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  • 17 Feb 2022
  • Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

book, Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies, I explore how some leaders embrace “deep purpose” as a generative force that can be a catalyst to achieve both impressive economic results and positive social impact.... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
  • 17 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Money Isn’t Everything: The Dos and Don’ts of Motivating Employees

Noncents.” It will be a practical examination of the way money—and nonmonetary rewards—trickle down to create that special magic that makes employees believe in the mission and work harder to further its success. Getting these incentive... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • Article

Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance

By: Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton and Jordi Quoidbach
In three field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier... View Details
Keywords: Satisfaction; Groups and Teams; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Banking Industry; Sports Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Canada; Belgium; Australia
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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance

By: Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Jordi Quoidbach
In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier... View Details
Keywords: Satisfaction; Groups and Teams; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Banking Industry; Sports Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Canada; Belgium; Australia
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  • June 30, 2021
  • Article

Rosabeth Moss Kanter: Let Employees Take the Lead on ESG

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Companies that don’t give rank-and-file workers a central role in their environmental, social and governance (ESG) work are making a mistake. They risk alienating values-oriented employees who question company practices, and they miss a big opportunity for employee... View Details
Keywords: ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Leaders; Talent Acquisition; Talent Retention; Engagement; Organizations; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Employees; Leadership; Talent and Talent Management
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  • February 2024
  • Background Note

Frederick Herzberg on Motivating Employees

By: Willy C. Shih
This background note summarizes Frederick Herzberg's development of his motivation-hygiene theory, his theory regarding job enrichment, and how the theory has evolved. This is at the core of extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation. View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Service Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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  • 26 Nov 2018
  • Book

Make Your Employees Feel Psychologically Safe

Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • July – August 2008
  • Article

Help Employees Give Away Some of That Bonus

By: Michael I. Norton and Elizabeth W. Dunn
Employees who spend some or all of their bonuses on others-thereby creating what the authors call a "prosocial" workplace-are happier as a result. Managers can enhance that effect by providing opportunities to share the wealth. View Details
Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Behavior; Happiness
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  • 02 Nov 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?

Summing Up: Is Job Ownership Nature or Nurture? Employees increasingly are becoming “job renters.” For some, it is a disturbing trend. It doesn’t have to happen. And the phenomenon isn’t universal. These observations by respondents to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • Article

Can Wages Buy Honesty?: The Relationship Between Relative Wages and Employee Theft

By: C. X. Chen and Tatiana Sandino
In this study we examine whether, for a sample of retail chains, high levels of employee compensation can deter employee theft, an increasingly common type of fraudulent behavior. Specifically, we examine the extent to which relative wages (i.e., employee wages... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Behavior; Compensation and Benefits; Societal Protocols
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  • 23 Dec 2010
  • News

How Social Networking Has Changed Business

    Can Wages Buy Honesty? The Relationship between Relative Wages and Employee Theft

    In this study we examine whether, for a sample of retail chains, high levels of employee compensation can deter employee theft, an increasingly common type of fraudulent behavior. Specifically, we examine the extent to which relative wages (i.e., employee wages... View Details
    • 04 Jun 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance

    Keywords: by Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn & Jordi Quoidbach
    • Article

    Relational Reconciliation: Socializing Others Across Demographic Differences

    By: Lakshmi Ramarajan and Erin M. Reid
    In demographically diverse organizations, employees charged with socializing others— socialization agents—must navigate a deep tension between the organization’s needs to integrate individuals into a collective and individuals’ needs for recognition of their unique... View Details
    Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Identity; Employees
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    • 27 Feb 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Corporate Values and Employee Cynicism

    providing quality care and access while controlling costs. Many businesses are also incorporating employee-centered values and socially responsible values into their core missions; these can appeal strongly to both View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • July – August 2008
    • Article

    Employee Motivation: A Powerful New Model

    By: Nitin Nohria, Boris Groysberg and Linda-Eling Lee
    Keywords: Employees; Motivation and Incentives
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    • 29 Jul 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely

    Companies that let their workers decide where and when to do their jobs—whether in another city or in the middle of the night—increase employee productivity, reduce turnover, and lower organizational costs, new research suggests.... View Details
    Keywords: by Kristen Senz

      How Physical Spaces Shape Social Valuations

      This project focuses on the role of physical space in affecting how workers coordinate action in organizations. In the first paper from this project, I explore how physical spaces affect social valuation practices by shaping how employees demonstrate work devotion to... View Details
      • 24 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

      workers are mainly middle-aged, sandwich-generation women: 72 percent of part-timers were female, and 65 percent were 35 and older. “The single-biggest driver of that is caregiving obligations,” Fuller says. Nearly all, or 91 percent, of part-time View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • 27 Sep 2021
      • News

      Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’