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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Determinants of Top-Down Sabotage

By: Hashim Zaman and Karim R. Lakhani
We investigate the conditions that motivate managers to impede the growth of talented subordinates due to fears of future competition for their own positions. Our research expands on existing tournament and contest theory literature that considers peer-to-peer sabotage... View Details
Keywords: Succession Planning; Organizational Hierarchy; Compensation; Promotions; Tournaments; Talent and Talent Management; Organizational Structure; Employee Relationship Management; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Culture; Management Skills
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  • 01 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters

who want to push performance very strongly shouldn’t expect employees to engage in extra-role behavior as much,” Gallani says. “There is a little bit of a tradeoff between pay for performance and extra-role... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
  • 09 Apr 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

The Dark Side of Performance Bonuses

iPhoto Companies continually test ways to incent employees to perform more effectively, often turning to worker-motivation tools such as bonuses, “up or out” employee ranking tournaments, and employee of the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • February 1991 (Revised July 1993)
  • Case

Cultural Change at Nissan Motors

By: John P. Kotter
Depicts the reformation of Nissan Motor Co.'s corporate culture and the company's subsequent turnaround in market share and profits. In 1985, Yutaka Kume became president of Nissan and thereafter, he continually emphasized the need for internal change throughout the... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Behavior; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Change Management; Management; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
  • Teaching Interest

Overview

By: Ethan S. Bernstein
Professor Bernstein currently teaches a second-year MBA course in Managing Human Capital (MHC). He is also the faculty chair for the Harvard Business School Online Developing Yourself as a Leader course and teaches in a variety of executive education... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Innovation Leadership; Management Practices and Processes; Management Succession; Management Style; Management Systems; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Organizations; Organizational Culture; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance; Information Technology; Strategy; Human Resources; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing
  • Web

HBS - The year in Review

experienced colleagues. Assistant Professors Anjali M. Bhatt Organizational Behavior Julian De Freitas Marketing Summer R. Jackson Organizational Behavior Jung Koo Kang Accounting & Management Rebecca A.... View Details
  • 16 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Can Consumers Be Saved From Their Misguided Decisions?

generics like ibuprofen. A middle-aged man needs heart medication to avoid another attack. He’s more likely to take his pills regularly if his plan doesn’t have a copay for the prescription. Yet, even with a copay, he’s arguably much better off taking the pills. An... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Consulting; Retail
  • Blog

What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

are especially effective at encouraging change. Avoid being complacent. Even the organizations most dedicated to diversity, equity, and inclusion still have some work to do. Be on the lookout for gender disparities in how employees are... View Details
  • 03 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business

winning team). But what's the point? Behavioral scientist Michael I. Norton became interested in mourning rituals after reading Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust's This Republic of Suffering, which describes elaborate ways... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Research - Global

wide array of clients including law enforcement and government agencies. Its... January 23, 2025 Article Science Behaviorally Designed Training Leads to More Diverse Hiring By: Cansin Arslan, Edward H. Chang , Siri Chilazi, Iris Bohnet... View Details
  • 22 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

Along with identifying a primary customer, you must also define your core values in a way that ranks the priority of shareholders, employees, and customers. Value statements that are lists of aspirational behaviors aren't good enough.... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • August 2019
  • Case

Bark Gift Shop Ltd.

By: Susanna Gallani, Jan Bouwens and Peter Kroos
This case describes a setting in which the CFO of Bark Gift Shop Ltd., a gift items retailer, discovers an undesired pattern in the performance data suggesting that her shop managers that perform well during the first part of the year, purposely reduce their effort in... View Details
Keywords: Data Analytics; Employees; Behavior; Performance; Management; Goals and Objectives; Motivation and Incentives; Analysis
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  • Web

Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(19) Annual Reports (2) Annuities (1) Arts (2) Asset Management (3) Asset Pricing (4) Assets (11) Attitudes (18) Auctions (4) Balanced Scorecard (11) Banks and Banking (30) Behavioral Finance (7) Behavior... View Details
  • Web

Leadership - Faculty & Research

approach these leadership roles to withstand the pressures that can divert behavior away from the espoused purposes and ethical standards of medicine? July–August 2014 Article How the Other Fukushima Plant Survived By: Ranjay Gulati ,... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2001
  • News

What Makes a Good Leader

Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration Recent book: The Arc of Ambition: Defining the Leadership Journey Chair: Organizational Behavior Unit Intrigued by: "Emotional intelligence. Leaders have the emotional capacity to... View Details
Keywords: Management
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

which publishes in November, can provide important lessons for business people in an era where consumers expects companies to behave responsibly more than ever. Enabling unethical behavior In the case of Purdue Pharma, McKinsey advised... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Business History - Faculty & Research

simplistic assumptions about business behavior also enabled business history to be highly creative and, at times, to exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship.... View Details
  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

culture, won’t even scratch the surface of the performance problem.” As Jerry put it, “My experience with fear based management was that employees were reluctant to innovate because there was a risk that if anything went awry they would... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Thin Slices of Workgroups By: Satterstrom, Patricia, Jeffrey T. Polzer, Lisa Kwan, Oliver P. Hauser, Wannawiruch Wiruchnipawan, and Marina Burke Abstract—In this paper, we... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman