "Building Resilient Workplaces in Politically Divisive Times."
March 10, 2026Kumar Mehta, instructional associate professor of information systems and operations management, co-authors an article for AACSB Insight proposing a governance framework for business schools navigating the GenAI revolution titled, "Leading the AI Transition."
March 5, 2026Management professor Matthew Cronin appears on the Business Talk podcast to discuss the ideas from his co-authored book The Craft of Creativity, which aims to demystify the mental processes that enable innovation in an article titled, "Stop Chasing the 'Aha!' Moment - Rethinking Creativity with Dr. Matthew Cronin."
March 5, 2026Mehmet Altug, associate professor of operations management and director of the Center for Retail Transformation, is interviewed by Retail TouchPoints about how retailers should respond to increasing tariffs and technological disruption, in an article titled, "Exclusive Q&A: Why Retailers Should Leverage the Power of Dynamic Pricing."