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  • 12 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 12, 2009

Overly detailed contracts leave no room for spontaneous acts of kindness to create goodwill between parties; too-rigid contracts leave parties unable to respond to the unanticipated; and, strangely enough, incentives can end up being just plain insulting. View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 17

Abstract—Conversation is a fundamental human experience, one that is necessary to pursue intrapersonal and interpersonal goals across myriad contexts, relationships, and modes of communication. In the current research, we isolate the role... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2011 (Revised November 2012)
  • Case

Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited

By: Anthony J. Mayo and Joshua D. Margolis
Ramesh Patel, a high potential employee, was excited to be named to the company's New Horizons Board, a select team responsible for producing recommendations for new products or line extensions for Aragon Entertainment. Patel's co-worker and friend, Jeremy Gibson was... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Conflict and Resolution; Conflict Management; Interpersonal Communication; Spoken Communication; Communication Intention and Meaning; Jobs and Positions; Performance; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 10 Oct 2007
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forthcoming Abstract This chapter explores complexities of the relationship between learning and performance. We start with the general proposition that learning promotes performance and then describe several challenges for researchers... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

to minimize interpersonal conflict. Leaders can accomplish this by taking concrete steps before, during, and after a critical decision process. Before the process begins, they can establish ground rules for how people should interact... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 14 Feb 2012
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First Look: February 14

dynamic groups, don't learn naturally. I outline the factors that prevent them from doing so, such as interpersonal fear, irrational beliefs about failure, groupthink, problematic power dynamics, and information hoarding. With Teaming,... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 22

behave dishonestly (Study 1), and this relationship was mediated by impaired moral awareness (Study 2). Unlike individuals with moderate or low moral identity, individuals high in moral identity did not cheat more when they were depleted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

dirty to clean technology. We then estimate the model using a combination of regression analysis on the relationship between R&D and patents, and simulated method of moments using microdata on employment, production, R&D, firm... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 13 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 13, 2009

as complicated local etiquette, obscured decision-making processes, and heavy reliance on interpersonal relationships instead of legal instruments all add to the complexities of Sino-foreign business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Mar 2015
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First Look: March 10

a deal with Woteer, and if so, on what terms? Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815076-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-030 Building Effective Working Relationships This note introduces a framework for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 8

mortality, respectively). Contrary to prediction, interdisciplinary collaboration mediates, rather than moderates, the relationship between using deliberate learning activities and workgroup performance. Thus, our data suggest that using... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Nov 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

purposeful vulnerability produced deeper, more intimate coworker relationships in which they could express a broader repertoire of personal qualities—qualities that were responsive to the dictates of their work rather than to the dictates... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
  • 05 Dec 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53537 in press Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Advice Giving: A Subtle Pathway to Power By: Schaerer, M., L.P. Tost, L. Huang, F. Gino, and R.P. Larrick Abstract—We propose that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 May 2007
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First Look: May 1, 2007

  Working PapersGrowth and the Quality of Foreign Direct Investment: Is All FDI Equal? Authors:Laura Alfaro and Andrew Charlton Abstract In this paper we distinguish different "qualities" of FDI to re-examine the relationship... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

review research on the necessary precursors for interpersonal synchrony: the ability to detect a mind and resonate with its outputs. Further, we describe potential mechanisms for the development of synchrony between two minds. We then... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Do I Dare Say Something?

that people speak up more in smaller groups and in settings that are more intimate. In smaller companies, where everyone knows and regularly interacts with top managers, there is less likelihood employees will be silent based on lack of established View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 23 Mar 2021
  • Book

Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World

than fifty years, self-disclosure has been widely studied across a variety of interpersonal contexts, including friendships, romances, and therapeutic relations. The way to enhance trust between people is for all parties to self-disclose,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 16 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 16

publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) to her fellow board members and company management. The case explores interpersonal communications, influencing one's peers, leadership style, and board dynamics. The case also... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

the company had lost its "human touch" in the process of professionalizing and modernizing to capitalize on the fantastic market opportunities that had opened up in Spain. Some felt that the work was now too structured and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 1999
  • Article

Changes in the Work Environment for Creativity during Downsizing

By: T. M. Amabile and Regina Conti
This study examined the work environment for creativity at a large high-technology firm before, during, and after a major downsizing. Creativity and most creativity-supporting aspects of the perceived work environment declined significantly during the downsizing but... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Culture; Situation or Environment; Creativity; Resignation and Termination; Employees; Business or Company Management; Motivation and Incentives; Management Practices and Processes; Crisis Management; Groups and Teams; Communication; Announcements; Interpersonal Communication
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