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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Equity Concerns Are Narrowly Framed

By: Christine L Exley and Judd B. Kessler
Distributional decisions regularly involve multiple payoff components. In a series of experiments, we show that subjects frequently exhibit narrow equity concerns: individuals apply their fairness preferences narrowly, on a specific component of payoffs, rather... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Equality and Inequality; Fairness; Perception; Outcome or Result; Resource Allocation; Behavior
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  • 2018
  • Working Paper

Class Matters: The Role of Social Class and Organizational Sector in High-Achieving Women's Legitimacy Narratives

By: Judith A. Clair, Rachel D. Arnett, Katherine Chen, Beth K. Humberd and Kathleen L. McGinn
While prior research recognizes that women struggle to maintain legitimacy for their successes and that self-narratives play a key role in building such legitimacy, theory provides limited insight into how women build legitimacy through their self-narratives. Our... View Details
Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Gender; Success; Diversity; Perception; Situation or Environment
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  • 06 Jul 2009
  • What Do You Think?

Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?

of) the perception of value." What do you think? Original Article Have you noticed that we are being bombarded by a flood of work by neuroscientists and behavioral economists, aided by such things as clever research design, the use... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 30 Jul 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

which ones are ultimately most effective. Even a smile is a good negotiating tool.Photo: iStockPhoto One common takeaway: People's perceptions of their negotiation strengths and weaknesses are not always on target. "People come into... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education
  • 31 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 31

negative emotions, lower intrinsic motivation, and less favorable perceptions of the organization-with negative consequences for performance. These actions include signaling low expectations for innovation; switching strategic direction... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne & Carmen Nobel
  • 02 Feb 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Success of Persistent Entrepreneurs

such as skill versus perception affect performance persistence? A: While clearly skill is an important element, there is also support for the view that some component of performance persistence stems from "success breeding success." For... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
  • 03 May 2004
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Is Enough?

compared to the others. As a manager, this is very complex because one must consider not only what is just enough for the firm and each employee, but also each employee's perception of what is just enough." It raises the question... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • What Do You Think?

What Can Aspiring Leaders Be Taught?

given to broader success factors which are ethical and value centered, are or certainly can be detrimental to the society they serve ...." A more acerbic point of view was offered by Mark Anton: "The area of ethics and values is so subjective and variable to... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 27 Apr 2021
  • Blog Post

There Are No HBS People, Just People Who Happen to Go to HBS

others. However, above all, I applied to HBS because I knew better. As a first-generation college student, I didn’t know how to ask the right questions, I had a limited perception of the options available for financial aid, and... View Details
  • Forthcoming
  • Article

People Overestimate How Harshly They Are Evaluated for Disengaging from Passion Pursuit

By: Zachariah Berry, Brian J. Lucas and Jon M. Jachimowicz
The call to pursue one’s passion is ubiquitous advice, and prior research highlights the many upsides to doing so. To pursue one’s passion sustainably, people need to try different pursuits— and critically, drop those that are not tenable for them. However,... View Details
Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Attitudes; Perception; Judgments; Behavior; Goals and Objectives
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  • 01 Sep 2009
  • News

Make the Most of HBS Alumni Resources

’95), board committees focused on four areas of interest to both alumni and the School: Brand Perception — offered the alumni perspective on the branding strategy being developed by Brian Kenny, the School’s chief marketing and... View Details
Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

3-Minute Briefing: Angela Ruggiero (MBA 2014)

athletes. That’s crazy if you’re truly trying to represent 50 percent of the population. One of the biggest compliments is when little boys ask me for my autograph. They respect and look up to me—hopefully that will change their View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Olympics; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 25 Sep 2007
  • First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

subject, Ranjay Gulati examines the 'network resources' that arise from these ties, how successful firms manage these, and how they influence strategy, access to material resources, and perceptions of a firm's legitimacy held by key... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Aug 2021
  • What Do You Think?

Can Companies with Remote Management Succeed?

Regarding delegation of responsibility, Bill Edwards commented, “When companies name a person to the role of CXO too often others think they are off the hook for managing the customer experience The CXO must enable and insist others to be responsible for customers’... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 13 Apr 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Small Businesses Are Worse Off Than We Thought

School of Business, to craft the survey and analyze responses. “Firms today are very lean and cash-strapped.” The survey captured a snapshot of the pandemic’s impact on small businesses, including business owners’ perceptions about their... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Financial Services
  • 14 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

female tokens in "low-prestige workgroups." The findings indicated that tokenism can produce perceptions of threat among token women in power: value threat (the concern that the token woman is not a valued member of the group);... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 30 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 30

ignoring—advice from others. Across six studies, we find that advisors interpersonally penalize those who ignore their advice. This effect stems from both harsher perceptions of the advice seeker as well as a decrease in advisors’ sense... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jul 2014
  • First Look

First Look: July 15

http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/13-039%20Nov%202012_612ce7e2-7f81-4eea-9126-3c0964f2be2f.pdf August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics Search-Based Peer Firms: Aggregating Investor Perceptions Through Internet Co-Searches... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Mar 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

overloading forces better time management " KHA attributed part of the problem to the perception that "We love a 'hard worker,'" rewarding effort and time spent at work as much or more than results. Yet another concern,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Jun 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

jobs and work-life balance, and perceptions of team collaboration, efficiency, and effectiveness. What, if anything, is wrong with this picture? (In spite of differences in labor law in the US and other countries, survey data suggest... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Consulting