Time Stress - Publications - Faculty & Research

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

in the Midwest, and my mother was a real estate agent who took on other work as money needs arose. They both hoped that I wouldn't have to deal with the financial stresses they had faced. They wanted me to have a nest egg. They hoped I... View Details

14 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

experience. Deep support enables psychological self-determination. It produces time for life. It facilitates and enhances the experience of being the origin of one's life. It recognizes, responds to, and promotes individuality. It... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?

further, the researchers ran the experiment again, except this time they added another twist. Four different fraternities took part, each knowing that the other three were competing, too. Before the experiment, each brother received a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

27 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Customer Experts Lose Influence When Teams are Pressured

It's a common problem: A work team tackles a high-pressure project for a client, but along the way something goes wrong with team dynamics and the client ends up feeling shortchanged. Even though team members initially recognize and value each other's potential... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

you have fabulous leadership," Bannick said. "We think it's important to invest in leadership in the social sector to help those organizations to fulfill their potential." VPP's Morino stressed the importance of getting to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

How to Tap the Talent Automated HR Platforms Miss

As the global staffing shortage grinds on, corporate recruiters everywhere are relying on their online hiring platforms and automated systems to deliver the candidates they need. Too often, these tools will fail them, sidelining many qualified workers in the process.... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph B. Fuller

10 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 10

to receive less attention than money but is equally ubiquitous in our daily lives. Across four experiments, we examine whether shifting focus onto time can salvage individuals' ethicality. We found that implicitly activating the construct... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

ourselves that we’re relevant because we’re important, or we can show people that we’re relevant.” It was the first time the British Government would be sued by any former colonized population, and the lawyers were eager to move forward.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

19 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard

the New York Times shows that the number two, the beta male who is theoretically the "nice guy" rather than the alpha male bully-ruler, has lower levels of disease-causing stress hormones—and also... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Journalism & News; Publishing

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

teamed with Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche to present a conference on "mindful leadership," a secular process to explore the roles of self-awareness and self-compassion in developing strong and effective leaders. "To our... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

10 Oct 2000
Research & Ideas

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative

fortuitous things. I came to Pfizer from CARE and it was around that time Clark's Tropical Disease Research Program had hired someone who used to work for me at CARE. She informed her boss, Joe Cook, that I was at Pfizer, and so we had... View Details

Keywords: by Diana Barrett, James Austin & Sheila McCarthy

04 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids

Nine out of 10 CEOs mentioned that their employees were worried about their job security and health, as well as their loved ones’ health, and their stress level was high. When asked to rate the stress of... View Details

Keywords: by Gamze D. Yucaoglu, Robin Abrahams, and Boris Groysberg

04 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Attention Medical Shoppers: What Health Care Can Learn from Walmart and Amazon

panel discussion held at Harvard Business School, where several experts talked about how to treat the troubled industry at a time when the year-old Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is still in its relative infancy.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Oct 2009
What Do You Think?

Can the “Masks of Command” Coexist with Authentic Leadership?

particular social or work settings." While agreeing in general, Ann Parker voiced a note of caution: "All leaders at times mask their feelings, especially fear or uncertainty. The danger is that for some they begin to believe... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

undergird democracy There are several things businesses can do to strengthen democracy. Here are four of them. Encourage voter participation by providing employees with paid time off to vote, thereby addressing the barrier created by... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

and face the dire condition of the US government's finances. In fact, it's time to press snooze. First, the fiscal stress on the United States is not imminent. Borrowing costs for the government are at... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

equalize the distribution of small (or large) tokens rather than equalizing total earnings. When payoffs are comprised of time and money, subjects similarly equalize the distribution of time (or money)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

19 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

How to be Extremely Productive

project flopped, don't attack the person"). Deborah Blagg: Classic productivity books often focus on time management, but Extreme Productivity takes a much broader look. It reads more like a businessperson's handbook. Did you intend... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

05 Sep 2008
What Do You Think?

Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?

"Cases help to develop 'pattern recognition' skills that are very important in decision-making ...." Dave Schnedler added that cases help develop "critical thinking," teach that "digging hard pays off," View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Education

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

like Mills, stressed the importance of having outside researchers analyze agency data. “You would be surprised at the limited resources we have to analyze the data, compared to the way that the academic community can analyze it for us.”... View Details