human behavior - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
News

CEO Compensation Troubles

higher pay, putting even greater pressure on compensation committees. — Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS and an expert in corporate governance. View Details

Keywords: Jay W. Lorsch; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

13 Sep 2011
First Look

W. Dunn, Dana R. Carney, and Dan Ariely Publication:Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (forthcoming) Abstract We predicted that able-bodied individuals and white Americans would have a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2008
News

India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"

natural and human resources, poverty nonetheless prevails — some 350 million Indians live on less than one dollar a day. “The government of India faces the challenge of leveraging huge natural and human... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

06 Dec 2018
News

Cold Call Horror Stories

was calling on Anna behind you.” Al Hauf, class year is 1973. I think it was the first year—we had all those cases every night. And I’d figured out what I couldn’t do was do all of them every night. So I decided which ones I wouldn’t do. I think it was a View Details

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

to Rohingya refugees since the violence in Myanmar erupted in August 2017. The organization considers the refugees’ mental health needs “acute.” "The global flow of goods and capital ties together all of human interaction."... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

January 1991 (Revised March 2010)
Supplement

Westchester Distributing, Inc. (B)

By: Robert L. Simons and Robert Boxwell

Describes the actions taken by the owner/president to resolve the dilemma. View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Customers; Problems and Challenges; Governance Controls; Compensation and Benefits; Behavior; Distribution Industry

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Purchase

24 Jun 2020
News

Unleashing Greatness in Others

01 Sep 2018
News

After the Fall

of Finance and Banking When searching out the causes of the 2008 financial crisis, Professor Robin Greenwood says one needs to look to the root of nearly every crisis: human behavior. With his focus on View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; illustration by Dan Bejar; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Dec 2016
News

Takeaways

organization’s collective wisdom in the process.” —Catherine J. Turco (MBA 2003), The Conversational Firm “Work through gray-area problems as a manager, using the best advice and information, and then resolve these problems as a human... View Details

Career Coach

Eileen Stephan

of career, family life and a family sporting goods business.Work Experience: Citigroup, Global Head of Graduate Recruitment and Program Management (covering Investment Banking, Private Banking, Sales & Trading, Technology, Operations, View Details

Keywords: Education; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Hospitality; Retail; Social Enterprise

02 Oct 2009
News

Making Time Off Required and Predictable

Keywords: Professor Leslie Perlow; Management

2009
Article

Silenced by Fear: The Nature, Sources, and Consequences of Fear at Work

By: Jennifer Kish Gephart, James R. Detert, Linda K. Trevino and Amy C. Edmondson

In every organization, individual members have the potential to speak up about important issues, but a growing body of research suggests that they often remain silent instead, out of fear of negative personal and professional consequences. In this chapter, we draw on... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Working Conditions; Research; Emotions; Employees; Motivation and Incentives; Theory; Behavior

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Find at Harvard

08 Jul 2016
News

So Why Don't You Have Your Dream Job Yet?

There are three forces, says author James Citrin (MBA 1986), that are “at fundamental war with one another” when people are trying to find a job: compensation, lifestyle, and job satisfaction. “So if you think about those three points and what I call the career... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy

"Taiwan today is an exciting place to be in business," said Benjamin P.L. Feng (MBA 1975), managing director of All Asia Partners, a venture capital firm headquartered in Taipei. At HBS this fall to attend his 25th Reunion, Feng took time out to share his enthusiasm... View Details

27 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Gen AI Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge

humans but do influence the behavior of LLMs. Marketers could use such machine-learning techniques to determine the best strategic text strings to include in their product information pages for desired... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology

13 Feb 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53894 forthcoming Human Resource Management Review Developing Strategic Human Resource Theory and Making a Difference: An Action Science Perspective By: Beer,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Sep 2021
News

Let’s Redefine 'Productivity' for the Hybrid Era

08 Feb 2021
News

5 Ways to Bring Women Back into the Post-Pandemic Workforce

28 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

measure both face-to-face and electronic interaction before and after the adoption of open office architecture. The results inform our understanding of the impact on human behavior of workspaces that trend... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Indulgence vs. Regret: Investing in Future Memories

We all know the moral of Aesop's fable about the industrious ant and the fun-loving grasshopper: Work now and save for the future, or else regret the consequences. And who hasn't been confronted with a similar dilemma? You know you should work late to finish that... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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