Idea 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…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: Tel Aviv University    University of Michigan Ross School of Business   

Intuitively, respectful relationships and creativity are assets of a successful company. Respectful relationships lead to more effective collaboration, while creativity leads to new, competitive ideas. Business leaders might not realize,…

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: Cranfield University School of Management   

Many CEOs recognize gender equality as an important strategic priority. However, top-level strategic priorities can be undermined if male middle managers display or enable gender bias through the type of…

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: Harvard Kennedy School    Clemson University   

Research has shown the positive impact on transformational leadership on organizational outcomes. Other research has focused on character traits of effective and/or ethical leaders. A new study from Harvard University…

Idea posted: June 2015

Institutions: University of St. Gallen    Technical University of Berlin    University of Konstanz    University of Potsdam    Renmin University of China School of Business   

As team members work on various (team) tasks and project, conflicts can arise over issues such as, for example, how the work should be done, or the best way to achieve…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) conducted research on the role of the word bossy in the workplace. Their results show a consistent trend that being bossy in the workplace…

Idea 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…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business    Cornell University    Harvard Business School   

Why don’t many employees say something when they see something wrong in the workplace, or when they are unfairly attacked by their boss? Why do they sit silent in meetings…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: University of St. Gallen   

Public sector organizations are multirational organizations. They do not fall under a single rationality archetype — for example, they are not uniquely political organizations or economic organizations or legal organizations,…