Publications

1980
Chapter

Notes on the Meaning of Commitment to Organizations

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Keywords: Organizations; Emotions; Attitudes

1979
Chapter

Consumer Attitudes Towards Affirmative Disclosures of Nutrition Information in Breakfast Cereal Advertising

By: J. Quelch

1 Sep 1979
Conference Presentation

Rape and Physical Attractiveness: Judgements Concerning the Likelihood of Victimization

By: W. DeJong, Teresa M. Amabile and M. L. Stubbs

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Safety; Personal Characteristics

December 1978 (Revised March 1992)
Case

Archdiocese of New York

By: Stephen A. Greyser and John A. Quelch

A print media campaign to improve attitudes toward the Catholic priesthood and to indirectly increase vocations is evaluated through a comparison of pretest and post-test data. View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Measurement and Metrics; Media; Public Opinion; Valuation; Media and Broadcasting Industry; New York (state, US)

1978
Chapter

Attitudes Toward Nutrition Labeling and Consumer Brand Preferences: The Case of Ready-to-Eat Cereals in the United States

By: J. Quelch

October 1977 (Revised April 1983)
Case

James Cranston

By: Michael Beer and James G. Clawson

Describes the attitudes, feelings, and perceptions of the manager who will conduct the performance appraisal interview. View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Performance Evaluation; Attitudes; Emotions; Perception

September 1977 (Revised April 1983)
Case

Eugene Kirby (A)

By: Michael Beer and James G. Clawson

Describes the events leading up to an actual performance appraisal interview--the views, opinions, and attitudes of the subordinates who are to be interviewed. View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Performance Evaluation; Attitudes; Perspective

1976
Book

Discrimination in Rural Housing

By: Dutch Leonard, Janet K. Marantz and Karl E. Case

Keywords: Housing; Attitudes

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October 1971 (Revised September 1983)
Case

Sturdivant Electric Corp.

By: Richard L. Nolan

A unit manager on a field computer installation job is faced with recurring conflict between a programmer and his immediate supervisor. View Details

Keywords: Planning; Rank and Position; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Attitudes; Jobs and Positions; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Public Relations Industry; Computer Industry

Research Summary

Business Leaders and the Social Sector

By: James E. Austin

This research involed a multifaceted, multi-year study of corporate and business leader involvement in the social sector. This examined: the extent and nature of, and motivation for, Harvard Business School graduates' involvement with nonprofit and social-sector ... View Details

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Corporate Reputation

By: Stephen A. Greyser

Stephen A. Greyser is undertaking an empirical analysis of corporate reputation based on interviews conducted by Opinion Research Corporation with more than four thousand executives in nineteen countries. His study is examining public awareness of, familiarity with,... View Details

Forthcoming
Article

Is Hybrid Work the Best of Both Worlds? Evidence from a Field Experiment

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Tarun Khanna, Christos A. Makridis and Kyle Schirmann

This paper reports causal evidence on how the extent of hybrid work—the number of days worked from home relative to days worked from office—affects employee attitudes and performance. Workers who spent around two days in the office each week on average self-reported... View Details

Keywords: Attitudes; Performance Consistency; Employees; Work-Life Balance

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Article

Paradise Lost (and Restored?): A Study of Psychological Safety over Time

By: Derrick P. Bransby, Michaela Kerrissey and Amy C. Edmondson

Although prior research indicates that psychological safety can fluctuate, questions about when and why remain. To gain insights into the emergence and temporal dynamics of psychological safety, we explored longitudinal data representing more than 10,000 health care... View Details

Keywords: Analytics and Data Science; Research; Attitudes; Working Conditions; Well-being; Health Industry

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Article

People Overestimate How Harshly They Are Evaluated for Disengaging from Passion Pursuit

By: Zachariah Berry, Brian J. Lucas and Jon M. Jachimowicz

The call to pursue one’s passion is ubiquitous advice, and prior research highlights the many upsides to doing so. To pursue one’s passion sustainably, people need to try different pursuits— and critically, drop those that are not tenable for them. However,... View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Attitudes; Perception; Judgments; Behavior; Goals and Objectives

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Article

Reflexivity in Credit Markets

By: Robin Greenwood, Samuel G. Hanson and Lawrence J. Jin

Reflexivity is the idea that investors' biased beliefs affect market outcomes and that market outcomes in turn affect investors’ future biases. We develop a dynamic behavioral model of the credit cycle featuring this two-way feedback loop. Investors form beliefs about... View Details

Keywords: Reflexivity; Attitudes; Financial Markets; Forecasting and Prediction; Investment; Credit