Idea posted: April 2025

Institutions: Harvard Business School   

This working paper investigates why training investments, essential for productivity, often suffer from low participation rates and insufficient worker engagement. It addresses a gap in existing literature by examining how…

Idea posted: October 2024

Institutions: University of Calgary    Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University; School of Human Resources Management, York University;    University of Victoria Libraries; Lazaridis School of Business and Economics    Wilfrid Laurier University; Haskayne School of Business   

There is a consensus that breaks during working hours can help employees recover from the stress and fatigue of work and thus improve their well-being and performance. A team of…

Idea posted: May 2024

Institutions: University of St. Gallen    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; Bar-Ilan University   

People are more engaged in their work and more committed to their organizations if they find their work meaningful that is, if their work gives them a sense that they…

Idea posted: April 2024

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business   

As the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to recede, should companies that had let employees work from home during the pandemic call them back to the office? Many managers…

Idea posted: March 2024

Institutions: West Texas A&M University   

According to numerous social science theories. emotions arise based on the discrepancies between what we want and what we have. If we have or achieve what we want, then we…

Idea posted: August 2023

Institutions: York University    University of Birmingham    University of Kent   

The global pandemic left companies with no choice except for essential professions, where employees had to work from home. Abrupt and comprehensive, the workplace disruption caused by COVID-19 left managers…

Idea posted: July 2023

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Psychological safety—the belief that it is safe to take interpersonal risks within a group—is recognized as a key attribute of high-performance teams. Research has shown that when team members are…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: Case Western Reserve University   

A wide-ranging overview of related psychological studies reveals that, without exception, bad has a greater impact than good, no matter the context. Here is some of the evidence presented by…

Idea posted: April 2023

Institutions: London Business School    University of Zurich   

One often-overlooked element of an organization’s success is sharing of advice— information with guidance or recommendations. Advice is clearly beneficial to the individuals receiving the advice, who can use it…