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Middle Managers-Walking the Talk Needs Top Management Support

Idea posted: June 2018

Institutions: University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland    Cornell University S.C. Johnson College of Business    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business   

The best middle managers influence and inspire their subordinates to higher levels of performance. Research has shown that the secret to being an inspirational middle manager is behavioural integrity, which…

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Meritocracy at Work: Well-Intention Systems Can Cause the Reverse

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

Many companies make an effort to promote and compensate their employees based on performance rather than, as in the past, seniority. Specifically, companies will implement merit-based routines and written policies…

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Mentoring Programs for Women to Overcome Workplace Challenges

Idea posted: September 2020

Institutions: University of Wolverhampton   

Although mentoring is often cited as one of the paths for women to break down the barriers that hamper promotion opportunities and career success, what exactly can women learn through…

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Men Continue to Have the Best Tasks in the Workplace

Idea posted: December 2021

Institutions: Joint Research Center-European Commission    Goldsmiths, University of London    Eurofound Dublin   

Drawing from a unique database of information spanning 25 years and taking a unique approach to defining work, a team of European researchers offer a mix of expected and unexpected…

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Meeting Sustainability Priorities in Competitive Operational Strategies

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: ESADE    Politecnico di Milano School of Management   

Company follow different strategies in their quest for competitive advantage. For example, some companies compete on price. Other companies try to differentiate themselves from competitors through their capabilities. Still others…

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Media Multitasking: Unproductive but Gratifying

Idea posted: December 2016

Institutions: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business   

The research is consistent and unequivocal: media multitasking — that is, doing multiple tasks at the same time with at least one of those tasks involving some kind of media…

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Measuring the Impact of Your Leadership Development Program

Idea posted: February 2023

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Building on internal and external research, the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has developed a framework that not only measures the impact of leadership development programs but also reveals the…

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Photo by Emiliano Vittoriosi on Unsplash
Maximising Employee Performance

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: London Business School   

Based on interviews with more than 50 employees across 12 companies, as well as questionnaire data from more than 200 employees London Business School’s professor, Julian Birkinshaw, along with his…

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Matching the Creativity Supply Side to Your Marketing Demand

Idea posted: April 2018

Institutions: ESSEC Business School    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    Sungkyunkwan University   

Creativity, once thought an innate, unteachable attribute, is now seen as possible for all. One doesn’t have to be a genius to be creative. But creativity does require the right…

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