Beth Humberd, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Management @ManningUML @UmassLowell. I research workers, work relationships, and the changing nature of work & organizations. Views mine.

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

Thank you @matteroffacttv for inviting me to join @soledadobrien in discussing the challenges organizations face in supporting women’s return to the workforce @UMLResearch @ManningUML

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

My recent research with my colleague J. Mauricio Galli Geleilate is out in @mitsmr ⬇️

[MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr]

Our latest research suggests that when managers interact with GenAI tools to help make decisions, the tools may inadvertently nudge them toward a more rigid and mechanistic approach. Specifically, our study reveals that when managers used ChatGPT to assist with solving a problem related to employee behavior and working conditions, they were more likely to propose control-oriented rather than people-oriented solutions.

Learn more: https://t.co/lKlPvCKHUr

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@KellyMSocia Slow clap

[Elizabeth J. Altman @lizaltman]

New @BrookingsInst research with @UMassLowell @bkhumberd on the impact of #AI & #AutonomousVehicles on the #gender imbalance of household labor. Can we really reduce the mental load of coordinating, organizing, planning, deciding, etc.?

https://t.co/pbchqArTSV

[Brookings Econ @BrookingsEcon]

This #InternationalEqualPayDay, @lizaltman & @bkhumberd find that #AI and #AVs "hold great promise in improving the gendered division of labor in households" in a new @BrookingsInst working paper ⬇️ https://t.co/6owgYt7Tdv

[The Brookings Institution @BrookingsInst]

Women disproportionately manage household labor, including domestic tasks, child-rearing, and elder care. Can AI help alleviate the burden? @sanjay_patnaik, @KatyaH_kenkyuu, @lizaltman, and @bkhumberd discuss today at 2 PM EDT. RSVP: https://t.co/6tH9LFAHB9

[Brookings Econ @BrookingsEcon]

Tomorrow, join @KatyaH_kenkyuu, @lizaltman, @bkhumberd, and @sanjay_patnaik for an event discussing the role of AI and domestic labor.

Are there areas of household labor tasks that can benefit from the application of emerging technologies? Tune in tomorrow #AIDomesticLabor

[Sandra Richtermeyer @SRichtermeyer]

Our business school home, the Pulichino Tong Business Center is all sparkles and ready to welcome the class of 2027 tomorrow at Welcome Day! @ManningUML @UMassLowell

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@DrakeVanEgdom Congratulations Drake! 👏

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@ShiraDoronMD Well deserved and even more well intentioned - bravo, my friend 👏.

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

It’s been super fun cheering this team on — go ‘hawks 🏀 👏 !!

[UMass Lowell MBB @RiverHawkMBB]

WHAT A GAME!! Closed out a PERFECT, 17-0 home season with an #AEPlayoffs semifinal thriller to clinch our second championship appearance in three years!! 🤩

https://t.co/iNYirbZQY9

#UnitedInBlue | #AEHoops

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@srossmktg Weren’t you here in 2021? They made it to the AE championship game that year too.

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

Happy ❄️ snow day ❄️ @UMassLowell from our RiverHawks snowman! ⛄️

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@BethALivingston She’s so good, Beth!! 👏👏

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@ShiraDoronMD @Brian_Higgins @DrLeanaWen Perhaps not nefarious but that’s a really poor definition (the w/in 29 days part especially). As researchers, we are taught that the way a construct is defined can drastically shift results. Why not adjust to a definition w/ better face validity to avoid being seen as nefarious?

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@ErinBromage @TheNickFoy Perhaps for southern MA, but this was definitely not the case at all across the rest of MA. My elementary kids (and many in the state) were in a hybrid model with only two in-person days until April 2021.

[Shira Doron MD @ShiraDoronMD]

In today’s @BostonGlobe, @ElissaPerkins, @wbranchelliman and I connect the dots:

The current surge in resp viruses is one of the many consequences of the necessary measures we took to protect people from #COVID19…

https://t.co/ypOuWrb5WW

[Shira Doron MD @ShiraDoronMD]

…which means we need to think very hard before we consider bringing those measures back again in this era of high immunity and low severity of #COVID19.

Doing so will kick the can down the road.

Great visual explainer from the Lancet:

https://t.co/b7ce9dHdk7

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

End of Fall semester @UMassLowell and my @ManningUML Org Behavior students are feeling a (hopefully healthy) mix of tired, educated, exhausted, relieved, stressed, knowledgeable, busy….and HAPPY!

[Beth Humberd, Ph.D @bkhumberd]

@ShiraDoronMD Context matters. Trade-offs do, too. You demonstrate that wonderfully here 👌 💯

[Shira Doron MD @ShiraDoronMD]

What would an RCT on mask harms tell us? That these people’s experiences don’t matter? That they are lying? That they are in the minority and the minority doesn’t count? That when they say they can’t bear the thought of going back to that, we shouldn’t care?