Idea posted: November 2017
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University University College London
Friendship in the workplace can be a positive factor as friendly colleagues collaborate harmoniously, share information easily and support each other’s work. On the negative side, friendships can also lead…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #683Idea posted: January 2016
Institutions: Central Michigan University College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences
Even the most well-intentioned people can be swayed by almost subconscious, automatic biases against certain categories of people — what scientists call “implicit out-group bias.” These biases emerge from engrained…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #580Idea 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: September 2015
Institutions: INSEAD Harvard Business School Columbia Business School
Is sarcasm in the workplace as destructive as usually assumed? While sarcasm — in which people express one thing by saying the exact opposite — is rampant in organizations, most…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #550Idea posted: September 2015
Institutions: China Europe International Business School (CEIBS) University of Illinois College of Business Jinju National University Seowon University
The core self-evaluation (CSE) assessment is an attempt to reconcile the variety of personality types assessments (e.g. Myers-Briggs) available. The CSE looks at four personality traits: self-esteem, generalized self-efficacy, locus…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #547Idea posted: July 2015
Institutions: SDA Bocconi School of Management University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management
Organizational design theory studies the formal structures of an organization; network research focuses on informal structures — the informal interactions and relationships ‘behind the chart’. Giuseppe Soda of Bocconi University…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #526Idea posted: May 2015
Institutions: Bocconi University Department of Management & Technology Singapore Management University London Business School SDA Bocconi School of Management
Every organization has finite resources, starting with compensation, budgets and expense accounts, as well as high quality assignments, accounts or customers and even office space. The people who control the…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #521Idea posted: April 2015
Institutions: Cornell University University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business Washington University Olin Business School Vanderbilt University
Conventional wisdom has it that diversity helps creativity, in that people in homogenous groups are similar to one another with similar ideas and therefore less divergent thinking occurs. Also most…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #505Idea posted: September 2014
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
In a world of business in which cooperation is often the key to success, many companies overlook the damage that infighting, extreme competition or knowledge hoarding by employees can cause…
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