Idea posted: February 2014

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

According to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics, the participation rate for women in the labour force was down from 60.3% in 2000, to 57.6% in 2012. This was despite…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management   

What drives customers’ attitudes and behaviours? This is the golden question for marketing executives, who often rely on data from surveys, focus groups, interviews, etc., in the hopes of trying…

Idea posted: November 2021

Institutions: Stanford Graduate School of Business   

More than ever before, employees are asking the companies they work for to take a stand and become actively involved in supporting environmental and social causes. The increasingly visible activism…

Idea posted: January 2023

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

While new technology is intended to make work more efficient and effective, it often helps the professionals in a company while increasing the workload and decreasing the autonomy of assistants…

Idea posted: February 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    New York University Stern School of Business    Princeton University   

"What makes a good leader?" is one of the most asked and researched questions of the past few decades. Finding a convincing answer is both more important now than ever…

Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    University of Buffalo    George Mason University   

Cynicism to change (CTC) is often studied at the individual level — how employees react to change. Indeed, employee CTC will impact whether or not change can be successfully implemented…

Idea posted: May 2013

Institutions: Vlerick Business School   

Performance and risk are actually two sides of the same coin. Although they have traditionally been reported and managed by different organisational functions, there is a growing tendency to link…

Idea posted: January 2013

Institutions: Duke University    Harvard Business School    University of Washington   

Open communication is extremely important; it must exist for both employee input and successful team performance to take place. But does leader power diminish open communication? Through three studies, the…

Idea posted: January 2015

Institutions: NUS Business School   

Should companies allow employees to work from home, some or all of the time? After all, with the communication possibilities of the digital age — from submitting materials through email…