Employee Behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Oct 2022
News

On Balance

care, social assistance, and education versus mining, construction, and manufacturing.) “It’s a generational project to shift mindsets about traditional roles and traditional industries to drive gender equality,” she says. “It has to be tackled at all levels: by... View Details

Keywords: April White

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Don’t Listen to “Yes”

opportunities, where they can help their managers and employees learn and improve from situations of poor performance. Q: What is the importance of a specific leader in the whole process? Can an organization retain these more-effective... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2014
News

Instilling Production with Principles

local shops an enticing web presence alongside their e-commerce peers. Yang took a leadership role at Esquel Group, which her father founded, in 1995. The company has grown steadily despite the economic downturn, and today Esquel Group has 59,000 View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2005
News

Predictable Surprises

problems we’re now facing, including unfunded pension obligations. It has done nothing to stop corporations from making promises to their employees and shareholders without the resources to back them up. Extensive reform is necessary. To... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

07 Oct 2011
News

Tea’s Time

collection from destinations around the world. Catalonia was a recent focus; in the fall of 2011, look for “Modern Mexico,” with designs inspired by everything from marimba carvings to the artwork of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera to coffee bags from Chiapas. Each of... View Details

Keywords: Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores; Retail Trade

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

Patenting Behavior: Demographics or Opportunities? Authors:Pierre Azoulay, Waverly Ding, and Toby Stuart Periodical:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the individual, contextual, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2004
News

Retirement's Changing Face

with their yellow Lab, half a dozen chickens, and a few sheep. While Adams has kept his hand in the business world through Vineyard Ventures, a small, private equity fund that has invested in companies as far-flung as Chile and China, he’s just as likely to be studying... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

01 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

What to Do When Your Organization Has Dueling Missions

the social mission. “Hybrids have to simultaneously pursue commercial and social objectives,” says Julie Battilana, an associate professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School. “The big question is, is it really... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting

School, along with actions you can take now to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when in our conscious mind we would... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

of home buyers, investors, and regulators. Using the latest research in psychology and behavioral economics, they present a new theory of belief formation that explains why the financial crisis came as such a shock to so many people—and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

13 Dec 2004
Research & Ideas

How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

Overview Confidence in an organization is more than just a spirit of "We can do it." It is the foundation, systems, and culture involving positive behaviors such as open communication, self-scrutiny, respect, teamwork,... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

01 Jun 2016
News

Feedback

undercut us. Our employees have to trust that we will deliver on our promises. We have to trust that business partners will deliver on their contracts. But I find it hard to know whom to trust, and I have proven to myself that I am bad at... View Details

October 2004 (Revised July 2005)
Case

Kinetic Concepts, Inc.

By: Jay W. Lorsch, Dwight B. Crane and Ashley Robertson

Raises issues about how the nature and function of a board changes as a company moves from ownership by its employees, including the founder, to ownership by a private equity firm, Fremont Partners, culminating in a highly successful IPO. Gives students the opportunity... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Governing and Advisory Boards; Initial Public Offering; Behavior; Organizations; Employee Ownership; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Health Industry; United States

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Find at Harvard

15 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 15

trends. Happiness Adaptation to Income and to Status in an Individual Panel Authors:Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch Publication:Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (forthcoming) Abstract We study adaptation to income and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2023
News

Fostering a Supportive Community

business and sparked his interest in leveraging it to address social issues, which ultimately led him to HBS. Mbanusi, who now works for Guild Education, a tech platform that helps employers reskill their employees debt-free, found in his... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

01 Mar 2004
News

Ex-Con Talks Ethics with HBS Students

amounted to kickbacks. A suspicious state employee eventually alerted authorities. Kuhse explained that an approach from a friend or respected colleague often is the entrée to a slippery slope. It begins with an apparently insignificant... View Details

Keywords: Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Jun 1997
News

A Better Way to Go on Strike

costs at $200 million a day. What's more, a strike would cost the pilots and other employees their salaries. The airline would lose tens of millions of dollars daily and risk losing market share to its competitors. Yet the pilots were... View Details

Keywords: David Lax and Professor James K. Sebenius

01 Oct 2002
News

Faculty Research Symposium

that she also published in the August 2002 Harvard Business Review. For the time-pressure study, Amabile endeavored to “trap creativity in the wild” by surveying employees at seven companies across three industries. She and her... View Details

01 Dec 2011
News

Making the Case for Leadership

the workers’ allegiance. She does so in part by meeting one-on-one with every employee and introducing innovations such as pairing a shift worker with a manager in coleadership roles. “This is an unusual case because it’s about an MBA in... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; National Security and International Affairs; Government; Health, Social Assistance; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

adjust those spans as if on sliders to make employees more effective.To understand what determines whether a job is designed for high performance, you must put yourself in the shoes of your organization's managers. To carry out his or her... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

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