Personality Traits - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Jul 2019
Op-Ed

Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?

platform. Advertisers used that data to create psychographic profiles of potential customers that went beyond mere demographics to give insights into what they like and value. Studies have found that with just 10 “likes” an algorithm can predict a person’s View Details

Keywords: by George Riedel

02 Dec 2019
What Do You Think?

How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?

possibly was another example unfolded. As reader Anna Johnson put it, “When the pressure to meet quarterly performance expectations against best-guess sales targets and a flesh pounding schedule take precedence, it’s not surprising that psychological safety and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation

08 Dec 2021
Blog Post

The Drive to Succeed: Silvio Memme (MBA 2020) of OMERS Ventures and His Career Switch into Venture Capital

never-take-no-for-an-answer attitude resonated with me.” As it turned out, Memme would hear a lot of “no” along the way, so the personality traits he shared with Leone would play a major role in his success.... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

unmarketable yet invaluable intangibles such as social tolerance, personal responsibility, and respect for the rule of law. Each is a unique community of scholars in which lives as well as minds are molded. Pure profit-based competition... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

31 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants

in research in entrepreneurship and innovation. Together, they were able to investigate how many people born outside the United States were responsible for firm creation and the traits of those firms. First, the researchers needed to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

20 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

really give to someone like Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson or to Wilbur Ross, the Commerce Department nominee, or to Vice President Mike Pence? It looks like he’s a person who hasn’t delegated a lot in the past. So those would... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese

13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

Social Behavior By: Crockett, Molly J., and Amy Cuddy Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49863 October 2015 Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Men as Cultural Ideals:... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

Shackleton divided them into three categories: “Mad,” “Hopeless,” and “Possible.” He met face-to-face with those in the Possible category, searching for cheerfulness, a sense of humor, and other qualities he associated with optimism, a View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

05 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 5

correlational and causal evidence that humblebragging has both global costs-reducing liking and perceived sincerity-and specific costs: it is even ineffective in signaling the specific trait that a person... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

"I believe 120 percent in what I'm doing," she said, well before the Boston site took shape. "If you didn't have that, you wouldn't have the energy to get up in the morning. You really enjoy the good days, because there are a lot of bad days right now.... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

01 Mar 2023
News

March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books

to hone and manifest to become a powerful, impactful leader no matter where you work. She also examines the key traits of being a transformational leader, focusing on the gaps she has seen in leadership that could impede or damage any... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

09 Feb 2017
News

Turning Disorder into Opportunity

organization—taps into the talents common among those on the autism spectrum, which include attention to detail, highly focused concentration, perseverance with repetitive tasks, pattern recognition, problem solving, and honesty. These View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2012
News

The Accidental Pioneers

the resident experts when case discussions focused on household goods such as laundry detergent. "Maybe without intending to do so, they were making it evident that we were different," she observes. "I didn't want to be singled out. I just wanted to be another View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Dec 2012
News

From Where We Stand

around you. If you can reflect on the discord and energy of disparate views, you will have the resilience and insight necessary to be successful. PAIGE ARNOF-FENN Paige Arnof-Fenn (MBA 1991), Founder & CEO, Mavens & Moguls, Cambridge, Massachusetts "Always be the most... View Details

12 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 12

even after controlling for the focal district-industry's conditions. The core patterns hold when using local industrial conditions in 1994 to instrument for incumbent conditions in 2000-2005. The results highlight that the traits of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Feb 2025
News

Joy to the World

the power of community to be a place to create joy-- from that experience growing up, from being in East Boston, and from research that says that the happiness of the friend of your friend can impact your happiness if that person lives... View Details

19 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

Nations Clean Development Mechanism Executive Board to China, for use of Arcadia's rice varieties, since they enabled farmers to reduce nitrogen fertilizer use, in turn lowering greenhouse gas emissions. But the company's proprietary View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Apr 2008
Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

Andrews noted. "The addition of personal values and aspirations became an integral part of his philosophy of management." Creating A Systematic Approach As his interest and influence in the Business Policy area expanded,... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

but at the expense of the outgroup. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52113 in press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology It Doesn’t Hurt to Ask: Question-asking Increases Liking By: Huang, K., M.... View Details