Human Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Dec 2019
News

The 19 Musts of 2019

does Charles Darwin, who wrote that cooperative social behavior was a trait of survival and prosperity. Pearlstein ends with a beautiful quote from Robert Kennedy from 1968, that the GNP statistic our country so relies on captures... View Details

Keywords: podcast; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2010
News

Ilene Lang

that say? People associate more so-called male behaviors with leadership, even though there is no evidence that these qualities are exclusively male. The underlying issue is that stereotypes put people into boxes that tend to favor some... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

16 Jun 2015
Working Paper Summaries

Paying Up for Fair Pay: Consumers Prefer Firms with Lower CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios

Keywords: by Bhavya Mohan, Michael I. Norton & Rohit Deshpandé

01 Jun 2017
News

Better Hiring Through Brain Science

algorithms,” says Polli. “Which means [the algorithms] will recommend an equal number of men and women and a group that is proportional across ethnicity.” This is something, she notes, that an algorithm can just do better. “We like to say that we are more View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

13 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

behavior whose work includes corporate consulting. "And I thought, did I ask an awkward question? So I asked again, 'How do you add value to your organization?' I got more nervous laughter." “If you're tied down by your job... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

30 Jan 2014
News

The Polar Vortex Has Made You More Productive

04 Sep 2019
News

Impact: Where Science and Business Intersect

University. Indeed, HBS is catalyzing the development of discoveries and enterprises that will benefit society. Annual giving to the HBS Fund by alumni and friends makes this possible. Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives Predicting View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

Through his writings, through his participation in hundreds of academic seminars, and through his mentorship of dozens of doctoral theses — mine included — Howard has left an indelible mark on a generation of scholars with his deep insights about View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

26 May 2022
News

Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories

sleep are all important. We are humans, not machines. We realized it must be a holistic approach.” Today, Noom is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing, consumer-first digital health platforms, empowering users to achieve positive health outcomes through View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

22 Jun 2021
Research & Ideas

The COVID-19 Mutiny: When Teams Leave and Take Their Clients

retention, and performance; bad ones have a correspondingly negative effect. Good management is about a specific set of behaviors that hold constant across industries, functions, and national cultures—specifically, these, from Google’s... View Details

Keywords: by Robin Abrahams, Boris Groysberg, and Steven L. Manchel

27 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Take Responsibility for Rising Stars

behaviors of the individuals you choose go through the organization like a rifle shot; they can be felt at the line level within months. We can't afford to hire or promote people with the wrong values. It's a path to mediocrity."... View Details

Keywords: by Jeffrey M. Cohn, Rakesh Khurana & Laura Reeves

30 Mar 2015
News

The Power of the Cohort

Keywords: work-life balance; employee recruitment; internships; women's issues; military; cohorts

September–October 2024
Article

Working Around the Clock: Temporal Distance, Intrafirm Communication, and Time Shifting of the Employee Workday

By: Jasmina Chauvin, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tommy Pan Fang

This paper examines the effects of temporal distance generated by time zone separation on communication in geographically distributed organizations. We build on prior research, which highlights time zone separation as a significant challenge, but argue that employees... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Employees; Behavior; Equality and Inequality

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August 2009
Teaching Note

Mina O'Reilly at Logan Airport's TSA (TN)

By: Michel Anteby and Erin McFee

Teaching Note for [409116]. View Details

Keywords: Safety; Labor; Employees; Behavior; Decisions; Air Transportation Industry; Boston

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03 Apr 2012
News

Just Compensation

author of Fair Pay, Fair Play: Aligning Executive Performance and Pay. A business leader, entrepreneur, and consultant throughout her career, Ferracone, prior to launching Farient, led the Human Capital business at Mercer, and before... View Details

Keywords: executives; executive compensation; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Aug 1998
News

A Roaring Success in the Windy City

example, Associate Professor Nancy F. Koehn facilitated a lively conversation that addressed the challenges that retailers face, the role of brands, and the importance of human capital. Alumni panelists who added their firsthand knowledge... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

The Joy of Spending

we talk about are not mistakes that laypeople make," says Norton, who admits that even he fails to heed the science from time to time. "They are mistakes that humans make." Below, Norton offers five principles that can ensure you swipe... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

disrupted by substantial changes in membership during the downsizing had poorer work environments and lower levels of creative behavior than those that remained stable amidst the chaos. Overall, lower creativity resulted from the degraded... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

03 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

other organizations as you use this to turn your human resource to human capital.” Several respondents nevertheless expressed caution in just how to manage inclusion, particularly when it comes to the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

10 Mar 2011
What Do You Think?

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

the job incumbent." As Phil Clark put it, "This is similar to the 'chicken or the egg' type of discussion." Don Robertson reminded us that "it is clear that many factors come into play when you start to analyze human... View Details