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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Rapport in Organizations: Evidence from Fast Food

By: Achyuta Adhvaryu, Parker Howell, Anant Nyshadham and Jorge Tamayo
Common identity often provides a foundation for workplace rapport. Using personnel and productivity data from a large fast food chain in Colombia, we study whether mismatched gender identity across managers and workers affects the team’s ability to deal with demand... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Workplace Relationships; Rapport; Managers; People Management; Labor Allocation; Staffing; Scheduling; Quick-serve Restaurants; Management; Relationships; Gender; Labor and Management Relations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Employees; Food and Beverage Industry; Colombia
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Adhvaryu, Achyuta, Parker Howell, Anant Nyshadham, and Jorge Tamayo. "Rapport in Organizations: Evidence from Fast Food." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-032, November 2023. (Revised August 2024.)
  • 25 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Rapport: The Hidden Advantage That Women Managers Bring to Teams

communication and rapport between managers and employees. In this case, the manager may not have scheduled the fast-food stations properly, forcing an overtaxed employee to juggle both packaging meals and taking orders. With an improperly... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Food & Beverage
  • 09 Apr 2013
  • News

Pourquoi Amazon a réussi là où Sony a échoué

  • 21 Sep 2012
  • News

A Presidential Campaign Should Be a Conversation

  • 13 Jun 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Handshaking Promotes Cooperative Dealmaking

Keywords: by Juliana Schroeder, Jane Risen, Francesca Gino & Michael I. Norton
  • Web

HBS Working Knowledge – Harvard Business School Faculty Research

customer experience. Female managers are more adept at building rapport among mixed-gender teams, which can improve an organization’s performance, says research by Jorge Tamayo. The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024 by... View Details
  • 15 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

topics workplaces should consider addressing Talking openly doesn’t just build rapport among teams; it’s also good for business, Wing says. Here are five important issues workplaces tend to avoid but should learn how to thoughtfully... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

easily move people around to cover a wider range of absent colleagues. This is just one way rapport in the workplace seems to be critical in enabling productivity. This project is between fellow managers, but in the fast food context in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
  • Web

Getting Started - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

offers advice for establishing a strong rapport with students. Transcript Qualities of Effective Teachers Tom Piper Professor Piper describes the most important qualities a teacher needs to be effective as a discussion leader in a... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

In Harmony

a great rapport with officials in the Korean government and at the same time was able to harness the full energies of Salomon to make sure the deal did not go wrong.” In August 2001, Korea would repay the IMF in full. “I had never felt... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea
  • Blog

What Can You Do to Foster Gender Equity?

meaningful time with those who don't share your identity. It might take additional time to build rapport with employees and colleagues who don't share your background, but they need and want the same kind of face time, support, and... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

the first decade of your professional journey. How do you decode office politics, advocate for yourself, or deal with that one troublesome coworker? This guide is your blueprint to workplace success. You’ll learn to cultivate rapport with... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 04 May 2020
  • Blog Post

6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

they view you and whether your narrative sounds true to who you are. Start brainstorming about potential recommenders and continue to develop your rapport with them because their support can go a long way in polishing your application.... View Details
  • 11 Mar 2024
  • News

In Harmony

“There was a lot of pressure, needless to say,” says Tan. “It was Salomon’s biggest deal in Asia to date. Some even questioned why another bank hadn’t been chosen. Michael had a great rapport with officials in the Korean government and at... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park
  • 07 Jun 2021
  • Book

9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'

with a donor. Donor attention span, particularly at the beginning of a meeting, can be limited. You need to build interest and get the hook in quickly. When you have their attention and rapport has been established, you can then get into... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 13 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Managers, Here’s How to Bond with New Hires Remotely

For senior managers at many firms, the shift to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic came with a huge concern: Would the loss of in-person conversations keep them from mentoring or simply establishing rapport with employees,... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 02 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Is 'Gut Feel' a Good Reason to Invest in a Startup?

rapport with entrepreneurs. The second type of investors, which Huang calls “syncopated investors,” reverse that process, focusing first on whether they relate to entrepreneurs on an emotional level—judging whether a fledgling company has... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services
  • 30 Sep 2020
  • Blog Post

Reflecting on my service

military doesn’t just train you how to run towards the sound of bullets; it teaches you how to control the chaos, how to tackle seemingly insurmountable obstacles, how to build and lead teams with rapport and respect. And so as the... View Details
  • 22 Dec 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Negotiation is Like Jazz

than personalities, but relational aspects are given enough attention to create trust and cooperation. In working-together improvisations: Relational acts begin with rapport building. The negotiation is punctuated by positive value... View Details
Keywords: by Kathleen L. McGinn
  • 23 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Market Research Meets the “People Factor”

"Managers might themselves try to identify their own 'comfort zones' for surprise," according to Zaltman and Deshpandé. Sheer quality of a research report is usually not enough. If the results are going to make a positive impact, the manager and researcher... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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