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courtesy appointments in organizational behavior and sociology. Prior to joining the Cornell faculty in 2009, she was a faculty member at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Diane started her academic career... View Details

    Joseph L. Bower

    JOSEPH L. BOWER, Donald K. David Professor Emeritus, has been a leader in general management at Harvard Business School for 51 years. He also served on the faculty of the Harvard Kennedy School during its first decade.  He has served in many administrative roles... View Details

    Keywords: banking; chemical; electronics; financial services; home appliances; hotels ＆ motels; information technology industry; insurance industry; private equity (LBO funds); retailing
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    Overview

    I am currently a Principal or Co-Principal Investigator of five field-based randomized controlled trials, each of which examines the management of lay health workers in developing countries, with an eye toward generating theoretical insights and policy guidance on how... View Details
    • 2011
    • Book

    The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work

    By: Teresa M. Amabile and Steve J. Kramer
    The most effective managers have the ability to build a cadre of employees who have great inner work lives-consistently positive emotions; strong motivation; and favorable perceptions of the organization, their work, and their colleagues. The worst managers undermine... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Leadership; Performance Effectiveness; Emotions; Motivation and Incentives; Groups and Teams; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Innovation Leadership; Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Management Skills; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Performance Productivity; Attitudes; Behavior; Happiness; Perception; Trust; Time Management; Resource Allocation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Managerial Roles
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    • 17 Apr 2022
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    How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

    question-and-answer format that’s accessible for everyone from C-suite executives to business students. It covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of ethical behavior and legal liabilities to the cultivation of best practices and... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 06 Sep 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

    Behavior best-seller list—thanks in part to corporate managers who distribute it to their employees as a lesson in accepting and anticipating change gracefully. But is that really the best message to send? Harvard Business School... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 01 Oct 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

    of the Organizational Behavior unit also sees an aware, open, and inquiring senior team as critical to sound decision-making. "The key is for senior teams to be able to hold paradoxical ideas, or to... View Details
    Keywords: by Garry Emmons
    • 25 Jun 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Collaborating Across Cultures

    today's business environment, says Roy Y.J. Chua, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School who has focused his research on exploring how such collaboration can... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 25 Jan 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: Jan. 25

      PublicationsThe Strategic Use of Brand Biographies Authors:Jill Avery, Neeru Paharia, Anat Keinan, and Juliet Schor Publication:Research in Consumer Behavior (forthcoming) Abstract We introduce the concept of a brand biography to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 22 Nov 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

    Along with identifying a primary customer, you must also define your core values in a way that ranks the priority of shareholders, employees, and customers. Value statements that are lists of aspirational behaviors aren't good enough.... View Details
    Keywords: by Robert Simons
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    Gender & Race in Organizations Research Group - Race, Gender & Equity

    Johnson is a doctoral student in the Organizational Behavior program at Harvard Business School. She is broadly interested in studying identity, inequality, and well-being, particularly how intersectional... View Details
    • 05 Jul 2012
    • What Do You Think?

    Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

    Summing Up Do Managers Take Trust for Granted? Trust is a big issue these days judging from the volume of responses to this month's column. Its importance in management is agreed on. There is a long list of behaviors that can damage it.... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • March 2007
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    Local Company Politics: A Proposal

    By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker
    Corrupt politicians, and poor government more generally, are commonly viewed as a primary barrier to economic progress. The roots to these problems run deep in many political systems across the developing world, and attempts at reform have rarely found much success.... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior
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    Birds of a Feather...Enforce Social Norms? Interactions Among Culture, Norms, and Strategy

    By: Hongyi Li and Eric J. Van den Steen
    Does culture eat strategy for breakfast? This paper investigates the interactions among corporate culture, norms, and strategy, in order to better understand this issue and related questions. It first shows, through microfoundations, how the forces that drive toward... View Details
    Keywords: Culture; Norms; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Values and Beliefs
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    • 29 Jul 2021
    • Blog Post

    Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022)

    business school to potentially save lives. The role requires an understanding of behavioral economics, strategy, organizational behavior, and operations. Thus far in my career, my experiences have primarily... View Details
    • 01 Mar 2023
    • What Do You Think?

    How Much Does 'Deep Purpose' Matter to the Bottom Line?

    defined and measured for impact on the bottom line. It was more than 40 years after researchers Fritz Roethlisberger and William Dickson first suggested the impact on performance of some behaviors that would be included under the umbrella... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 07 Feb 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss

    frustration or sadness. Wolf differentiates those expressions from anger directed at others. In the paper Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion, published in the November 2016 issue of Organizational View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland
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    The Unexpected Effects of Workplace Transparency

    By: Ethan S. Bernstein

    Workplace transparency provides a foundation for learning and control, and therefore for satisfaction and productivity. Yet my research shows that an obsession with transparency-enhancing tools and structures can backfire, producing the unintended consequences of... View Details

    Keywords: Transparency; Privacy; Productivity; Field Experiments; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks; Human Resources; Leadership; United States; Europe; China; Japan
    • March 2015
    • Case

    Unilever: Combatting Global Food Waste

    By: David F. Drake, Janice H. Hammond and Matthew G. Preble
    The global consumer goods company Unilever was on pace to hit a number of aggressive targets by 2020 as part of the Unilever Sustainable Living Project, including a goal to halve the waste associated with the disposal of its products. Unilever's chief supply chain... View Details
    Keywords: Food Waste; Sustainable Business And Innovation; Sustainable Supply Chains; Sustainable Operations; Organization Alignment; Environmental Sustainability; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Food; Agribusiness; Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Forest Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; Europe; Asia; Africa; Latin America; India
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    • 01 Nov 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

    "Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind." —Henry James As a professor of business administration in the Organizational View Details
    Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson