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- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
employees in a large information technology firm. These findings have implications for research on homophily, gender relations in organizations, and formal and informal organizational structure. Exclusivity, Contingent Control Rights, and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
Are You Sabotaging Your Own Company?
leaders who create arcane and tedious processes can kill employee morale and cripple company performance just as quickly as an adversary who pours sand into the gas tank of a company vehicle, Thomke writes... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 May 2016
- First Look
May 31, 2016
for persons 6 months of age and older, but less than half of U.S. adults get vaccinated. Many employers offer employees free influenza vaccinations at workplace clinics, but even then take-up is low. Objective: To determine whether View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
Norton says. "With consumption, rituals seem to work because they increase your involvement in the experience." Employee Morale And Productivity Later this year, the researchers plan to study how... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Effective Leaders Share the Spotlight with Their Teams
impact on both employees and companies, new research shows. In fact, managers who elevate others like Bradway did are more likely to hold on to valued employees, according to a study by Yuan Zou, assistant professor of business... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
undeniable ethical failure, people experience ethical dissonance between their moral values and their behavioral misconduct. Our findings indicate that to reduce ethical dissonance, individuals use a double-distancing mechanism. Using an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 11, 2009
http://www.cambridge.org/uk/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521518550 In Favor of Clear Thinking: Incorporating Moral Rules into a Wise Cost-benefit Analysis Authors:Max Bazerman and Joshua D. Greene Publication:Perspectives on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 23
responsibility, HBS has long tried to promote better business standards. Anteby's rich account reveals the surprising role of silence in HBS's process of codifying morals and values. As he describes, specifics are often left unspoken; for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Pay Workers More So They Steal Less
Bigger paychecks for retail employees could generate significant payoffs for employers by reducing worker theft and raising the level of moral behavior in the workforce, a new study shows. Tatiana Sandino,... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do Leaders Manage the Tension Between Pride and Arrogance?
recommended) being attentive to the changes in the external environment communicating with middle managers and leading by example, motivating employees to speak, listening to customers.” Several asked whether the phenomenon in question is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Apr 2022
- Op-Ed
Let’s Move Forward from COVID—Without Forgetting What We’ve Learned
burned out. The virtual meeting that runs back-to-back has shed light on the need for mini-breaks and recovery time. The result of the remote work environment, in some industries, is that leaders believe that employees are accessible... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and MaShon Wilson
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
own childhood leads people to experience feelings of moral purity and to behave prosocially. In Experiment 1, participants instructed to recall memories from their childhood were more likely to help the experimenter with a supplementary... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
people to leave. Furloughs can also be difficult for morale in the short term. Cote admitted he received angry emails from several employees as the furloughs at Honeywell dragged on from days to weeks. “By... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
borrows. Why should this matter to us? Employees tell us in one way or another that the single most important characteristic of their job is "a boss who's fair," who hires, promotes, and recognizes the right people. Nearly all... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 18 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 18
as consumers and employees (what we buy, how we manage others) to the choices that we make more broadly as human beings (who we date, how we deal with friendships). From my research, we see when a mismatch is most likely to occur between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Feb 2023
- Op-Ed
Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears
Following the murder of George Floyd in 2020, business leaders vowed to change organizational culture to increase diversity and inclusion. Some companies established more robust employee affinity groups, others diversified the voices on... View Details
Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
School of Management at Northwestern University.) "From an academic perspective, we thought we could advance the theory of networks by looking at the psychological consequences of networking." Previous psychology research has shown that people think about View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 12 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Using the Law to Strategic Advantage
Moreover, moral and ethical considerations may decisively influence how the law is applied. As a result, purely technical legal advice is often inadequate. CEOs should be looking for lawyers with wisdom and the courage to push back if... View Details
- 10 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business
employees who volunteer for the effort. The initiative is launched by top management or an executive committee. The principles of Kotter's dual operating system are: Important changes are driven by many people from everywhere in the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 22 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Pulling Campbell’s Out of the Soup
the time Conant was recruited, the company's share price had dropped from a high of $60 in 1998 to $30. Conant took a good long look at staff morale and didn't like what he saw. "We had a toxic culture. People were understandably... View Details