Negative Emotions - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Dec 2015
First Look

December 15, 2015

monetary rewards are at stake (Study 3). The tendency to infer dislike from dissimilarity is driven by a belief that others have a narrow and homogeneous range of preferences (Study 5). Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50152 December... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2021
Op-Ed

How Women Can Learn from Even Biased Feedback

ask herself one question: “What can I learn that will make me better?” By staying focused on this question, she found she was able to avoid feeling strong emotions and reflect more thoughtfully on the feedback she received. I’m finding in... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

10 Nov 2015
Op-Ed

Authentic Leadership Rediscovered

authentic. Authentic Leadership was intended as a clarion call to the new generation to learn from negative examples like Enron, WorldCom and Tyco. In it, I defined authentic leaders as genuine, moral and character-based leaders:... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

05 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting with Consumers Using Deep Metaphors

Think of famous brands you know: Hallmark cards and Coca-Cola soft drinks, for example. What do these products have in common for consumers? An emotional meaning that taps into thoughts and feelings related to the positive aspects of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Consumer Products

29 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

How Bonuses Get Employees to Choose Work Over Family

participants. Respondents shared information about how they were paid and their emotional health. Regardless of industry and income, employees paid with incentives were significantly more inclined to spend extra time with colleagues than... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

associated networking with negative feelings tended to engage in networking activities with relatively low frequency. Yet networking had a positive association with job performance: The lawyers who networked the most frequently tended to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

20 Jan 2022
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Help Companies Rebuild Trust During the Pandemic

Professor Julian Zlatev found that verbally acknowledging other people’s emotions, particularly their negative ones, builds trust. In one of the studies, participants who commented on negative View Details

Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

to be the be-all and end-all of the relationship. They want a personal, human connection, an emotional link. They want you to care about them as individuals. They want you to encourage their growth and development. Research tells us this... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

09 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

a family business raises the stakes of—and often complicates—a family negotiation. Consider first what sets family relationships apart. Relatives (especially in nuclear families) typically have long-standing relationships that are based on strong View Details

Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra

13 Mar 2005
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

corporations such as Microsoft or Coca-Cola, particularly in Europe. Many NGOs, by the very nature of the work they do and the dedication of their staff and volunteers, attract the respect and admiration of many individuals. Nonprofits are effective at creating View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

18 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?

No IPO in recent memory has received as much negative pre-public publicity as WeWork, which provides shared workspaces and services for startups and other enterprises. The outpouring of criticism has focused on a number of items including... View Details

Keywords: by Nori Gerardo Lietz; Financial Services; Real Estate

25 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

The Economic Cost of Physician Burnout

the dollar losses were related to physician turnover and reduced clinical hours. The research adds to previous work showing how physician stress generates negative clinical and organizational outcomes. No studies have previously been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

First, individuals experience negative emotions when examining their own failures, and this can chip away at self-confidence and self-esteem. Most people prefer to put past mistakes behind them rather than... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

problems, taking money from friends and family may send a negative signal about the startup's prospects, especially if the startup is beyond the early launching stage. One serial entrepreneur observed that founders who fail to raise... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

and lateral, internal and external to the organization). From these developmental relationships (e.g., mentors or sponsors), potential managers can better learn from their own experiences by receiving feedback, advice, and emotional... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

15 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat

words. Outsourcing often triggers negative vibes, as former Bush economic adviser Greg Mankiw discovered. So does globalization, which, according to U.S. pollster Frank Luntz, "frightens older workers." (Luntz recommends talking... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

14 May 2020
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog

dedicated sleep space—no working from bed. Caffeine, alcohol, and other drugs can degrade sleep quality. Exercise In addition to its physical benefits, aerobic exercise notably improves clarity of thought and helps regulate negative View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

02 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2017

Battilana. Want to Be Happier? Spend Some Money on Avoiding Household Chores In an age of time scarcity, buying our way out of the negative moments in the day is an important key to happiness, according to research by Ashley V. Whillans,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 26

find that GPs are associated with higher expected acquisition premiums and that this association is at least partly due to the effect of GPs on executive incentives. However, we also find that firms that adopt GPs experience negative... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Feb 2015
HBS Case

HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco

globally, San Francisco may be the proverbial canary in the coal mine, displaying the negative effects of such rapid increases in wealth on a city's culture. "This is a place where the effects of inequality appear to be heightened... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology

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