Do our environments affect our honesty? Yes, according to research conducted at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and described in an article in the November 2013 issue of the Harvard Business Review, “Big Chairs Create Big Cheats” (sounds like a tabloid headline.)
The setup was to place some test subjects into larger work spaces with bigger desks and chairs, where the subject could stretch out and expand their posture. But other subjects were placed in more a confined space where they could not take an expansive posture, but were cramped and restricted in movement. Then the rub: All subjects were overpaid for their participation in the study.
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