Idea posted: October 2017

Institutions: ESMT European School of Management and Technology    IE Business School    INSEAD   

Women are still a minority in many male-dominated professions, such as engineering and technology, as well as being a minority in leadership positions in most industries. Past studies have shown…

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.…

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    University of Liverpool Management School    University of Exeter Business School    ALBA Graduate Business School    Durham University   

The theory of leader-member exchange (LMX) focuses on the quality of the relationship between a leader and individual members of his or team, and how that relationship affects overall performance…

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: The University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School    Aston University Business School    University of Surrey Business School    ISCTE Business School   

Leader member exchange (LMX) theory is a theory that assesses leadership based on the relationships between leaders and followers (rather than the specific traits or behaviours of leaders). Thus, for…

Idea posted: June 2017

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management   

Being aware and attending to the emotions of others is recognized as one of the key skills of today’s transformational leaders — leaders who inspire and engage their people. However,…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: Clark University Graduate School of Management    Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Self-determination theory describes four types of motivation, moving on a spectrum from other-directed to self-directed. External motivation is at the other-directed end of the spectrum. Motivation is based on what…

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: University of Oxford    Cornell University   

Most people make moral judgements intuitively: we feel what is right or wrong. For example, imagine a dilemma in which a runaway trolley is racing toward five people, who will…

Idea 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…

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: IE Business School    Columbia Business School    Emory University Goizueta Business School    China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Utrecht University   

People react differently to decisions based on what they perceive was the fairness of the outcome as well as the fairness of the process — and whether or not they…