Ideas
Conflicts or Synergies? Middle Managers Have Different Views on Talent Management’s Paradoxes
Idea posted: January 2025
Institutions: University of Texas at Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management University College Cork, Cork University Business School University of Queensland School of Business
Middle managers play a key role in implementing the talent management programs of an organization, as they are instrumental in identifying high-potential individuals and supporting the development of their knowledge…
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How Career Concerns Impact Managers’ Adoption of New Technology
Idea posted: January 2025
Institutions: Boston University; Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
The adoption of new technology by companies and their leaders is often slow. Reasons for this hesitation can range from incentive structures that push managers to favor established technology, as…
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The Bias Against Women Leaders in Competitive Cultures
Idea posted: December 2024
Institutions: West Texas A&M University Monash University
While the extent of the gender gap in leadership roles is well documented, researchers continue to seek out the reasons for the tenacity of this gap despite a consensus for…
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Scaling Deep: How Focusing on Caring, Connected Ecosystems Transforms Organizations
Idea posted: December 2024
Institutions: Ashoka Canada The Systems Sanctuary
In business, to “scale” means to become larger, to grow. Scaling has been adapted to the social and environmental sectors in the concepts of scaling up (influencing policy) and scaling…
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Why Deception Is Not Always Wrong
Idea posted: December 2024
Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Lying, or any form of deception, is a negative and destructive behavior that is proscribed in organizations—at least theoretically. ReReal-lifeypically complicates theory, and a study from the University of Chicago…
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Working from Home, Hybrid Arrangements Can Reduce Innovation
Idea posted: November 2024
Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business; University of Essex, Department of Economics
Having discovered the benefits of working from home (WFH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, notably the improvement in work-life balance, many employees are reluctant to return to the office full-time. One…
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How Work Design Leads to Employee Satisfaction and High Performance
Idea posted: November 2024
Institutions: Michigan State University Broad College of Business; Florida State University College of Business Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business; University of Iowa Tippie College of Business; Michigan State University, Broad College of Business
A seminal 2007 study on work design tests the impact of 14 work characteristics including motivational (e.g. autonomy), social (e.g., feedback from others), and work context (e.g., physical demands) characteristics…
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How to Empower Your Employees and Why It Matters
Idea posted: November 2024
Institutions: University at Buffalo School of Management; University of Iowa Tippie College of Business; Florida State University
The benefits of empowering employees by creating policies, practices, and structures to give frontline and lower-level employees and managers greater decision-making authority concerning their jobs and responsibilities were first introduced…
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Learning from Your Peers: The Power of Storytelling
Idea posted: October 2024
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University
Vicarious learning, that is, learning from the experiences of others in the organization, including your peers, has always been a vital component of collective learning in any organization. Traditionally, vicarious…
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