Idea posted: October 2025

Institutions: Stevens Institute of Technology   

Periods of heightened stress and uncertainty, such as political turmoil, economic instability, and global crises, tend to erode individuals’ general perceived control, defined as the belief that success at work…

Idea posted: August 2025

Institutions: IÉSEG School of Management    KU Leuven    University of Zurich   

The traditional approach to workforce differentiation is talent management, which involves disproportionately investing in a small, exclusive group of high-value employees, often referred to as “talents”. However, there’s been increasing…

Idea posted: December 2022

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

Meritocracy is an ideal that today's organizations strive for. However, the practice of meritocracy doesn't often live up to the aspiration. For example, studies continue to show that women and…

Idea posted: December 2020

Institutions: UCLA Anderson School of Management    University of Chicago Booth School of Business    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Past research has demonstrated that high external performance expectations (e.g., from supervisors, co-workers, clients, family, friends, and the media) can motivate individuals to increase their efforts and be more persistent,…

Idea posted: March 2019

Institutions: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business    Cornell University    Ivey Business School at Western University   

While it is well documented that women earn less than men, a series of three studies examined whether agreeableness had an impact on this wage inequality — that is, whether…

Idea posted: February 2017

Institutions: University of Middlesex Business School   

Psychopaths are manipulative, bullying, lying and egocentric people without a conscious. They use coercion and intimidation to get what they want, and never have a sliver of remorse for their…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: Clark University Graduate School of Management    Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Self-determination theory describes four types of motivation, moving on a spectrum from other-directed to self-directed. External motivation is at the other-directed end of the spectrum. Motivation is based on what…

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    University of Windsor Odette School of Business   

Equity-based incentives, such as restricted stock grants or options, are common for C-suite corporate executives. This is not surprising as they have corporate-level responsibilities. For business-unit managers in decentralized corporations,…

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Copenhagen Business School    Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich School of Management    University of St. Gallen    University of Geneva   

To study the talent management processes of an organization, a team of researchers focused on the managerial skills required for management promotion. Identification of those skills is the key element…