Leadership & Organizations

Can Sports’ Win-Lose Mentality Make Us All Worse Off?

Professor Aaron Kay studied how the zero-sum logic of sports can drive a view of the world that undermines the common good

Rooting for your team creates a sense of belonging, strengthening group identity and social bonding. But the win-lose dynamic of sports may also lead to a less desirable effect: It can foster a zero-sum view of the world, one that frames social interactions as a competition for scarce resources, where a winner’s gain comes at… read more