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Are you surprised?  Turns out women tell are told more  white lies than men in evaluations.   Newswise.com reports that white lies, while important when judging someone's haircut, or how your spouse looks in jeans,  can cause problems in the workplace, where honest feedback, even when it’s negative, is important. Women are more likely to be given i naccurate performance feedback , says new research by Lily Jampol, Ph.D. ’14, and  Vivian Zayas , associate professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. Though bosses may do it to be nice,  underperforming women are given less truthful but kinder performance feedback compared to equally underperforming men. White lies are told to preserve relationships, avoid harming the other person or to present one’s self in a positive light, among other reasons, the website quotes Jampol says. Though they often reflect benign intentions, in some contexts they can be proble...

We've all failed.  It's a part of life.  But what if the next time you're heading for a disaster, you shared your goal publicly ? Publicly sharing a goal may help you persist after hitting a failure, but only if you care about what others think of you, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York, as reported at newswise.com. "However, public announcements, such as Facebook posts about New Year’s resolutions or weight loss targets , may only be motivating when there is i mmediate feedback after a failure and if there is a high incentive in reaching a goal," the web site states. “Everyone sets goals, and some people choose to make those goals public instead of keeping them private. Everyone also fails to meet goals from time to time,” newswise quotes Jenny Jiao, an assistant professor of marketing at Binghamton University’s School of Management . “We were interested in finding out what happens after a failure.” Worki...