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  • 03 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

greater. When Exit Is an Option: Effects of Indiscriminate Violence on Attitudes Among Syrian Refugees in Turkey By: Fabbe, Kristin, Chad Hazlett, and Tolga Sinmazdemir Abstract—Most research on the effects of violence on civilian View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jun 2008
  • First Look

First Look: June 17, 2008

entrepreneurship, and we also highlight the relevance of social networks, self-assessed skills, and attitudes toward risk. Moreover, we find that regulation plays a critical role, particularly for those individuals who become... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • January 1982
  • Article

A Negativity Bias in Interpersonal Evaluation

By: T. M. Amabile and A. H. Glazebrook
Two studies were conducted to demonstrate a bias toward negativity in evaluations of persons or their work in particular social circumstances. In Study 1, subjects evaluated materials written by peers. Those working under conditions that placed them in low status... View Details
Keywords: Social Psychology; Status and Position; Prejudice and Bias; Performance Evaluation; Situation or Environment; Perception; Attitudes
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Commencement 2016 Address | About

intellectual humility: While all of you are extraordinarily smart, you have now spent two years in classes where you have inevitably learned from someone else in the room—and this is an attitude you should continue to exhibit throughout... View Details
  • 19 Oct 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 08 Sep 2020
  • Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

your messages after they are read. The problem: The memory of your uninhibited behavior lingers. Research Papers Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government ServicesCitizens who see the work that government is doing express more positive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Feb 2016
  • News

Cooking Up America’s Food Culture

community center that brings people together around food and agriculture, teaching some of the lessons of self-sufficiency that were always a part of the Farm Life School philosophy. That DIY attitude is the next big trend, Duda says.... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 2005
  • Working Paper

Silent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations

By: James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson
This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people working in organizational hierarchies wrestle with the challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Working Conditions; Knowledge Management; Attitudes; Organizational Culture
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  • February 1975 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Elizabeth Best (A)

By: Wickham Skinner and Ardis Burst
New political appointee with years of volunteer experience takes over highly responsible job in state government and is met with bureaucratic resistance. View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Organizational Structure; Attitudes; Groups and Teams; Human Resources; Jobs and Positions; Prejudice and Bias; Public Administration Industry
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Polarizing Corporations: Does Talent Flow to "Good" Firms?

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Tim McQuade, Gabriel Ramos, Thomas Rauter and Olivia Xiong
We conduct a field experiment in partnership with the largest job platform in Brazil to study how environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices of firms affect talent allocation. We find both an average job-seeker’s preference for ESG and a large degree of... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Job Search; Talent and Talent Management; Wages; Attitudes
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  • July 2003 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Mitchells/Richards

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Corey B. Hajim
Describes a small, luxury retail chain's operational sophistication achieved through the use of technology and high-touch customer service. A family-run business, Mitchells has built its success with a customer service strategy know internally as "hugging." The term is... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Expansion; Family Business; Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Luxury; Customer Focus and Relationships; Retail Industry
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  • 01 Dec 2020
  • News

The Complete Package

employees’ families to the office. I think it is important for the children to be able to be proud of where their parents work.” Hiring philosophy: “It’s about attitude and aptitude. It doesn’t matter if you’re from another industry so... View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
  • Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

a direct impact on shaping law and regulation. Advice for prospective HBS doctoral students I think the Business Economics program is best suited for students with an entrepreneurial attitude towards their studies and research; students... View Details
  • 02 Dec 2018
  • News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

he ran in 2009 in San Francisco, Houston, and New York, where he asked the audience about their attitudes on climate change, doing a “show-of-hands” survey. At that time, about half of the New York alumni who participated advocated for... View Details
Keywords: Allison Webster; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • Profile

Ruth Cenat

businesswoman from early on. I think the moment that captures my attitude back when I was 13 was when I showed up at a McDonald’s booth at a job fair with a resume, briefcase, and business suit. View Details
Keywords: CPG; Nonprofit/Government/Education
  • 01 Dec 2017
  • News

Ink: Alumni Book Recommendations

underestimate our ability to make more out of those we have .Stretching is a learned set of attitudes and skills that comes from a simple but powerful shift from wanting more resources to embracing and acting on the possibilities of our... View Details
  • 07 Aug 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives: Lessons from the Age of Mass Migration

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • October 1971 (Revised September 1983)
  • Case

Sturdivant Electric Corp.

By: Richard L. Nolan
A unit manager on a field computer installation job is faced with recurring conflict between a programmer and his immediate supervisor. View Details
Keywords: Planning; Rank and Position; Problems and Challenges; Conflict and Resolution; Attitudes; Jobs and Positions; Management Teams; Managerial Roles; Public Relations Industry; Computer Industry
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  • 01 Apr 2002
  • News

John Mulroney: Center Stage at the Opera

a business perspective - with a product, a customer base, and quality issues - and has helped instill that attitude in his staff. "It's all about marketing and having your own image," he says. Mulroney is pragmatic, not boastful, when he... View Details
  • 14 May 2018
  • Blog Post

Women Making a Comeback: Diane Flynn Reboots Promising Careers

Fortunately, changing employer attitudes have opened new avenues, both for Reboot Accel in particular and women in general. "Three years ago, many doors were shut," Flynn says. "But now there's increasing receptivity to... View Details