Idea posted: June 2015

Institutions: INSEAD   

With Millennials poised to become the largest generation in the workforce, how can employers best reach these new potential employees? Some employers are targeting parents in their job recruitments efforts.…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: NUS Business School    Georgia Institute of Technology Scheller College of Business    Rady School of Management   

Many project managers are now working with contract or distant employees who have some autonomy in how they plan out the assignment. These projects required highly skilled workers but often…

Idea posted: May 2015

Institutions: INSEAD   

Growing up in an era of stagnating wages and increasing youth unemployment, one could forgive Millennials for being a bit pessimistic. This is not the case, however, according to a…

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: 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: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

An employee’s work usually consists of two types of tasks or behaviours: in-role tasks, which are the tasks required by the job or position; and discretionary behaviours, which are undertaken…

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: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

The next generation of leaders will emerge from the young people entering the workforce today. The best organizations and their leaders have begun thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of…

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.…