• 20 Sep 2006
• Research & Ideas

The Power of Ordinary Practices

Teresa M. Amabile's research centers on how the work environment can influence the motivation, creativity, and performance of individuals and teams. A recent study focused on the influence of team leaders on these factors. Professor... View Details

Keywords: Re: Teresa M. Amabile

• 31 May 2016
• First Look

May 31, 2016

for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is low. Objective: To determine whether... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 2009
• Chapter

Evaluating the Impact of SA8000 Certification

By: Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz and Michael W. Toffel

SA 8000, along with other types of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct, represents a new form of private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Working Conditions; Standards; Performance Evaluation

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Hiscox, Michael J., Claire Schwartz, and Michael W. Toffel. "Evaluating the Impact of SA8000 Certification." In Social Accountability 8000: The First Decade -- Implementation, Influence, and Impact, edited by Deborah Leipziger. Greenleaf Publishing, 2009.

• 23 May 2000
• Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

vital weapon in the competitive arsenal of most organizations, may be seriously handicapped by the very action intended to increase a company's competitive position. Amabile has been studying creativity in the workplace for some 25 years.... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

• 12 Feb 2019
• First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019

the current review integrates multiple streams of research relevant to brokerage and brokering—including those on structural holes, organizational innovation, boundary spanning, social and political skill, workplace gossip, third-party... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

• 15 Aug 2013
• Working Paper Summaries

Competition and Social Identity in the Workplace: Evidence from a Chinese Textile Firm

Keywords: by Takao Kato & Pian Shu

• 04 Aug 2008
• Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

environment more seriously yet rely on it less than male stars do. They look for a firm that will allow them to keep building their successful franchises their own way." Groysberg brings us up to date on his study of the career... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

• 08 Aug 2023
• Research & Ideas

Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

evaluate their work environments, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, because these softer measures of workplace quality matter to employees—in some cases, even more than pay. “When we think about racial gaps in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

• 14 Jun 2023
• Research & Ideas

Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need

frontline hospitality workers in Turkey showed a direct effect on performance from a psychologically safe environment that encourages workers to learn from their errors. Another study found that a psychologically safe View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

• 27 Nov 2006
• Research & Ideas

Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

offshore platforms as the organizational environment for your research? A: We selected this setting because we knew it to be one where the work is hazardous and the workforce largely male—and, in these respects, similar to the View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

• 26 Apr 2024
• HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

communicates and the unapologetic way he holds people accountable,” Gibson says. “He tells people what he wants. They communicate back to him what they heard. Then he maneuvers about the environment and observes if what he said is... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

• 21 Nov 2023
• Research & Ideas

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

down the road. In a workplace setting, a leader might explain a dip in sales as a function of the natural ebb and flow of the market to ease people’s worries. In the example of interpersonal aggression in the workplace, reconstruing might... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

• 23 Jun 2023
• HBS Case

This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions

comparable organizations, with absenteeism, turnover, and overhead up to two-thirds lower. “We know that workplace disengagement is a big problem these days. We also know from research that when employees feel empowered, they report being... View Details

Keywords: by Annelena Lobb; Health

• 12 Aug 2014
• First Look

First Look: August 12

offer prevention-focused education, rewards for healthy behavior, and workplace environments that encouraged healthy employee behavior. By 2015, 90% of J&J's 128,000 employees would participate in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

• 05 Sep 2023
• Book

Thriving After Failing: How to Turn Your Setbacks Into Triumphs

workplaces recognize this fact and create a psychologically safe space for people to speak up about failures, she says. In her book, Edmondson introduces Jen Heemstra, a chemistry professor at Emory University who was profoundly shaped by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

• 03 May 2024
• Research & Ideas

How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact

COVID-19 pandemic. Four years after the pandemic sent workplaces into lockdown, organizations continue to weigh the benefits of collaboration from time together against the focus gained remotely. “The reality today is, we are unlikely to... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand