Ideas
Why Deception Is Not Always Wrong
Idea posted: December 2024
Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business
Lying, or any form of deception, is a negative and destructive behavior that is proscribed in organizations—at least theoretically. ReReal-lifeypically complicates theory, and a study from the University of Chicago…
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Working from Home, Hybrid Arrangements Can Reduce Innovation
Idea posted: November 2024
Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business; University of Essex, Department of Economics
Having discovered the benefits of working from home (WFH) during the COVID-19 pandemic, notably the improvement in work-life balance, many employees are reluctant to return to the office full-time. One…
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How Work Design Leads to Employee Satisfaction and High Performance
Idea posted: November 2024
Institutions: Michigan State University Broad College of Business; Florida State University College of Business Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business; University of Iowa Tippie College of Business; Michigan State University, Broad College of Business
A seminal 2007 study on work design tests the impact of 14 work characteristics including motivational (e.g. autonomy), social (e.g., feedback from others), and work context (e.g., physical demands) characteristics…
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How to Empower Your Employees and Why It Matters
Idea posted: November 2024
Institutions: University at Buffalo School of Management; University of Iowa Tippie College of Business; Florida State University
The benefits of empowering employees by creating policies, practices, and structures to give frontline and lower-level employees and managers greater decision-making authority concerning their jobs and responsibilities were first introduced…
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Learning from Your Peers: The Power of Storytelling
Idea posted: October 2024
Institutions: Johns Hopkins University
Vicarious learning, that is, learning from the experiences of others in the organization, including your peers, has always been a vital component of collective learning in any organization. Traditionally, vicarious…
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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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