Publications

January 26, 2016
Article

Hiding Personal Information Reveals the Worst

By: Leslie K. John, Kate Barasz and Michael I. Norton

Seven experiments explore people's decisions to share or withhold personal information and the wisdom of such decisions. When people choose not to reveal information—to be "hiders"—they are judged negatively by others (experiment 1). These negative judgments emerge... View Details

Keywords: Disclosure; Transparency; Policy-making; Privacy; Information; Corporate Disclosure; Decision Choices and Conditions; Trust

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26 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?

Instead of taking big screens across the country by storm, this summer’s blockbuster has people glued to much smaller ones. Launched at the beginning of July by San Francisco-based software development company Niantic, Inc., Pokémon Go has quickly become one of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih; Video Game; Entertainment & Recreation

Article

Beyond Beta-Delta: The Emerging Economics of Personal Plans

By: John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman and Joshua Schwartzstein

People make personal plans regarding whether, when, where, and how to undertake certain actions. We discuss three questions related to personal plans. First, what are the effects of plans on behavior? Second, when are plans formed? Third, how do plans deviate from... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Planning

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March 2025
Teaching Note

Unintended Consequences of Algorithmic Personalization

By: Ayelet Israeli and Eva Ascarza

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 524-052. View Details

23 Jun 2008
Research & Ideas

Innovative Ways to Encourage Personal Savings

have much money to begin with can make savings more feasible or more fun, or both. Given the diversity of financial conditions, social settings, and personal circumstances of families, and against the backdrop of consumerism in the United... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

August 2013
Teaching Plan

Tyra Banks: Personal Branding (TP)

By: Rohit Deshpandé, Kerry Herman and Annelena Lobb

November 2006 (Revised December 2006)
Module Note

Personal Selling and Sales Management

Develop a better understanding of what salespeople do, what motivates them to succeed, and how to effectively manage their efforts. View Details

Keywords: Salesforce Management

2002
Article

Personalization and Personality: Some Effects of Customizing Message Style Based on Consumer Personality

By: Youngme Moon

Keywords: Identity; Customers; Customer Focus and Relationships

May 1976
Article

The Job Makes the Person

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Jobs and Positions

January 1999 (Revised October 2010)
Background Note

Accumulated Earnings Tax and Personal Holding Company Tax

By: Henry B. Reiling and Mark Pollard

Identifies Congress's concerns and objectives in adopting the Accumulated Earnings Tax and the Personal Holding Company Tax. Also describes the provisions' mechanics and some of their practical implications. View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Public Administration Industry; United States

Teaching Interest

Investment Managment for Professional and Personal Investors

By: Luis M. Viceira

IMPPI is suitable for all students interested in gaining a broad perspective on investing and the asset management business, including those targeting careers in asset management and those interested in learning how to become sophisticated consumers of investment... View Details

March 1998
Teaching Note

Personality Types: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (TN)

By: David A. Thomas and Emily Heaphy

Describes a class design for teaching students about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The Ideal Organization exercise is the centerpiece of the class. It demonstrates that people with different cognitive types have distinct preferences for the type of... View Details

Keywords: Job Search; Working Conditions; Personal Development and Career; Situation or Environment; Perception; Integration

August 1995
Article

Can Computer Personalities Be Human Personalities?

By: C. I. Nass, Y. Moon, B. J. Fogg, B. Reeves and D. C. Dryer

Keywords: Information Technology; Personal Characteristics

Research Summary

Career and Personal Renewal at Mid-Life

Carl S. Sloane has been studying mid- and late-life transitions in careers and life structures. Two central issues identified in his research, and reflected in the instructional materials for the executive education workshop Age of Options, are (1) the relationship... View Details

1983
Chapter

Utilitarianism and the Goodness of Persons

By: L. S. Paine

Keywords: Ethics; Attitudes; Welfare

January 2010 (Revised February 2010)
Teaching Note

Personal Rapid Transport at Vectus, Ltd.

By: Benjamin Edelman

Teaching Note for [910010]. View Details

Keywords: Transportation Industry

14 Dec 2017
Working Paper Summaries

Personality Traits of Entrepreneurs: A Review of Recent Literature

Keywords: by Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr, and Tina Xu

January 2025
Article

Personal Growth in Organizations: A Review and Integrative Theoretical Framework

By: Manjari Ganti, Susan Ashford and Grace Cormier

Personal growth has interested management scholars for nearly a century, yet research on personal growth has not cohered into a substantive research domain. Nevertheless, various bodies of literature have made important strides in understanding specific elements of... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Growth and Development