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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

The Gender Minority Gaps in Confidence and Self-Evaluations

By: Billur Aksoy, Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
An increasing share of the population identifies as something other than male or female. Yet, we know very little about the economic preferences and beliefs of gender minorities. In this paper, we document a “gender minority gap” in confidence and in self-evaluations.... View Details
Keywords: Self-evaluation; Confidence; Gender; Identity; Perception; Income
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It's Not Easy Being Green: The Role of Self-Evaluations in Explaining Support of Environmental Issues

By: Scott Sonenshein, K. A. DeCelles and Jane E. Dutton
Using a mixed methods design, we examine the role of self-evaluations in influencing support for environmental issues. In Study 1—an inductive, qualitative study—we develop theory about how environmental issue supporters evaluate themselves in a mixed fashion,... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Environmental Sustainability; Performance Evaluation; Cognition and Thinking
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Supply- and Demand-Side Effects in Performance Appraisals: The Role of Gender and Race

By: Iris Bohnet, Oliver P. Hauser and Ariella Kristal
Performance reviews in firms are common but controversial. Managers’ subjective appraisals of their employees’ performance and employees’ self-evaluations might be affected by demographic characteristics, interact with each other as self-evaluations are typically... View Details
Keywords: Performance Appraisals; Gender; Race; Performance Evaluation
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  • 28 Oct 2015
  • News

These 4 Common Biases are Screwing Up Your Performance Review

  • September 1985
  • Background Note

Finding a Job with a Small Company

By: Howard H. Stevenson
Describes a process of self-evaluation for working in small companies, discusses small company issues, focuses on some basic search techniques, and ends with a little how-to section. The goal is to facilitate the process of securing a job in a small company and to show... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Higher Education; Recruitment; Work-Life Balance; Interests
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    NoamWasserman.com

    Noam's research focuses on the early, often difficult decisions founders face that can make or break their startups.  This site includes his long-time research blog, resources tied to his Founders' Dilemmas course and his book (The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating... View Details
    • 17 Feb 2020
    • News

    Why Don’t Women Promote Themselves?

    • October 6, 2020
    • Article

    Test Your Board's Readiness for the Post-COVID Era

    By: Lynn S. Paine
    Research suggests that well-run boards take the process of self-evaluation quite seriously, often using a combination of director surveys and personal interviews to assess the functioning and effectiveness of the board, its committees, and its individual members. As... View Details
    Keywords: Health Pandemics; Governing and Advisory Boards; Performance Evaluation
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      Test Your Board’s Readiness for the Post-Covid Era

      Research suggests that well-run boards take the process of self-evaluation quite seriously, often using a combination of director surveys and personal interviews to assess the functioning and effectiveness of the board, its committees, and its individual members.... View Details
      • 07 Feb 2020
      • News

      Women less inclined to self-promote than men, even for a job

      • May 2019
      • Article

      A Counterfeit Competence: After Threat, Cheating Boosts One's Self-Image

      By: S. Wiley Wakeman, Celia Moore and F. Gino
      In six studies, we show that after experiencing a threat to their abilities, individuals who misrepresent their performance as better than it actually is boost their feelings of competence. We situate these findings in the literature on self-protection. We show that... View Details
      Keywords: Cheating; Self-perception; Self-protection; Competency and Skills; Identity; Perception; Performance
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      • July 2024
      • Article

      Acceptance of Automated Vehicles Is Lower for Self than Others

      By: Stuti Agarwal, Julian De Freitas, Anya Ragnhildstveit and Carey K. Morewedge
      Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death worldwide for people aged 2–59. Nearly all deaths are due to human error. Automated vehicles could reduce mortality risks, traffic congestion, and air pollution of human-driven vehicles. However, their adoption... View Details
      Keywords: Transportation; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Adoption; Prejudice and Bias
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      Evaluating and Managing Tramp Shipping Lines Performances: A New Methodology Combining Balanced Scorecard and Network DEA

      By: Ying-Chen Hsu, Cheng-Chi Chung, Hsuan-Shih Lee and H. David Sherman
      The shipping industry is essential for the economic development of nations like Taiwan as a means delivering and receiving cargo. Shipping has been depressed since 2008 as a result of the financial crisis increasing pressure for the shipping lines to operate more... View Details
      Keywords: Network Data Envelopment Analysis; Shipping Line; Centralized Approach; Cross-efficiency; Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation
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      • 28 Apr 2003
      • Research & Ideas

      Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

      sidebar "Are Board Self-Evaluations Enough?") Separate The Positions Of Chairman And Ceo. This suggestion is hardly novel—in fact, splitting the positions is a common practice in many boardrooms outside the United States—but in... View Details
      Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman
      • 22 Jan 2019
      • First Look

      New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

      findings suggest that, after threat, misrepresenting one’s performance can function as a mechanism that helps to restore positive self-evaluations about one’s capabilities. Publisher's link:... View Details
      Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
      • 14 Nov 2006
      • First Look

      First Look: November 14, 2006

      The (B) case presents the final outcome of the events. Reveals how Keller is able to turn around perceptions about him and forge relationships with key decision makers. Includes reflections and lessons learned from all parties and Keller's actual 2005 year-end and... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne