Researchers at Peking University have developed ERTool, an open-source Python package that simplifies the application of the Evidential Reasoning (ER) approach for multi-source evidence fusion. ERTool provides a user-friendly interface and high computational efficiency, making it a valuable tool for decision-making in fields like healthcare management, business analytics, and environmental risk assessment.

New research from Colorado State University shows that workplace leaders who are financially stressed are more likely to be abusive toward their subordinates – particularly if the leader is a man. Using data collected through surveys of both leaders and subordinates, the paper shows that financial stress is associated with abusive supervision, and that relationship was stronger for men than women. The paper further explores potential reasoning for that dynamic, including societal gender expectations, and discusses implications from the findings for supporting employees.

A new cross-national study from Japan reveals significant differences in partisan selective exposure to news content among the United States (US), Japan, and Hong Kong, challenging the universality of this behavior across cultures. While selective exposure is a well-documented phenomenon in the US, this study shows that it is much weaker or nearly absent in Japan and Hong Kong, raising critical questions about how political environments shape media consumption habits.