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  • 10 Oct 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

perspective, the illegality of the practice and its misalignment with official organizational goals might be most salient. Thus, the topic of homer making puts the person disclosing it in a position of vulnerability, one in which hasty... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing
  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

Seemingly Irrelevant Factors Influence Judgment of (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino, Lisa L. Shu, Max H. Bazerman Abstract People often make judgments about the ethicality of others' behaviors and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Nov 2008
  • First Look

First Look: November 4, 2008

interplay between these two levels, we review research from two separate bodies of literature. Research in psychology and organizational behavior on candidate-employer negotiations sheds light on the effects of gender on Level One... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Feb 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

what should you be doing with this information?” Testing companies use a rash of custom-designed assessments, including personality tests, skills assessments, math and logic problems, and judgment tests, on hypothetical work situations.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
  • 30 May 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

or cult of the CEO was "Made in America." But the main point is that we tend to forget that American firms pioneered a vast, bureaucratic, middle management apparatus. As a trick, I've posted General Motor's organizational chart... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Aug 2015
  • First Look

First Look Tuesday

Psychological Framework of Unethical Behavior at Work By: Moore, C., and F. Gino Abstract—Many of the scandalous organizational practices that have come to light in the last decade-rigging LIBOR, misselling payment protection insurance,... View Details
  • 08 Oct 2010
  • What Do You Think?

Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences?

further thought: "Does increasing transparency and visibility of the ratios help increase the ability for shareholders and boards to make better choices?" He commented, "One of the best agents to advocate for the right level of pay will be CEOs... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 23 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 23, 2008

Experience and Team Familiarity: Addressing the Knowledge Acquisition-Application Problem Authors:Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats Abstract Prior work in organizational learning has failed to find a consistent effect of variation... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 11, 2008

firm's balanced scorecard to provide useful information for detecting problems in its strategy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-081.pdf No Harm, No Foul: The Outcome Bias in Ethical Judgments Authors:Francesca Gino,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Dec 2019
  • Research & Ideas

How to Turn Down the Boil on Group Conflict

Jeffrey Lees, a doctoral candidate in Organizational Behavior and Psychology at Harvard Business School. In actuality, most people have a wildly inflated sense of just how negative the other side feels, according to a new paper that Lees... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Memory Lane and Morality: How Childhood Memories Promote Prosocial Behavior

By: Francesca Gino and Sreedhari D. Desai
Four experiments demonstrated that recalling memories from one's own childhood lead people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the... View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Moral Sensibility; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Organizational Culture; Behavior; Emotions; Personal Characteristics; Welfare
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  • 09 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch

just get rid of that CEO and go find another one? I think that depends upon the judgment of the directors and their understanding of why a particular strategy is not successful. But the board certainly has a responsibility to be in the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • February 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
Follows the actions of GE CEO, Jeff Immelt, as he implements a growth strategy for the $150 billion company in a tough business environment. In four years, he reinvigorates GE's technology, expands its services, develops a commercial focus, pushes developing countries,... View Details
Keywords: Transformation; Judgments; Global Strategy; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Structure
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  • 11 Jul 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

judgment and be loyal to the corporation. As one director told us, "Our board lawyers say, 'You know, the board members are not supposed to be making the management decisions. You're just supposed to be comfortable that the management is... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

One explanation for these patterns is that U.S. firms are organized in a way that allows them to use new technologies more efficiently. A model of endogenously chosen organizational form and IT is developed to explain these new micro and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 24 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 24

identification. Download the paper: http://www.imanet.org/pdf/11_09_epstein.pdf Nameless + Harmless = Blameless: When Seemingly Irrelevant Factors Influence Judgment of (Un)ethical Behavior Authors:Francesca Gino, Lisa Lixin Shu, and Max... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming). This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. And yet, investors take chances over and over often with great success when they hit it big with a game-changing... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

important but non-specified goals, harm interpersonal relationships, corrode organizational culture, and motivate risky and unethical behaviors. Do Friends Influence Purchases in a Social Network? Download the PDF. In spite of the... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

How to Put Meaning Back into Leading

The bottom line is, after all, the bottom line when it comes to business success. No profit, no business. But should money be the sole measure for evaluating and rewarding the effectiveness of a leader? In a new Harvard Business School working paper, three experts on... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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