Idea posted: March 2021
Institutions: Stanford University Stanford Graduate School of Business Harvard University
All employers in all nations are in the health care business. The work environment they create, including the expected number of working hours and numerous other potential stressors, have a…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #786Idea posted: January 2020
Institutions: Henley Business School
Today’s unprecedented quad-gen workforce (baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z) presents unique challenges for employers who must try to engage all four generations. Although having different backgrounds and histories,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #759Idea posted: May 2019
Institutions: The Vanguard Group Inc. New York University Stern School of Business Carleton University Sprott School of Business University of Michigan Ross School of Business Stanford Graduate School of Business
With the pool of workers within traditional working ages (18-64) expected to shrink dramatically, keeping older workers in the workforce longer would help both companies and national economies. Older workers,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #739Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
With social inequality in the U.S. only getting worse and with intergenerational mobility lower than in many other advanced economies, it is clear that individuals in the higher socioeconomic levels…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #658Idea posted: April 2016
Institutions: Harvard Graduate School of Education
There are two types of skills involved in the tasks of a job. The first is cognitive — an employee’s knowledge, training and experience that puts the employee in position…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #600Idea posted: April 2016
Institutions: University of Dundee Pennsylvania State University Tilburg University University of Cambridge Judge Business School
Corporate governance systems are the systems through which a company is controlled and directed. Public corporations will have boards of directors responsible for ensuring that management is acting in the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #595Idea posted: January 2016
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management
There is much research and much human resources emphasis in recent years on finding, hiring and retaining star performers. New research involving nearly 60,000 workers in 11 firms reveals that…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #576Idea posted: January 2016
Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management
Many CEOs recognize gender equality as an important strategic priority. However, top-level strategic priorities can be undermined if male middle managers display or enable gender bias through the type of…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #572Idea posted: July 2015
Institutions: INSEAD
The conventional wisdom about Millennials declares that they all want to rise rapidly to leadership positions but without working too hard or paying their dues. They also, again according to…
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