Karen Ye, Queen's University

Research

worker productivity social interactions self-control field experiment

Latest funding

Group Self-Control in the Workplace: Experimental Evidence from the Field
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$75,000

All 1 grants and awards

Group Self-Control in the Workplace: Experimental Evidence from the Field

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ye, Karen

Keywords: worker productivity; social interactions; self-control; field experiment

$75,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: worker productivity Dear Professor Ye, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on worker productivity connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Group Self-Control in the Workplace: Experimental Evidence from the Field" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]