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Polina Yampolska

Ten years ago, sitting in a cramped, unheated kitchen in my family's apartment on the outskirts of Kiev, I wrote the closing paragraph of my college application essay: "I like to be a small part in a huge machine that is called human... View Details

November 2007
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Differences at Work: Jenny (B)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon

In Differences at Work: Jenny (B) HBS Case No. 9-408-050, we learn that Jenny's boss is woman who thought the entire incident was funny. Jenny wonders whether to confront her boss about her discomfort with the situation. View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Employees; Gender; Conflict and Resolution

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01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

Through his writings, through his participation in hundreds of academic seminars, and through his mentorship of dozens of doctoral theses — mine included — Howard has left an indelible mark on a generation of scholars with his deep insights about View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2011
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Faculty Books

how we act unethically without meaning to. They demonstrate how ethical standards shift, how we neglect to notice and act on the unethical behavior of others, and how compliance initiatives can actually promote unethical behavior.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

18 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Better by the Bunch: Evaluating Job Candidates in Groups

produced one of the most exciting papers that I have worked on." The idea for the paper grew from a conundrum that Bohnet faced when she became faculty director of the Kennedy School's Women and Public Policy Program (WAPPP). Although she'd built a career on using... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

expedient work around? The nurses overwhelmingly chose to work around a problem, because that is what allows them to get their very demanding jobs done in the most efficient way. Tucker's future research will continue focus on how human... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

01 Dec 2012
News

Shareholders' Value?

today's shareholders aren't quite up to making shareholder capitalism work. —Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS. Justin Fox is editorial director of the HBR Group. The preceding is adapted from a... View Details

02 Jun 2003
What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

behaviors and settings could have as great an influence as the content itself. One respondent wrote, "...values should be modeled by the instructors in how they prepare and deliver content, the time and value they give their... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2013
News

Curing Health Care

Prescriptions: Free the Data! Build a Killer App Measure Health Care's Real Costs Make Medicine Personal Leverage Human Nature Integrate Preventive Care and Payment BUSH: A passionate advocate for improving health care efficiency and... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

22 Sep 2016
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Words and Pictures

As a student in Professor Nitin Nohria’s LEAD class, in the spring of 2001, Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) was particularly captivated by the idea of reflective leadership. “We talked a lot about the human aspects of business, and I was... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

23 Oct 2012
First Look

First Look: October 23

adaptive benefits of synchrony, including neural efficiency and the release of a reward signal that promotes future social interaction. In nature, neural synchrony yields behavioral synchrony. Humans use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

or where they are crossing ethical boundaries for the good of their own group.” Gino and colleagues write about this paradox in a new paper forthcoming in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Mar 2015
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The Power of the Cohort

Keywords: work-life balance; employee recruitment; internships; women's issues; military; cohorts

July – August 2008
Article

Help Employees Give Away Some of That Bonus

By: Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn

Employees who spend some or all of their bonuses on others-thereby creating what the authors call a "prosocial" workplace-are happier as a result. Managers can enhance that effect by providing opportunities to share the wealth. View Details

Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Behavior; Happiness

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13 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril

School researchers: Disregarding advice from colleagues could invite harsh backlash that just might damage valued workplace relationships, according to the recent paper Seeker Beware: The Interpersonal Costs of Ignoring Advice, published in Organizational View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 1998
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Stephen Covey's Successful Habits

have to compete at a global level and maintain a world-class standard of quality. What's the biggest shortcoming of American business? Its low-trust culture, characterized by defensive and protective communication, hidden agendas, internal politics, and underutilized... View Details

23 Jul 2020
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How to Create a Workplace that Actually Inspires Passion

07 May 2008
Research & Ideas

The Intellectual History of Harvard Business School

Leadership and Organizational Behavior. The key developments include the original teaching of scientific management by Frederick W. Taylor; the change in perspective from Taylorism to the Human Relations approach, which resulted from the... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow; Education

08 May 2019
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Fellowships Enable Students to Broaden Their Impact

the data analytics team, he brought to the nonprofit his solid background in behavioral economics from Emory University and his financial acumen from his trading days. Agarwal’s goal was to use data and technology to help make the schools... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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