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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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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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How to Self-Promote Without Making a Bad Impression
Idea posted: September 2024
Institutions: University of Utah David Eccles School of Business; George Mason University Costello College of Business; University of Pennsylvania
Promoting your accomplishments is necessary to advance in your career. While self-promotion increases perceptions of competence, it reduces perceptions of warmth and empathy and increases the potential for an overall…
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Visionary Leadership is Most Needed in Times of Uncertainty
Idea posted: June 2024
Institutions: University of Potsdam
The greatest of leaders are visionaries. They have a vision for the future of their organizations and effectively communicate that vision to their followers which inspires the followers’ commitment to…
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Engage Employees through Psychologically Rich Jobs
Idea posted: May 2024
Institutions: University of Virginia University of Florida
Since the time of Aristotle, philosophers have been debating the characteristics of a “good life,” that is, the characteristics of a life that would be most desirable to people. Over…
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Showing a Weakness Makes Leaders More Authentic
Idea posted: March 2024
Institutions: George Washington University School of Business Harvard Business School Arizona State University Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management
One of the prized attributes of successful leaders today is “authenticity.” Research has shown that leaders who are perceived as honest and genuine and remain true to themselves positively impact…
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Prosocial Managers May Put Employee Interests Above the Company’s
Idea posted: October 2023
Institutions: Columbia Business School
While the impact on employee behaviour of prosocial preferences the desire to care about others and avoid harming them is well-documented, little research has been conducted on the impact of…
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Bad Is Stronger than Good
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…
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