In a Work Crisis? Just Act Like You
OK. So you're almost done with the presentation, just a few more slides and copy, 10 minutes before that 4 p.m. meeting when your boss sticks her head in the room and asks you to get on a conference call with her right away. She says it's important. So what do you do? According to a new study, you act like you. Huh? Turns out we act most like ourselves in a time crunch . When they must act quickly, selfish people are likely to act more selfishly than usual, while pro-social people behave even more pro-socially, a new study has found, newswise.com reports. The results suggest that when people don’t have much time to make a decision, they go with what they’ve done in similar situations, notes Ian Krajbich , co-author of the study and assistant professor of psychology and economics at The Ohio State University. “People start off with a bias of whether it is best to be selfish or pro-social. If they are rushed, they’ll tend to go with ...