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  • January 2004 (Revised July 2007)
  • Case

Lumen and Absorb Teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering, The

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Elizabeth Schatzel
Large discrepancies have developed between two elite technology development teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering in terms of motivation and creativity. To investigate, Paul Burke, director of corporate technology development, commissioned a study of the day-by-day... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives
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  • 01 Nov 2017
  • What Do You Think?

What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

control, questionable organizational (particularly human resource management) practices, and human behavior traits in general. As “Former Employee” put it, “much of the language in the Visions and Values... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking
  • 03 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 3

draw conclusions, based on scientific evidence, on what does or does not work to enhance organizational performance." Committee on Techniques for the Enhancement of Human Performance of the U.S. National Research Council Commission... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 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
  • 31 Oct 2018
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

leader’s role should involve reducing fear among associates to a minimum. Beatriz commented that, “quite often, team members paralyze due to fear and start delegating upward New KPIs, action plans, and strategies that don’t decipher the bad View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 07 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 7, 2008

Phenomenological Assumptions and Knowledge Dissemination within Organizational Studies Authors:Corinne Bendersky and Kathleen L. McGinn Abstract Phenomenological assumptions-assumptions about the fundamental qualities of the phenomenon... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Book

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

may be nervous about exposing bad behavior on their own. Encourage systems that allow individuals to come together to protest unethical behavior. Consider the company’s organizational structure. Does the... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • Web

Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

Markets 23 results David E. Bell 17 results Joseph L. Bower 12 results Shawn A. Cole Finance 37 results Amy C. Edmondson Technology and Operations Management 23 results Vikram Gandhi General Management 42 results Daniel W. Green Finance 5 results Ranjay Gulati View Details

    Sandra J. Sucher

    Sandra Sucher, professor of management practice at Harvard Business School, is an internationally recognized trust researcher. The Power of Trust, her third book, is based on two decades of global research on how companies build stakeholder trust and how,... View Details

    Keywords: apparel; banking; brokerage; clothing; fashion; financial services; furniture; hotels ＆ motels; retail financial services; retailing; service industry
    • Web

    About - Race, Gender & Equity

    Professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Profesor Ramarjan's research examines how people can work fruitfully across social divides, with a particular emphasis on identities... View Details
    • 03 Feb 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: February 3, 2009

    studies conducted in numerous countries and contexts have consistently demonstrated that setting specific, challenging goals can powerfully drive behavior and boost performance. Advocates of goal setting have had a substantial impact on... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 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... View Details
    Keywords: Management
    • 14 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: February 14

    Organizational Behavior 31 (2011) Abstract The goal of this paper is to promote research about organizational errors-i.e., the actions of multiple View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 13 Apr 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: April 13

      PublicationsDriven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership Author:Paul R. Lawrence Publication:Jossey-Bass, forthcoming (2010) Abstract The author applies the four drive theory of human behavior (to acquire, to defend, to... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • Web

    Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

    competitive Darwinian contest. Instead, a few investors make decisions that are impacted by incentive, agency, and coordination problems, often before a new idea even has a chance to compete in a market. We contend that costs and constraints on the ability to... View Details
    • 08 Sep 2022
    • Book

    Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

    push-the-limit culture, which some employees viewed as toxic and sexist. And WeWork cofounder Adam Neumann, whose self-aggrandizing behavior belied the company’s major troubles, proved to be an immature executive, he says. “Authenticity... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • August 2007 (Revised June 2020)
    • Case

    Trouble with a Bubble

    By: Tom Nicholas
    Examines technology, firm performance, and the stock market during the 1929 Great Crash and the Great Depression of the 1930s. The 1920s was an extraordinary period of technological progress marked by a strong run-up in stock market prices. Firms invested heavily in... View Details
    Keywords: Bubble; Stock Market; Great Depression; Irving Fisher; Information Technology; Organizational Change and Adaptation; History; Financial Markets; Performance; Labor and Management Relations; Equity; Financial Crisis; Innovation and Invention; United States
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    • 2009
    • Article

    Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work

    By: Jennifer Kish Gephart, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino and Amy C. Edmondson
    In every organization, individual members have the potential to speak up about important issues, but a growing body of research suggests that they often remain silent instead, out of fear of negative personal and professional consequences. In this chapter, we draw on... View Details
    Keywords: Organizations; Working Conditions; Research; Emotions; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Behavior
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    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
    • 12 May 2021
    • Book

    The Hard Truth About Being a CEO

    Fubini, a senior lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School, poured that knowledge, along with a list of lessons learned from researching leaders past and present into the book... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding