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A Symphony of Agency and Stewardship Values Ensures Family Business Success

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Indian School of Business   

Both agency theory and stewardship theory help explain organizational dynamics, although starting from very different assumptions. Agency theory describes the relationship between the shareholders (called ‘principals’) and the company’s managers…

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Millennials 2: Concerned about Opportunities for Growth and Quality of Life

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: INSEAD   

Growing up in an era of stagnating wages and increasing youth unemployment, one could forgive Millennials for being a bit pessimistic. This is not the case, however, according to a…

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Millennials 1: A Diverse Generation Often Misunderstood

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: INSEAD   

Assumptions about Millennials are rampant — for example, that they don’t want to work hard or pay their dues, or that work/life balance is more important than money or career.…

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A Lesson from China: Growth Is Not Eternal So Be Prepared

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology    Tongji University   

Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries (ZPMC), a company that specialized in the large-scale cranes used to load containers onto ships, burst on the heavy machinery landscape in 1992. At that time,…

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Beware of Hubris Syndrome! A Leadership Personality Disorder

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Duke University   

Most leaders possess typical leadership qualities such as the ability to inspire and persuade, a grand vision, and a controlled fearlessness when taking risks. There is, however, a darker side…

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Overcoming Our Evolutionary Fears to Speak Up to Authority

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business    Cornell University    Harvard Business School   

Why don’t many employees say something when they see something wrong in the workplace, or when they are unfairly attacked by their boss? Why do they sit silent in meetings…

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Public Sector Leadership: Managing ‘Multirational’ Organizations

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

Public sector organizations are multirational organizations. They do not fall under a single rationality archetype — for example, they are not uniquely political organizations or economic organizations or legal organizations,…

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Encouraging Employees Who Stay Silent to Give Feedback

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: New York University Stern School of Business    SIM University   

Why do employees choose to stay silent instead of reporting a problem, expressing their differing opinion or offering suggestions? Past research has examined this issue from a variety of perspectives,…

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The Hidden Costs of Working While Sick

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

An employee’s work usually consists of two types of tasks or behaviours: in-role tasks, which are the tasks required by the job or position; and discretionary behaviours, which are undertaken…

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