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large-scale statistical databases, consumer panel research, behavioral experiments, and theoretical and empirical models. Support is available for methodological and statistical consultation, data procurement and analysis, programming,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
retention issue for employers.” Employers are responding. Bank of America has expanded its mental health benefits to include free access to virtual behavioral health professionals; 24/7 confidential counseling sessions for workers and... View Details
- 08 Sep 2022
- Book
Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?
Bill George boasts long and successful executive stints at Honeywell, Litton Industries, and Medtronic—plus, he coined the term “authentic leadership.” Now, he says he and his fellow Baby Boomers need to pass the torch to a new generation of leaders who can View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
Note on Human Behavior: Character and Situation Harvard Business School Note 404-091 When we think of human behavior, especially from a moral perspective, we are often drawn to explanations that rest on character. In simple terms, we conclude that virtuous View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Dec 2007
- First Look
First Look: December 11, 2007
this disconnect: The different approaches the disciplines take to translating real-world behavior into the laboratory create a ''gap in abstraction,'' which contributes to crucial differences in philosophy about the roles of deception and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11
reads like a tagline for a dramatic feature film. “He thought he was signing up to run a law enforcement agency,” Rivkin says. “He ended up with a job he didn’t sign up for. And God bless him, he pulled it off.” Mueller’s major challenge was also a major View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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
- 15 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Don't Bring Me Down: Probing Why People Tune Out Bad News
participant more. They could avoid information and choose A or B directly, or they could learn which is better for the other participant before choosing. The researchers found that individuals frequently avoided information and chose A,... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made
everyone—can learn from incorporating a search for wise tradeoffs into their decision making. This excerpt is from the book's introduction. Imagine that you are listening to a series of campaign announcements, each made by a different... View Details
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research
sustainability not only a goal but also the driver of their business model. They are leveraging what they’ve learned from developing innovation capabilities to help them on their sustainability journey. This article identifies three... View Details
- 07 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back
motivations? How do you incentivize your employees? How do you work with others to create change? I came to HBS thinking that I would learn all the hard skills such as accounting and finance—which I did—but I also realized that a lot of... View Details
- 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 month rewards. Behavioral... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
disclosure. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50424 forthcoming American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings Productivity and Selection of Human Capital with Machine Learning By: Chalfin, Aaron, Oren... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Blog
What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?
to distributing assignments, to managing performance and promotions. Undermine stereotypes. If you're a man, model behavior that makes it safer for all men—and all people—to lean into caregiving. Take your full parental leave, for... View Details
- 05 Jul 2012
- What Do You Think?
Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?
Summing Up Do Managers Take Trust for Granted? Trust is a big issue these days judging from the volume of responses to this month's column. Its importance in management is agreed on. There is a long list of behaviors that can damage it.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 28
learn the unvarnished truth from relevant stakeholders about how the design and behavior of the organization is misaligned with its goals and strategy. The Strategic Fitness Process (SFP) was designed to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 31 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Team Leaders Show Support–or Not
published in the February issue of The Leadership Quarterly as "Leader Behaviors and the Work Environment for Creativity: Perceived Leader Support." Amabile, an influential scholar on creativity, conducted the research with... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
How I Landed My Manufacturing Internship at HBS
fortunate to receive an offer of an interview during the winter break period and made use of the advice I’d learned in CPD-run behavioral interview seminars to prepare. A few days after the interview, I... View Details
- 31 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?
getting short-term change out of a fear of consequences, only perpetuates long-term fear, which decreases innovation, collaboration, and growth ” On the other hand, Paul argued that, “The ever growing body of neurological research has found that at times fear can lead... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 25 Aug 2015
- First Look
First Look Tuesday
foreign officials, and the packaging and sale of toxic securities to naïve investors-require ethically problematic judgments and behaviors. However, dominant models of workplace unethical behavior fail to account for what we have View Details