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.…

Idea posted: November 2020

Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business    INSEAD    Johns Hopkins University    Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business    Entrepreneur Futures Network   

Mentors with extensive entrepreneurial experience can make a significant contribution to the success of new or less experienced entrepreneurs facing the inevitable setbacks of early stage ventures. Many entrepreneurial mentoring…

Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: University of Virginia Darden Business School    Kellogg School of Management   

The dearth of female leaders in industry, despite the stated intentions of most companies and organizations to encourage diversity and promote women, is well documented. Past studies in this field…

Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: INSEAD   

Many executives struggle to accomplish their mandate as executives: aligning the people from top to bottom in the organization behind the goals and actions that ensure the company’s success. The…

Idea posted: January 2020

Institutions: Henley Business School   

Today’s unprecedented quad-gen workforce (baby boomers, Gen X, millennials, Gen Z) presents unique challenges for employers who must try to engage all four generations. Although having different backgrounds and histories,…