human behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2010
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First Look: April 20

Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance Authors: Dana R. Carney, Amy J.C. Cuddy, and Andy J. Yap Publication: Psychological Science (forthcoming) Abstract Humans and other animals express power through open,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Jul 2016
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Let’s Talk Dating

other cities. “I’m not saying that there is nobody who has ever hooked up on Tinder,” she said. “But there are a lot more human connections. People have dated, gotten married, formed a music band, moved to new cities and found friends... View Details

16 Jun 2015
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Paying Up for Fair Pay: Consumers Prefer Firms with Lower CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratios

Keywords: by Bhavya Mohan, Michael I. Norton & Rohit Deshpandé

November 2007
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Differences at Work: Ben (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Rachel Gordon

During a casual conversation one of Ben's professional colleagues unexpectedly makes an anti-Semitic remark. What should Ben do? View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Behavior; Ethics; Religion; Employees; Diversity

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09 Aug 2022
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4 Strategies for Shifting the Power Balance in Your Business

27 May 2021
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How to Measure Inclusion in the Workplace

19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

no career matches available because we hadn't built that side of the platform. So we learned interesting things about the general cognitive and emotional traits that we all have as human beings but not the career matching. And,... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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Shareholders' Value?

today's shareholders aren't quite up to making shareholder capitalism work. —Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS. Justin Fox is editorial director of the HBR Group. The preceding is adapted from a... View Details

01 Dec 2010
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Eight Join HBS Faculty

capital markets and firms’ social, environmental, and governance performance. Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit, also had ties to HBS before joining the faculty. After earning her doctorate in... View Details

23 Oct 2012
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First Look: October 23

adaptive benefits of synchrony, including neural efficiency and the release of a reward signal that promotes future social interaction. In nature, neural synchrony yields behavioral synchrony. Humans use... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Feb 2022
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Holding Business to Account

returns but who also use the unique access and voice we have as investors to engage management and redirect corporate efforts toward long-term sustainability.” The firm has been active in encouraging companies to be leaders on issues from climate change to View Details

22 Feb 2022
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Research Brief: The Fresh Start Effect

Humans can be self-destructive. We overindulge in food and fail to make time to exercise, and we delay saving for retirement. Associate Professor John Beshears, whose research focuses on behavioral... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

17 Dec 2015
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Examining Global Workforce Management

particular circumstances,” says Sucher, MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice and Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow. “Both why and how they are done matter—to employees and to the company’s future performance.” Sucher is exploring how some companies are... View Details

2020
Working Paper

Consumers Punish Firms That Cut Employee Pay in Response to COVID-19

By: Bhavya Mohan, Serena Hagerty and Michael Norton

Two experiments, including one incentive compatible study, examine the impact of cutting pay for executives versus employees in response to COVID-19 on consumer behavior. Study 1 explores the effect of announcing cuts or no cuts to CEO and employee pay, and shows that... View Details

Keywords: Employee Furloughs; CEO Pay Cuts; Pay Ratios; Purchase Intention; Health Pandemics; Employees; Wages; Executive Compensation; Consumer Behavior

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30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

has to know the answer to four basic questions. Your setting for this span is determined by the kind of behavior you want to see. To ensure compliance with detailed directives, hold managers to narrow measures. To encourage creative... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

22 Nov 2022
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Alumni Summit Explores Leadership for a Sustainable Future

intelligence to help or hinder human progress; University of Montreal Daniel Jutras who elaborated on the implications of these new stakes on younger generations; and Ilham Kadri, CEO of Solvay, who described the concrete steps required... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2011
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At Your Service

behavior is discretionary. You have the moving parts of human beings delivering services interacting with human beings as customers. Culture is the guiding force; it’s the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; customer service; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Air Transportation; Transportation

19 Nov 2021
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When Your Authority Fluctuates Throughout the Day

08 Nov 2010
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Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

Keywords: Professor Francesca Gino; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2015
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Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

to a later date. “What we might actually be seeing is politicians lobbying in the interest of their own reelection chances,” she says. “We might need a bit more skepticism when a state says, ‘We have things under control.’ ” “Lobbying View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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