Workplace Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, business leaders vowed to change organizational culture to increase diversity and inclusion. Some companies established more robust employee affinity groups, others diversified the voices on... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

to hunting for hits, Dixon says she was managing an aggressive culture of sexual harassment, with relentless advances from Simmons. “Intellectually, I felt it was a nuisance not a danger,” she says. She rationalized it all by telling... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

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Our Curriculum - Business History

increasingly industrial, urban, and technologically advanced. The course covers changes in the strategy and structure of institutions, especially corporations, and shifts in the nature of competition between businesses. The development of the View Details

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Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities - Recruiting

company is, the easier it is for the student to understand if their natural brain and body works in this environment,” Hamilton said. For example, if a company culture will be high intensity, it’s appropriate and helpful for the interview... View Details

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Business Fundamentals Course - CORe | HBS Online

Project Accountability at Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workplace (GMACW) Get ready for your MBA or other graduate program with the online courses that Harvard Business School offers to incoming students to prepare for the... View Details

31 Jan 2023
Research & Ideas

It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’

almost every society on how much we should allow the private sector to handle prosocial objectives,” says Zhang, who studies workplace culture and social inequality. “What we saw here is that if the private... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

20 Feb 2020
Op-Ed

Love in the Office Is Wonderful. Except for CEOs.

XiXinXing A few days ago we celebrated Valentine’s day, a good time to reflect that love springs everywhere, even at work. After all, love in the workplace is inevitable; but be forewarned. It does not always turn out well. Is it... View Details

Keywords: by Regina Herzlinger

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Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging - Recruiting

employers committed to diversity and inclusion assess their progress to date. What does the staff compositional data look like when broken out by race, ethnicity, gender, and other personal and cultural identifiers? “Think about the... View Details

22 Feb 2023
Blog Post

Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)

What are our priorities? We believe there could be a stronger disability culture at HBS and in many of the spaces that we occupy professionally and personally. Our vision is to bring historically marginalized voices to the center of our... View Details

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

notice and take action, according to the research, published September in Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. The study could provide an incentive of its own for businesses looking to attract and retain talent amid a brisk labor market and... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

into the chain. Stephen P. Kaufman is a senior lecturer of business administration. Rosabeth Moss Kanter: The best leaders will break out of silos and improve workplace culture It’s said that fortune... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Aug 2021
Op-Ed

Don't Ignore Your Employees' Misery—TAKE Control

embracing—this shift. Many are using systematic approaches to gather employee insights and turn them into tailored workplace cultures and policies. These efforts usually culminate in a strong talent... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson

13 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

widespread culture of bad behavior—or at least, a lot of people looking the other way as misconduct is taking place, he says. “You think about Wells Fargo, and there were thousands of employees engaging in these practices over many, many... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

01 Jun 2024
News

Again and Again

exercise more and have perfect habits. But at a certain point, if you lived a life of perfect habits, you’d almost be like an automaton. It would be a cold, dry life. Would you look back at a life of perfect habits and say it was a life well spent? Some of the big... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

John A. Quelch, Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. Tip: Small talk works big wonders Another factor that workplaces can focus on right now is creating opportunities for informal conversations. Small talk... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

successfully evaded/ignored/managed, although they were annoying and insulting.” AGE 53, WHITE, NONPROFIT SERVICES, UNITED STATES 1 Masculinity Contest Culture Norms assessed in the survey: “Show no weakness”: a View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

risky—read: highly masculine—workplace, or, at least they have traditionally been. What we have learned to our astonishment, however, is that, over the past ten years, these workplaces have undergone a self-conscious change in View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

04 Jun 2018
What Do You Think?

Are There Conditions Under Which Directors Should Consider Hiring a CEO Fired Elsewhere for Inappropriate Behavior?

predators and no there is no place for them in positions of power, ever, anywhere.” Janie added, “There is compelling evidence suggesting that many CEOs have strong narcissistic qualities, border on sociopathic tendencies, and often turn View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

The American workforce has always migrated, moving wherever the jobs took them—traditionally, away from small towns and toward big cities. Now, as an increasing number of workplaces embrace remote work and allow people the flexibility to... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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