Idea posted: July 2021

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

What is charisma? Much of past research focuses on the outcomes of charisma and often within the context of leaders in an organizational setting—e.g., charismatic leaders generate emotions that inspire…

Idea posted: July 2021

Institutions: University of Southern California Marshall School of Business    University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Research on power in organizations often treats power as unidirectional—how subordinates deal with superiors or how superiors deal with subordinates. Two researchers challenge this static, unidirectional perspective with a new…

Idea posted: July 2021

Institutions: Rutgers University Business School    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Most attempts at persuasion are met by wary resistance. People are naturally suspicious of the motives of persuaders, ready to believe that persuaders will use devious means to achieve their…

Idea posted: May 2021

Institutions: Stevens Institute of Technology    IMD    University of North Carolina, Greensboro   

To become successful leaders, individuals must identify as leaders—that is, they must see themselves as legitimate leaders who have earned the right to be leaders. The path to claiming a…

Idea posted: May 2021

Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School    LUMS Suleman Dawood School of Business   

The theory of evolution argues that survival depends on adaptation to the environment. Biological, psychological and behavioural characteristics in living things evolve or emerge in an ongoing battle to survive…

Idea posted: March 2021

Institutions: Stevens Institute of Technology    Bar-Ilan University    IMD   

Women leaders must manage conflicting stereotypical role expectations. Their gender role expectations are centred on what psychologists call communal attributes, such as kindness, empathy and nurturing. At the same time,…

Idea posted: March 2021

Institutions: University of Virginia   

Women continue to be vastly under-represented at the top levels of business, with recent figures in the U.S. indicating that less than 5% of major corporations CEOs are women, and…

Idea posted: December 2020

Institutions: UCLA Anderson School of Management    University of Chicago Booth School of Business    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania   

Past research has demonstrated that high external performance expectations (e.g., from supervisors, co-workers, clients, family, friends, and the media) can motivate individuals to increase their efforts and be more persistent,…

Idea posted: November 2020

Institutions: Pan-Atlantic University Lagos Business School   

Previous studies have demonstrated the quality of decisions that emerge from cross-functional teams. Most of these studies focus on the outcome of cross-functional deliberations, but not the deliberation process itself.…