Littrell Publishes Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale Study
In February 2026, Shane Littrell, a linguistics postdoc at Cornell, publishes an open-access paper in Personality and Individual Differences introducing the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale and examining associations with workplace outcomes. The essay situates the study within debates about semantic drift and neologisms, argues against policing language use, and suggests practitioners focus on substantive evaluation rather than vocabulary policing to improve judgment and organizational outcomes.
Key Points
- 1Introduces a validated Corporate Bullshit Receptivity Scale linking linguistic receptivity to measurable workplace outcomes
- 2Highlights significance: distinguishes harmless jargon from semantically dubious 'bullshit' that misleads and impresses
- 3Advises practitioners to prioritize substantive evaluation over policing vocabulary to improve judgment and outcomes
Scoring Rationale
New validated scale provides empirical workplace insight, tempered by narrow scope and non-technical coverage.
Sources
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