Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Traditionally, more men than women have emerged in leadership positions. But over the past few decades, this has steadily been changing. An increasing number of women are taking top leadership…

Idea posted: June 2025

Institutions: Christopher Newport University, Luter School of Business    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    Rowan University, Rohrer College of Business   

The wage gap between men and women and the underrepresentation of women in senior leadership roles have been well-documented. One study introduces a new approach to exploring gender disparity in…

Idea posted: October 2016

Institutions: University of Wisconsin Milwaukee Lubar School of Business    Cass Business School, City University London    Warwick University Business School   

Across the industrialized world, female workers earn less than men. In previous research and books on the subject, two widely accepted claims emerge that, it is believed, help explain the…

Idea posted: January 2019

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Dresden University of Technology   

In the business literature, diversity is often painted as a magic elixir that brings different perceptions and knowledge to a team or an organization, which then effortlessly leads to greater…

Idea posted: March 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

By squeezing suppliers and customers hard, particularly in difficult economic times, you can get results very quickly. But it does have a cost of consequences. The last five years have…

Idea posted: April 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business    University of East Anglia   

In the early 1990s, large corporations started moving, slowly and almost imperceptibly at first, away from the kind of broad scientific research that led to such inventions as Nylon and…

Idea posted: April 2025

Institutions: Manchester University    Alliance Manchester Business School   

“Quiet quitters” are employees who do their jobs, but don’t go the extra mile. They don’t work overtime, or look for extra work, or voluntarily take on additional responsibilities, tasks,…

Idea posted: June 2023

Institutions: The Fuqua School of Business    University of Geneva; Duke University   

The leadership field is filled with suggested approaches, principles, and behaviours for effective leadership, often grouped into different leadership styles. Authentic leadership, charismatic leadership, empowering leadership, servant leadership, instrumental leadership,…

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School   

The quality of the relationship between a leader and a follower or subordinate can have a major impact on the satisfaction and happiness, and ultimately the performance of that subordinate.…