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- 2022
- Article
When Regular Meets Remarkable: Awe as a Link between Routine Work and Meaningful Self-narratives
By: Elizabeth Sheprow and Spencer Harrison
Daily narratives of work can include a mix of ordinary actions and awe-inspiring moments that reveal a vaster, more meaningful reality. When awe is experienced in the context of work, it can prompt self-referential sensemaking about what these experiences mean for the... View Details
Sheprow, Elizabeth, and Spencer Harrison. "When Regular Meets Remarkable: Awe as a Link between Routine Work and Meaningful Self-narratives." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 170 (May 2022).
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Gender Minority Gaps in Confidence and Self-Evaluations
By: Billur Aksoy, Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
An increasing share of the population identifies as something other than male or female. Yet, we know very little about the economic preferences and beliefs of gender minorities. In this paper, we document a “gender minority gap” in confidence and in self-evaluations.... View Details
Aksoy, Billur, Christine L. Exley, and Judd B. Kessler. "The Gender Minority Gaps in Confidence and Self-Evaluations." Working Paper, October 2022.
- November 2003
- Article
Fostering Group Identification and Creativity in Diverse Groups: The Role of Individuation and Self-verification.
By: William B. Swann Jr., Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Laurie P. Milton
Swann, William B., Jr., Virginia S. Y. Kwan, Jeffrey T. Polzer, and Laurie P. Milton. "Fostering Group Identification and Creativity in Diverse Groups: The Role of Individuation and Self-verification." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 29, no. 11 (November 2003): 1396–1406.
- 10 Mar 2011
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?
influence one another. It is leading to advice and training designed to change behaviors that influence perceptions and possibly even increase job opportunities and on-the-job success. The work of Amy Cuddy, a social psychologist on the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 2019
- Interviews
Interview with Maureen Scully on "Mobilizing Privileged Allies"
- 10 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization
dedicated to social justice, has dedicated her career to this work. She recently joined us at HBS to share her expertise, insights, and recommendations for action steps that will create anti-racist organizations. MEET DANIKA MANSO-BROWN... View Details
- 8 Aug 2004
- Conference Presentation
Self-discovery through Journaling in Organizations
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
- November 1997
- Supplement
Kevin Williams Supplement (A)
By: Monica C. Higgins and John Galvin
Provides the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test results and the Personal Values Profile (PVP) for the protagonist of the video case. View Details
Higgins, Monica C., and John Galvin. "Kevin Williams Supplement (A)." Harvard Business School Supplement 498-037, November 1997.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Information Avoidance and Image Concerns
By: Christine L. Exley and Judd B. Kessler
A rich literature finds that individuals avoid information, even information that is instrumental to their choices. A common hypothesis posits that individuals strategically avoid information to hold particular beliefs or to take certain actions--such as behaving... View Details
Exley, Christine L., and Judd B. Kessler. "Information Avoidance and Image Concerns." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-080, January 2021.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany
By: Philipp Jaschke, Sulin Sardoschau and Marco Tabellini
This paper examines the impact of local hostility on the assimilation of refugees. We leverage plausibly exogenous variation in refugees' allocation across German regions between 2013 and 2016, and combine representative survey data and administrative records with... View Details
Keywords: Assimilation; Threat Hypothesis; Migration; Cultural Change; Refugees; Culture; Identity; Germany
Jaschke, Philipp, Sulin Sardoschau, and Marco Tabellini. "Scared Straight? Threat and Assimilation of Refugees in Germany." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-043, December 2021. (Revised August 2024. Also available from NBER, and featured on Le Monde.)
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
economists, organizational scientists, and demographers show that socially diverse groups––those with a diversity of race, gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation––are more innovative than homogeneous groups,” Coleman says. “By... View Details
- 19 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation
orientation process such that personal identity socialization is a part of it." NOTE TO READERS: In the next step of this research, Professor Gino and her colleagues are looking to discover which... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- May 2019
- Article
A Counterfeit Competence: After Threat, Cheating Boosts One's Self-Image
By: S. Wiley Wakeman, Celia Moore and F. Gino
In six studies, we show that after experiencing a threat to their abilities, individuals who misrepresent their performance as better than it actually is boost their feelings of competence. We situate these findings in the literature on self-protection. We show that... View Details
Keywords: Cheating; Self-perception; Self-protection; Competency and Skills; Identity; Perception; Performance
Wakeman, S. Wiley, Celia Moore, and F. Gino. "A Counterfeit Competence: After Threat, Cheating Boosts One's Self-Image." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 82 (May 2019): 253–265.
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
"Perspective Giving: When Black Perspective-Taking + Social Identity Management = Inclusion" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Lex Smith Washington, Assistant Professor of Managament at Oklahoma State... View Details
- 2017
- Interviews
Laura Morgan Roberts (1)
- 2016
- Flash Talks
Verónica Rabelo
- 2017
- Performance & Appearance
Hair Penalties and Other Organizational Sins: Racism Disguised as Professionalism
- 1999
- Article
Computers with Personalities
By: Y. Moon
Moon, Y. "Computers with Personalities." Advances in Consumer Research 26 (1999).
- 1 Jul 2006
- Conference Presentation
The Role of Individuals in Institutional Change: When Individuals Act as Institutional Entrepreneurs
By: Julie Battilana