Causality - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
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The School of Life

may indeed have been the best of the best, McCall’s theory gives a causal explanation of why. It wasn’t because they were born with superior skills. Instead, it was because they had honed them along the way, by having experiences that... View Details

Keywords: Professor Clay Christensen; Educational Services; Management

15 Dec 2024
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The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.

performance.” Previous laboratory studies have demonstrated the causal relationship between emotion and creativity. Amabile’s research in a real-world setting bears this out, with positive emotion tied to higher creativity and negative... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Mary Tripsas; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

And what happened is that we made a big story out of it, and as the congressional hearings were going on about normalizing relations, she came up during those hearings. And it was shortly thereafter that she was released. So we can't link the exact sort of View Details

28 May 2019
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Cure All

of competition and the quality of management practices adopted in hospitals. LD: There’s also quite a lot of research demonstrating that hospital consolidation causally leads to higher prices without any evidence of quality... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

that are then correlated with—and probably causal to—success in careers and success broadly defined, economically; feeling like you’re being intentional about what you’re pursuing and that you’re pursuing meaningful work, over time. And... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

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