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Laura taught undergraduate Military Leadership and Intro to Sociology for 6 and 4 semesters, respectively, at the United States Military Academy (West Point) from 2013-2016 (see course descriptions and links below). She was promoted from instructor to Assistant... View Details
- December 2021
- Article
Seeing Oneself as a Valued Contributor: Social Worth Affirmation Improves Team Information Sharing
By: Julia Lee Cunningham, Francesca Gino, Dan Cable and Bradley Staats
Teams often fail to reach their potential because members’ concerns about being socially accepted prevent them from offering their unique perspectives to the team. Drawing on relational self and self-affirmation theory, we argue that affirmation of team members’ social... View Details
Keywords: Social Worth Affirmation; Relational Identity; Self-affirmation; Information Sharing In Teams; Concerns About Social Acceptance; Groups and Teams; Identity; Relationships; Knowledge Sharing
Cunningham, Julia Lee, Francesca Gino, Dan Cable, and Bradley Staats. "Seeing Oneself as a Valued Contributor: Social Worth Affirmation Improves Team Information Sharing." Academy of Management Journal 64, no. 6 (December 2021): 1816–1841.
- 2010
- Working Paper
A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard
We argue here that the three factors we identify as constituting the foundation for being a leader and the effective exercise of leadership can also be seen as "A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values" that proves to be very effective in allowing students to acquire the... View Details
Jensen, Michael C., and Werner Erhard. "A 'Value-Free' Approach to Values (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-010, October 2010.
- 2015
- Working Paper
Match Your Own Price? Self-Matching as a Retailer's Multichannel Pricing Strategy
By: Pavel Kireyev, Vineet Kumar and Elie Ofek
Multichannel retailing has created several new strategic choices for firms. With respect to pricing, an important decision is whether to offer a "self-matching policy." Self-matching allows a multichannel retailer to offer the lowest of its online and in-store prices... View Details
Keywords: Price Self-matching; Multichannel Retailing; Pricing Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Price; Distribution Channels; Supply and Industry; Retail Industry
Kireyev, Pavel, Vineet Kumar, and Elie Ofek. "Match Your Own Price? Self-Matching as a Retailer's Multichannel Pricing Strategy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 15-058, January 2015.
- Research Summary
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In industries characterized by extreme dynamism, complexity, and uncertainty, formal structure often “falls behind” actual work processes. The nature of work in these environments evolves continuously while formal structure can only do so at specific times in discrete... View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 29
at Work Authors:Ramarajan, Lakshmi, and Erin M. Reid Publication:Academy of Management Review Abstract How much of our self is defined by our work? Fundamental changes in the social organization of work are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Professor Coffman studies the sources of gender gaps in economically-important contexts. Her work focuses on the role of beliefs: how do stereotypes bias the beliefs that individuals hold about themselves (and others), and how do these biased beliefs shape... View Details
- 04 Jun 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
- 26 Mar 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change
a player’s keypress. To complete the game, the player—human or machine—had to navigate the digital self to a goal using four moves: up, down,... View Details
- 20 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think
always seem to see the white male as the best candidate, this might provide a hint. Book excerpt from Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It. Preparing To Decide: Anticipating... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2013
- What Do You Think?
Why Isn’t ‘Servant Leadership’ More Prevalent?
Summing Up Is the Term "Servant Leadership" an Oxymoron? Servant leadership (SL) is a concept that triggers a great deal of interest, judging by my e-mail inbox and the number of responses to this... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
regularly visits high schools and juvenile detention centers to share his story, where he often recognizes his young self in the kids he sees slumped in chairs, looking directionless. He tells them, “‘I know... View Details
- 20 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Creating a Positive Professional Image
to self and valued and believed by others, impression management can yield a host of favorable outcomes for you, your team, and your organization. On the other hand, when you present yourself in an... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
- 06 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful
Owners & Entrepreneurs. The answers are already starting to come in, thanks to initial results from a pilot test of “The Entrepreneurial Leader: Self Assessment” survey taken by 1,300 HBS alumni. Results... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Working Knowledge
- 10 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Being Your Own Boss Can Pay Off, but Not Always with Big Pay
called “The Transformation of Self Employment,” details a stark shift over the past 50 years in the composition and earnings of the independent... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
how it can help us understand difference. Frei: I recommend that you bring together a group of people who are having challenges or feeling frustrated, center on them, and then ask them: What have you experienced or observed that is getting in View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 03 Oct 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams
making a simulated climb up Mount Everest. ‘Big Teaming,’ Audacious Innovation, and the Uncompleted Dream of a Smart City How do you organize a project that spans professions, industries, and even nations? Related Research Papers Research... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)
Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
power mapping. Through the work and life experiences you expose yourself to, the books you read, the media you consume, the practice of View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 30 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Why Ethical People Become Unethical Negotiators
makes sense for me at this moment.” It’s at this self-interested point when ethics are most likely to fall by the wayside. 3. Recalling what happened after the negotiation: During this last phase as they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman