Silence - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018

acknowledged, oral history can still be seen as a critical source of data on opinions, voices, and judgements on events in which there was often silence in written records. Download working paper:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Jan 2008
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determination of compensation and, if so, how? Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making Our natural tendency to maintain silence and not rock the boat, a flaw at once personal and organizational, results in bad—sometimes deadly—decisions.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

fruition. The typical pitfalls encountered in group decision-making are all too familiar. Who hasn't witnessed, for instance, the silence around a conference table as meeting participants turn suddenly speechless, unable to generate novel... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

between men and women—as opposed to hiring biases, gender discrimination, or a hostile workforce—were at least partially responsible for the low numbers of women in tech. At the time, 20% of Google’s tech workforce, and 31% of its overall staff, was female. Damore also... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

25 Jan 2011
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First Look: Jan. 25

silence from top executives and vague, misleading public statements—frustrated U.S. government officials and the public. Not until weeks after the news first broke did Toyota organize a clear message around its commitment to return to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2012
HBS Case

HBS Cases: Against the Grain

silence his anticorruption activities. The deputy governor of Kirov called the charges "complete nonsense." Another case, Caijing Magazine, set in China, looks at how an inside-outsider, Wang Boming, uses his independent... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Food & Beverage

14 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 14, 2006

level of negativity. Whether a company's leaders really want this to happen and will be able to resist the temptation to silence dissent is an open question. Leaders will have to play a delicate role if they want Enterprise 2.0... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

advent of the iPod is fascinating [October 24, 2001: "Apple Introduces What It Calls an Easier to Use Portable Music Player"]. So is the piece on "pocket phones" [September 25, 1991: "Where Silence Was Golden,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4

proactive improvement-oriented behavior. Our results suggest that small changes in job design can reduce employee silence about organizational problems. Furthermore, we test the impact of the variables on risky workarounds and errors to... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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