Ideas
How Work Breaks Boost Employee Well-being and Work Performance
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…
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Why Virtual Meetings Make Us Tired and Can Hurt Our Performance
Idea posted: October 2024
The well-documented “virtual meeting fatigue” the tiredness one feels after virtual meetings has been attributed to exhaustion arising from the multiple physical and psychological demands of such meetings. These physical…
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Why Companies Sometimes Need Not-So-Nice CEOs
Idea posted: September 2024
Institutions: Columbia Business School
Do nice guys finish last? In exploring why CEOs might be fired and who might be selected to replace them, two Columbia Business School researchers studied the impact of CEO…
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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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CEO Personality: The Cornerstone of Corporate Culture
Idea posted: September 2024
Institutions: Stanford University Graduate School of Business; MIT Sloan School of Management
The impact of corporate culture on a firm's success has been widely studied. A consensus exists among scholars and practitioners that CEOs, through their decisions and behaviors, play a vital…
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Diversity and Inclusion: How Leaders Convince Others to Follow their Lead
Idea posted: August 2024
Institutions: Haskayne School of Business Beedle School of Business; University of Calgary Simon Fraser University
Women continue to battle inequality and discrimination in many different forms in companies and organizations. While progress has been made, many women continue to be paid less than men, to…
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Use Dynamic Capabilities for Strategic Succession Planning
Idea posted: August 2024
Institutions: Labovitz School of Business and Economics University of Minnesota Duluth; Huntsman School of Business Utah State University
A study by Ormonde Cragun of the University of Minnesota Duluth and Michael Ulrich of Utah State University applies the principles of “Dynamic Capabilities” to succession planning to create a…
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Innovation, Resources, and Resilience to Crises
Idea posted: August 2024
Institutions: University of La Rioja; University of Surrey
The COVID-19 crisis has sparked new interest in the resilience of organizations in the face of a widespread crisis on the scale of the pandemic. A study by a team…
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Which Firms Are More Likely to Accept Flexible Work Arrangements?
Idea posted: July 2024
Institutions: Henley Business School University of Reading University of Edinburgh School of Business
The COVID-19 pandemic changed the flexible work arrangements mindset and attitudes of both employees and businesses: many employees had become comfortable working from home, and many businesses realized that flexible…
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