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28 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

published in Journal of Personality and Social Psychology in July 2020. She co-authored the study with recent doctoral graduate Michael Rosenblum and Assistant Professor Juliana Schroeder, both of the View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Feb 2014
News

Mwahahaha…

22 Mar 2021
Research & Ideas

How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make

delivery systems.” To unravel this complexity, the research team surveyed 78 radiation oncology professionals at the University of California in Los Angeles. First, they surveyed the group about their perceived View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Health

Aurora Turek

Aurora Turek is a PhD candidate in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School. Her research focuses on the future of work. In particular, she studies how flexible work practices - like remote and hybrid work - emerge and the implications of these... View Details

12 May 2016
Video

2016 G&WS: Valerie Purdie-Vaughns Presents “Inverted Influence: Blacks, Whites, and Difficult Conversations about Race”

04 Jan 2011
News

How You Can Become More Powerful by Literally Standing Tall

June 2018
Article

The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World

By: Anais Thibault Landry and A.V. Whillans

How can workplace rewards promote employee well-being and engagement? To answer these questions, we utilized self-determination theory to examine whether reward satisfaction predicted employee well-being, job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and affective... View Details

Keywords: Workplace; Rewards; Motivation; Employees; Satisfaction; Motivation and Incentives; Welfare

Elizabeth (Lizzie) Sheprow is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program jointly offered by Harvard Business School and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research is focused on relational dynamics, emotions, and culture within... View Details

22 May 2016
Video

2016 G&WS: Verónica Rabelo Presents “Language Matters: An Investigation of Social Mirroring and Well Being in Dirty Work”

15 May 2024
Research & Ideas

A Major Roadblock for Autonomous Cars: Motorists Believe They Drive Better

people ages 2 through 59, with some 98 percent of accidents tied to human error. And accidents cost $340 billion, or 1.6 percent, of US Gross Domestic Product in 2023, according to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But automating cars meets sticky... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Transportation; Auto

20 May 2013
News

5 Ways Money Can Buy Happiness

18 Dec 2015
News

Sleeping on it actually won’t help you make better decisions in the morning

Alison Wood Brooks

Alison Wood Brooks is the O'Brien Associate Professor of Business Administration and Hellman Faculty Fellow in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit at Harvard Business School. She teaches a cutting-edge course in the MBA elective curriculum called "How... View Details

Ashley V. Whillans

Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Motivation and Incentives course to MBA students. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of... View Details

13 Oct 2017
News

How to give feedback that gets results

28 Jan 2011
News

Something for the weekend

15 Apr 2015
News

2015 Best 40 Under 40 Professors: Francesca Gino, Harvard Business School

09 Jul 2015
News

Shoppers with reusable bags buy more junk food

Jeffrey T. Polzer

Jeff Polzer is the UPS Foundation Professor of Human Resource Management in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He studies how people collaborate in teams and across organizational networks to accomplish their individual and collective... View Details

05 Oct 2014
News

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