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The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resist

  • Written by Sunita Sah, Professor of Management and Organizations, Cornell University
The science of defiance: A psychology researcher explains why people comply – and how to resistDefiance need not be aggressive or loud.Sergio Mendoza Hochmann/Moment via Getty Images

You’re in a meeting when your boss suggests changing a number to make the quarterly report look stronger. Heads nod. The slides move on. You feel a knot in your stomach: Do you speak up and risk being branded difficult, or stay silent and become complicit?

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