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Personal Development and Interpersonal Feedback
Enabling individual development and learning are key to enabling organizational success as well as employee satisfaction and engagement. Many organizational approaches to employee development visualize feedback processes as mechanisms for illuminating individual...
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- 2017
- Working Paper
Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks
By: Paul Green Jr., Francesca Gino and Bradley Staats
Many organizations employ interpersonal feedback processes as a structured means of informing and motivating employee improvement. Ample evidence suggests that these feedback processes are largely ineffective, and despite a wealth of prescriptive literature, these...
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Keywords:
Developmental Feedback;
Self-concept;
Positive Illusions;
Social Network;
Threat;
Identity;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Behavior;
Performance;
Social Media
Green, Paul, Jr., Francesca Gino, and Bradley Staats. "Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-028, September 2017.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Soliciting Advice Rather Than Feedback Yields More Developmental, Critical, and Actionable Input
By: Hayley Blunden, Jaewon Yoon, Ariella S. Kristal and Ashley V. Whillans
Asking for feedback is a popular way to solicit third-party input at work. However, feedback seeking is only weakly related to performance, and employees often report that the feedback that they receive is unhelpful. Addressing this discrepancy, across six studies...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Feedback
undercut us. Our employees have to trust that we will deliver on our promises. We have to trust that business partners will deliver on their contracts. But I find it hard to know whom to trust, and I have proven to myself that I am bad at...
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- December 2009
- Article
Closing the Customer Feedback Loop
By: Rob Markey, Fred Reichheld and Andreas Dullweber
Realizing that customer retention is more critical than ever, companies have ramped up their efforts to listen to customers. But many struggle to convert their findings into practical prescriptions for customer-facing employees. Some companies are addressing that...
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Keywords:
Customer Centric Initiative;
Customer Satisfaction;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Value and Value Chain
Markey, Rob, Fred Reichheld, and Andreas Dullweber. "Closing the Customer Feedback Loop." Harvard Business Review 87, no. 12 (December 2009): 43–47.
- 13 Oct 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Shopping for Confirmation: How Disconfirming Feedback Shapes Social Networks
- 28 Mar 2013
- News
The Delicate Art of Giving Feedback
- 16 Mar 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Driven by Social Comparisons: How Feedback about Coworkers’ Effort Influences Individual Productivity
- 01 Sep 2021
- Op-Ed
How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback
When receiving their performance reviews, most people find such feedback conversations to be difficult, no matter how skilled the feedback-givers are. In a recent survey I conducted of 360 working adults, 89 percent said they were not...
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by Francesca Gino
- 23 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
workers; transportation subsidies might not matter to remote employees. Shrewd organizations tailor benefits to workers’ roles and demographics. An essential frontline urban worker needs different support than a remote, rural one. Audit caregiving services and get...
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by Kara Baskin
- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Performance Appraisal;
Performance Measurement;
Employee Feedback;
Motivation;
Promotions;
Human Capital;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Systems;
Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Information for Jordan Ramirez." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-046, June 2014.
- June 2014
- Supplement
Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Performance Appraisal;
Performance Measurement;
Employee Feedback;
Motivation;
Promotions;
Human Capital;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Systems;
Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "Chung and Dasgupta: Supplemental Information on Jordan Ramirez and Casey Clark." Harvard Business School Supplement 914-045, June 2014.
- June 2014
- Case
The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP
By: Ian Larkin and Karen Huang
The "Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP" set of cases explores the roles of general and firm-specific human capital in employee performance measurement, feedback, and promotion/compensation decisions. In the cases, a leading law firm must decide whether to...
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Keywords:
Performance Appraisal;
Performance Measurement;
Employee Feedback;
Motivation;
Promotions;
Human Capital;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Systems;
Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Legal Services Industry;
United States;
Massachusetts
Larkin, Ian, and Karen Huang. "The Promotion Process at Chung and Dasgupta, LLP." Harvard Business School Case 914-044, June 2014.
- 30 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers
research has focused on the underuse of incident-reporting systems. After all, the thinking went, a system used to collect and report incidents will only help an organization learn from its mistakes and lead to better safety results—to the extent that View Details
- 19 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?
When an algorithm recommends ways to improve business outcomes, do employees trust it? Conventional wisdom suggests that understanding the inner workings of artificial intelligence (AI) can raise confidence in such programs. Yet, new...
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by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jul 2023
- Research & Ideas
Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees
affects motivation. Are you taking away the part of the job that people really enjoy?” You Might Also Like: Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the...
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by Avery Forman
- July 8, 2022
- Article
How to Conduct a Great Performance Review
Dissatisfaction with performance appraisals is pervasive, but they remain an essential managerial responsibility. The purpose of performance reviews is two-fold: an accurate and actionable evaluation of performance, and then development of that person’s skills in line...
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Cespedes, Frank V. "How to Conduct a Great Performance Review." Harvard Business Review (website) (July 8, 2022).
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
Can there be corporate democracy if employees can’t vote on the actions its companies take? Yes, and it’s needed now more than ever. The pandemic has brought much employee discontent and activism. Last...
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by Michael Beer
- 27 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism
seeking regular feedback through anonymous surveys or other safe forums. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (also sold as Edy's) is a fantastic example of the last two strategies. In the late 1980s, several employees...
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by Martha Lagace