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- 24 Jul 2018
- Op-Ed
4 Ways Managers Can Exercise Their 'Agency' to Change the World
first is that profit and social good are antithetical. It’s easy to understand why people think that way, especially with companies like Volkswagen (VW), Wells Fargo, and Cambridge Analytica getting enormous visibility for their... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
by the company. “I see this as part of the transportation model of the future,” she says. “I want Uber to succeed. It’s too important a concept to let it fail. I do think they have a chance to reinvent themselves.” Uber’s wild ride The company’s troubles have been... View Details
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
a good choice.” Overall, we found that stars did poorly at their new firms. Analyzing the data further revealed that there are gender differences in how well stars do after they jump ship. In fact, the decline in performance was... View Details
- 08 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Newspaper Closures Open the Door to Corporate Crime
Professor Jonas Heese. When local newspapers shutter, some businesses evidently treat the lack of press coverage as permission to act badly and end up committing more illegal violations, including pollution, workplace safety infractions,... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
countries at different stages of development and institutional capacity is needed to surface the role of local conditions and absorptive capacities; micro-level work, that is firm-level data in developed as well as developing nations, to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
Publications September 2014 Organization Science Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Ian Larkin Abstract—We examine how unfavorable social comparisons... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Jun 2019
- Book
These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway
Discover what type of rebel you really are. Food CitizenshipThe public is losing trust in many institutions involved in putting food on our table, says Ray A. Goldberg. Being the Boss: The Three Imperatives for Becoming a Great Leader Linda Hill explains how the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
platforms. “How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers” was the most-read story on Working Knowledge in 2016. Other popular topics among our readers included workplace communication, negotiation, white-collar crime,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
people’s lives. In OECD countries, for example, people spend around a third of their waking hours engaged in paid work. We not only spend considerable amounts of our time at work, employment and workplace quality also rank among the most... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
aware of the experiment. The researchers tracked the employees’ sales performance before and after the experiment, noting how a quota change would affect the historical top salespeople as well as the historical worst performers. They... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Nov 2018
- Research & Ideas
'Always On' Isn't Always Best for Team Decision-Making
collaboration encouraged by today’s communication tools like Slack and Skype good or bad for finding the best answer? “I don’t want there to be zero communication, but I do think that transparency and communication do have downsides" To find out, the researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 17 Nov 2011
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Organizational Design
investigates the effects of multicultural networks on individuals' creative performance, identifying when this effect arises, as well as underlying mechanisms. Key concepts include: The more your network includes individuals from... View Details
Keywords: Re: Ranjay Gulati & Raffaella Sadun
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
well as emotional and business factors) every organization has to find its own optimal solution neuroscience in the last 20 years has proven that current business theory which basically has been developed from past slave-like &... View Details
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business Case for Diabetes Disease Management
involves some tailoring. But in general, it is well recognized that diabetes can lead to long-term complications and short- and long-term costs. As Beaulieu and her co-authors learned, diabetics may make up between 3 and 10 percent of a... View Details
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
effectively is a governance issue as well as a prerequisite for profitable growth.” Related Reading Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Want a Happy Customer?... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
is) a disconnect between the identity (employees) experience in their workplace and the identity valued in their organizations' business models." Dr. Kervokian asks, "What exactly is the new American dream ?" Mark Clark... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 12 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
What Brands Can Do to Monitor Factory Conditions of Suppliers
conditions in its factories. Many countries, for example, sign international labor treaties promising to uphold certain workplace standards. Labor observers, however, have long wondered whether those treaties represent better working... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
to work in your favor for that next job. And privacy disclosure notices on websites, rather than convincing consumers that their private data is well protected, can make them less likely to make a purchase. Here is recent research on the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne