Nature Human Behaviour
Drawing from a broad spectrum of social, biological, health, and physical science disciplines, this journal publishes research of outstanding significance into any aspect of individual or collective human behaviour.
A field study of the impacts of workplace diversity on the recruitment of minority group members
Increasing workplace diversity is a popular yet elusive goal for many employers. How can organizations encourage applications from talented employees that come from all walks of life? In this work, we investigate how workplace diversity cues affect the quality and background of applicants.
Attitude roots and psychological traits of anti-vaccination argument endorsement
What motivates people to support anti-vaccination rhetoric? We investigate the attitude roots and personality profiles of those who are more likely to endorse arguments against vaccination, and find distinct clusters of traits which can inform vaccine communication strategies.
Unintended consequences of lockdowns, COVID-19 and the Shadow Pandemic in India
Violence against women is a problem worldwide, with economic costs ranging from 1% to 4% of global GDP. Our study shows that domestic violence and cybercrime complaints increased, while rape and sexual assault complaints decreased, in districts with the most stringent Covid-19 lockdowns in India.
What’s in a Name? The Perils of Using Name-Based Recognition Software
When we started, we thought this data quality check might end up as a paragraph in some methods section or appendix – we certainly did not expect it to become its own paper in Nature Human Behavior. And yet it did.