Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
In this paper, the author examines the possible bases for dysfunctional leadership, moving away from an emphasis on a leader’s performance and personality to focusing on the contextual features that…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #029Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School
Decision-making is at the heart of all leadership. Sometimes leaders make good decisions, but sometimes they make less good decisions. The authors set out to understand why bad decisions are…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #028Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: Rutgers University UCLA Anderson School of Management
When it comes to personalities and employment roles, extraverts have traditionally done well, as they tend to express confidence, dominance and enthusiasm easily - all traits typically associated with good-performing…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #149Idea posted: May 2013
Institutions: New York University Stern School of Business University of Virginia Darden Business School
It is standard practice for corporations to have a conference call with stock market analysts after quarterly earnings are released. In this call, executives make a presentation concerning the earnings…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #141Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
From the Atari arcade games made popular in the 1970s-80s, to Angry Birds on iPhones across the world, video games have grown significantly in popularity and sophistication over the past…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #123Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Harvard Business School The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
A research study set out to examine how effective extraverted leadership actually is on group performance, and what characteristics on the part of employees also play a role in this.…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #006Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: London School of Economics University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
‘Damned if they do, damned if they don’t’ — this is usually the unfortunate impression/management dilemma faced by female executives. If they adopt male behavioural traits typically associated with strong leadership,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #090Idea posted: February 2013
Institutions: Columbia Business School New York University Stern School of Business Princeton University
"What makes a good leader?" is one of the most asked and researched questions of the past few decades. Finding a convincing answer is both more important now than ever…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #087Idea posted: January 2013
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management Rady School of Management
Prior research has shown us that self-control can lead to increased aggression. Building on that, we can now show that people often get irritated by their own self-control. Furthermore, it…
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