Workplace Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2001
News

Monsignor Frederick Dolan Finds a New Calling at HBS Club of Montreal

“Discovering different cultures is a way of life for me,” says Monsignor Frederick M. Dolan (MBA 1978), the Vicar for Canada of the Prelature of Opus Dei. After several years working abroad, Dolan settled in Montreal in 1998 and recently... View Details

Keywords: Elena N. Berg; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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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Faculty - Race, Gender & Equity

Business Administration, Emerita Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational View Details

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

Resource Management, Improving Resilience Among Employees High in Depression, Anxiety, and Workplace Distress, which shows that a workplace-based wellness program can help employees suffering from mental health issues. A potential... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

from our respective ethnic languages. We all saw each other as one community, absorbing each other’s cultures and customs while throwing jokes at one another. When I first came to the U.S. more than a decade ago for college, it was... View Details

18 Nov 2002
Research & Ideas

Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift

GTB's founders felt it was imperative to try. They set out to build a bank that would be known for its workplace innovations, outstanding customer service, superior financial results, and exemplary corporate citizenship. In general,... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

27 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

New-Employee Orientation Cultural Disharmony Undermines Workplace Creativity How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’ What do companies not understand about onboarding? Share your insights below. View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

activity of the day. Many workers endure much lengthier commutes than the 76-minute roundtrip average; in fact, commutes are getting longer in general. One study found that the distance between employees’ homes and workplaces in the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

Concepts Develop a robust set of vital and forward-looking business skills to grow as a leader Engage with a global cohort of like-minded peers and build a network that lasts far beyond the program Practice effective teamwork and implement strategies of high-performing... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

so. Tactics include training that defuses fears of disagreeing; encourages people to cultivate a receptive mindset; teaches people to choose words carefully, hedge claims, and emphasize areas of agreement; and fosters a culture of... View Details

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The Managing Human Capital course has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the future general manager (not just the human resource practitioner) who seeks to manage both other people and her or his own career with optimal... View Details

04 Nov 2013
Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

employees in 840 companies about workplace morale. High-morale companies (those at which more than 75 percent of the workforce reported "overall satisfaction with their company") had significantly stronger year-over-year stock... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

shut down and has seen no revenue, with thousands of employees home, since November. 2. Lead by example Managers should model the behavior they want to see in others. If they say employees can leave the office or avoid travel, but the manager keeps popping into the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

unproductive ways to show their status,” says Keinan. But something in our culture has changed about how status is achieved. In the past decade, conspicuous ostentatious consumption has become less socially acceptable. Those wishing to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

09 Jul 2024
News

On Balance

Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) has encountered gender discrimination in the workplace. “I think it’d be hard to find a woman in any workplace who didn’t have personal experiences of it,” she says. As director of Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency, Wooldridge, who... View Details

30 Sep 2019
Book

Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership

men, and 62 percent of this group believe that white men are being overlooked for promotion and advancement opportunities. [Read "6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees"] A December 2017 Pew Research Center... View Details

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Opie, Assistant Professor in the Management Division at Babson College, delves deeper into her research on race and appearance in the workplace. Professor Opie’s research focuses primarily on how organizations can create workplace View Details

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

stigmatization and dysfunctional finger-pointing being the result." Stress Or Mental Illness? A culture of 3 a.m. emails and competition in the conference rooms can contribute to workplace stress. A 2013... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

Blog

Have You Checked out Podcasts from HBS?

Whether you are commuting, exercising, or just on the move, you can't always engage with the written word. HBS podcasts offer a great way to absorb information of all kinds, from business thought leadership to cultural trends. Get insight... View Details

11 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

The New International Style of Management

"Unfortunately, this is more the exception than the norm. Far too many try to enforce a Western style upon the local culture or, even worse, adopt the most convenient, and often the worst, of both cultures." Global Standards For... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

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