Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: INSEAD   

Assumptions about Millennials are rampant — for example, that they don’t want to work hard or pay their dues, or that work/life balance is more important than money or career.…

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: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    NUS Business School   

While large corporations may have the bandwidth to organize mandatory, sustained in-house training programs, smaller companies must depend on outside organizations and the government to provide training. The challenge with…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: Chinese University of Hong Kong    Kellogg School of Management   

Personnel policies are often considered in the context of the individual — policies related to hiring, promoting, and firing individuals, for example. However, personnel policies must operate within the context…

Idea posted: March 2015

Institutions: IESE Business School   

Expatriate assignments are great opportunities for employees and managers assigned overseas to not only increase their personal knowledge, but also share knowledge across units. In a study on the knowledge…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business    University of Georgia Terry College of Business    Missouri State University    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics   

Abusive behaviour from bosses, what researchers call ‘downward hostility’, has a negative psychological effect on employees, undermining job satisfaction and the commitment to the employee. Such hostility also causes psychological…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Davidson College   

A Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) survey of first-time managers attending its Maximizing Your Leadership Potential (MLP) program offers some insight into the challenges first-time managers face. The 12 top…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: INSEAD    ESCP   

Social capital research has established the performance advantages of networking. However, we know surprisingly little about the strategies individuals employ when networking and, in particular, the underlying agency mechanisms involved.…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Employees just joining the workforce will have different experiences in their first jobs, depending on the economic situation of the firm in which they land. This economic situation makes a…