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- 06 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better
understand them correctly, the researchers say. “You are saying, I want to repair this because I think what you said is really important,” says Collins. “It’s better than them finding out three days later you weren’t engaged.” More than... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Towards an Understanding of the Role of Standard Setters in Standard Setting
- 2013
- Book
Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability
By: John Ehrenfeld and Andrew J. Hoffman
Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other... View Details
Ehrenfeld, John, and Andrew J. Hoffman. Flourishing: A Frank Conversation About Sustainability. Stanford University Press, 2013. (Finalist for the 2014 Best Book Award, Social Issues in Management Division, Academy of Management.)
Riding the Passion Wave or Fighting to Stay Afloat? A Theory of Differentiated Passion Contagion
Prior research suggests employees benefit from highly passionate teammates because passion spreads easily from one employee to the next. We develop theory to propose that life in high-passion teams may not be as uniformly advantageous as previously assumed. More... View Details
- June 2025
- Article
Riding the Passion Wave or Fighting to Stay Afloat? A Theory of Differentiated Passion Contagion
By: Emma Frank, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu and Jon M. Jachimowicz
Prior research suggests that employees benefit from highly passionate teammates because passion spreads easily from one employee to the next. We develop theory to propose that life in high-passion teams may not be as uniformly advantageous as previously assumed. We... View Details
Keywords: Passion; Emotional Contagion; Emotions; Groups and Teams; Employees; Power and Influence; Performance Improvement
Frank, Emma, Kai Krautter, Wen Wu, and Jon M. Jachimowicz. "Riding the Passion Wave or Fighting to Stay Afloat? A Theory of Differentiated Passion Contagion." Administrative Science Quarterly 70, no. 2 (June 2025): 444–495.
- October 2014
- Case
McKinsey & Company, 2012
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In 2012, McKinsey & Company (McKinsey) was the world's premier management consultancy, providing advice to CEO's and top executives of leading companies around the globe. Many consulting firms were bigger but few could match the reputation McKinsey had built over more... View Details
- 2025
- Working Paper
The Impact of Input Inaccuracy on Leveraging AI Tools: Evidence from Algorithmic Labor Scheduling
By: Caleb Kwon, Antonio Moreno and Ananth Raman
Problem Definition: Considerable academic and practitioner attention is placed on the value of ex-post interactions (i.e., overrides) in the human-AI interface. In contrast, relatively little attention has been paid to ex-ante human-AI interactions (e.g., the... View Details
Kwon, Caleb, Antonio Moreno, and Ananth Raman. "The Impact of Input Inaccuracy on Leveraging AI Tools: Evidence from Algorithmic Labor Scheduling." Working Paper, January 2025.
The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work Over Time
Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through... View Details
- Web
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research
Dungeons & Dragons: Repairing Ecosystem Trust (B) By: Gabriel Rossman, Oliver Schilke and Julian Zlatev May 2025 | Supplement | Faculty Research Supplements the (A) case, 924-008. Citation Purchase Related... View Details
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Research Computing Services
Compute Cluster & Data Storage RCS offers a local compute cluster to work with large data, access storage, and utilize databases, along with guidance on other research computing environments. News HBSGrid View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
in place by management – can corrupt the behaviour of both individuals and the organisation as a whole. At Sears, for example, management implemented a new goal-setting and compensation system to spur sales... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Mar 2021
- In Practice
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?
A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
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Organizational Behavior - Faculty & Research
of passion, which negates the benefits the team provides. We first conducted an experience-sampling study at an engineering company involved in the production and maintenance of critical infrastructure that... View Details
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
When Facebook failed to protect the privacy of 87 million people whose data was harvested without their consent in 2015, the company not only circumvented data privacy regulations, it breached the public’s trust. And by failing to... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
Galene-based devices made to repair other parts of the knee, as well as the shoulder, hip, elbow, and ankle. Sufferers “are dealing with a condition that is so debilitating and... View Details
Keywords: Shoshi Parks
- Web
Founders & Investors - Entrepreneurship
The Founders & Investors Discover Rock alumni and students who are turning opportunity into reality. Entrepreneurs Investors Companies Gilbert Addo CEO, RubiconMD MBA 2011 Pratik Agarwal Founder, Accel MBA 2014 Shantanu Agarwal Founder,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
investors, and even a pickleball business is about financial returns at the end of the day, Gordon cautions. But it feels good to be serving communities in a very positive way, he adds. “An auto repair shop... View Details
- 11 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Fix This! Why is it so Painful to Buy a New Car?
incentive to add more transparency on things like invoice markups and service costs? Myriad consumer websites help car buyers overcome that asymmetry with information on what dealers pay for cars, vehicle quality stats, View Details
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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education
as: Directions to places on or off campus, restaurant advice, or finding a taxi Package delivery Maintenance or housekeeping issues, lost keys, or other residence hall issues Laundry and dry cleaning... View Details