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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

on Managing the Future of Work and co-PI of the Digital Reskilling Lab. Her research focuses on managerial and organizational drivers of productivity and growth in corporations and the public sector. She co-founded several large-scale... View Details

October 14, 2019
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The Truth About Open Offices: There Are Reasons Why They Don't Produce the Desired Interactions

By: Ethan Bernstein and Ben Waber

It’s never been easier for workers to collaborate—or so it seems. Open, flexible, activity-based spaces are displacing cubicles, making people more visible. Messaging is displacing phone calls, making people more accessible. Enterprise social media such as Slack and... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Technology; Design; Human Resources; Performance Productivity; Organizational Design

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20 Nov 2017
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How Independent Bookstores Have Thrived in Spite of Amazon.com

stores to 2,227. This surprising resurgence piqued the interest of Ryan Raffaelli, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School, who studies how mature organizations... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel (with video by Amelia Kunhardt); Retail

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Having grown up in a developing country, Professor Sikochi’s research focus is driven by a desire to understand how capital flows to firms and entrepreneurs with the ultimate goal to help build capital markets in the developing economies. To this end, he conducts... View Details

01 Oct 2013
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Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Jun 2021
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How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration

Psychology. “It’s not that Whites always do this—but that when given the power and the opportunity, they may seek ways to reduce the racial diversity in the spaces they inhabit to lessen contact with racial minorities,” says Jachimowicz, an assistant professor in the... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

17 Feb 2022
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When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

of subduing individuality and ensuring conformity. Culture offers an inexpensive and informal way of regulating behavior that is all the more effective because it occurs inside the minds of employees and relies on peer pressure as a... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

13 Feb 2012
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The Case Against Racial Colorblindness

In trying to prevent discrimination and prejudice, many companies adopt a strategy of "colorblindness"—actively trying to ignore racial differences when enacting policies and making organizational decisions. The logic is simple: if we... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Curriculum - Faculty & Research

Strategy, Negotiation & Humanity Deepak Malhotra , Kevin Mohan Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Doctoral Programs Faculty from the NOM unit work with students across several doctoral programs. Detailed curriculum information for each doctoral program associated with this unit can be... View Details

27 Jun 2011
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Recovering from the Need to Achieve

now teaches organizational behavior and leadership at HBS, DeLong has worked alongside hundreds of HNAPs. He calls himself a card-carrying group member, albeit in recovery. Recovery, to DeLong, entails... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

02 Mar 2009
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When Goal Setting Goes Bad

Bad "side effects" produced by goal-setting programs include a rise in unethical behavior, over-focus on one area while neglecting other parts of the business, distorted risk preferences, corrosion of organizational culture, and reduced... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Initiative Leadership Robin J. Ely Organizational Behavior 13 results Related Faculty Lynda M. Applegate 9 results Jill J. Avery Marketing Julie Battilana Organizational View Details

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at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer... Julie Battilana Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the View Details

02 Mar 2010
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research on complex organizations. Yet, the behaviors of top executives are frequently featured as an important determinant in historical treatments of strategic change inside large firms. Theories of View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Apr 2021
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Salary Negotiations: A Catch-22 for Women

organizational level to keep assertiveness from leading to this backlash." “Something needs to be done at the organizational level to keep assertiveness from leading to this backlash in the first place,” he... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

09 Oct 2001
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Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations

bores you, and which the world does not need—this life is hell. —W.E.B. Du Bois In the organizational context, the four-drive theory implies that every person, from the CEO to the most junior employee will bring a predictable set of... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria

25 Apr 2017
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as a separate marketplace, because each has its own legal requirements, cultural traditions, and business methods, and most have their own currencies. The dramatic changes in strategic thinking and organizational relationships have made... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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RGE Report - Race, Gender & Equity

for board leaders. [...] Read more 14 May 2025 Rewiring the Workplace: Behavioral Economics and the Future of Inclusive Organizations Addressing systemic inequality is a complex, multifaceted, and often behemoth task that we attempt to... View Details

25 Nov 2019
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When Your Passion Works Against You

Passion: When and How Expressing Passion Elicits Status Conferral and Support from Others, was published in July 2019 in the journal Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. “Passion, like a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

under-provision of innovation. Firms have clear incentives to engage in strategic behavior because policymakers use market outcomes as a benchmark in designing regulation. This study examines a unique energy efficiency standard for... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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