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- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
set aside their ethical qualms in deference to perceived authority figures (Milgram, 1963). Similarly, the 1971 “prison” experiments by Stanford Professor Philip Zimbardo had demonstrated the power of context to alter people’s ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 28 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018
software—is similar to constant social influence: it increases mean performance but decreases exploration Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54901 August 19, 2018 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
correctly and shaping one’s response to it optimally. The maxim of Epictetus, “What, then, is to be done? To make the best of what is in our power, and take the rest as it naturally happens,” has similarities to both Buddhist doctrine and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- Web
Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research
spontaneous thoughts come to mind that leads them to be perceived to reveal special self-insight. Drawing on previous theory and research, we propose that the greater self-insight they are attributed leads spontaneous thoughts to exert a... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Psychology and Financial Fragility By: Gennaioli, Nicola, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other financial institutions from a View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
estimate that over a typical U.S. monetary easing cycle, EME borrowers experience a 32-percentage-point greater increase in the volume of loans issued by foreign banks than do borrowers from developed markets, followed by a fast credit contraction of a View Details
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
of a perceived threat. The organization turned against these workers as if they were the ones causing the problems.” Acting on a complaint from a French labor union, a French prosecutor in 2009 opened an inquiry. Lombard appeared on TV... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Messy Link Between Slave Owners and Modern Management
management today. “How much more do we need to think about our responsibility to people?” As fascinating as her findings were, Rosenthal had some misgivings about their implications. She didn't want to be perceived as saying something... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- 28 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
How Racial Bias Taints Customer Service: Evidence from 6,000 Hotels
to a customer’s perceived race. "Even if they are responding to everyone, it doesn't mean that everyone is getting treated equally." For example, Feldberg and Kim discovered that workers were more likely to address people by their first... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
observers perceive employees who express distress as less competent than employees who do not. Across five experiments, we explore how reframing a socially inappropriate emotional expression (distress) by publicly attributing it to an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
end of the two months, the woman was involved in so many critical business operations, she received multiple offers from senior leaders to stay—and she went on to work for the company for 40 years. 4. Guide how others perceive your work... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Technology & Innovation - Faculty & Research
and unfunded firms. Because randomization of the sample was not feasible, we address endogeneity around selection bias using a sample of qualitatively similar firms based on a funding decision score. This allows us to observe the local... View Details
- 23 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 23
borders and to allow U.S. multinationals to form new affiliates abroad without the support of local joint venture partners. Thus, this paper points out that immigration can enhance the competitiveness of multinational firms. Charitable Giving When Altruism and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
in magnitude than the tendency to believe that current others share one’s views (false- consensus effect), arises across cultures, is distinct from general optimism, is strongest when people perceive their views as being objective rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do
goals, but fewer of them are focused on power. Women perceive professional power as less desirable than men do. Women anticipate more negative outcomes from attaining a high-power position. Women are less likely than men to jump at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
affected by how similar (in both size and valence) those causes were to event consequences. Additional experiments further suggested that this "consequence-cause matching" arises because people are motivated to see the world as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2022
- Book
What Does Your Business Stand For? Why Building Trust Starts with Purpose
“A lot of team members have really similar experiences,” Sneath said. “They feel connected, engaged, and proud of what we’re building.” They come to trust the company, its leadership, and the moral community of which they are a part, for... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- Web
Generative AI - Alumni
a Harvard Business School alum” gives GPT a perspective to write from. Tone: Consider how you want to be perceived by the person reading the cover letter. Asking GPT to write a conversational or compelling cover letter will inform the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2022
- Book
How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray
members and employees. Respect our suppliers. And the company promotes managers in-house to maintain a consistent ethical culture. The Hershey chocolate company’s code is similar and includes a question that corporate employees should ask... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert