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Doing Good’ Does Not Always Improve the Bottom Line
Idea posted: July 2019
Institutions: HEC Paris Pace University Lubin School of Business
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In their research, Afshin Mehrpouya of HEC Paris and Imran Chowdhury of Pace University explore the mechanisms, and importantly the assumptions behind the mechanisms, involved in transforming social responsibility (CSR)…
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Make Me Feel Safe! Working with Robots
Idea posted: June 2019
Institutions: HEC Paris University of Michigan Ross School of Business
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As robotics continues to advance, companies are finding more and more opportunities to transfer repetitive and tedious tasks to robots, freeing up their employees to focus more on tasks that…
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Older Workers Are Only Asking for a Little Flexibility
Idea posted: May 2019
Institutions: The Vanguard Group Inc. New York University Stern School of Business Carleton University Sprott School of Business University of Michigan Ross School of Business Stanford Graduate School of Business
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With the pool of workers within traditional working ages (18-64) expected to shrink dramatically, keeping older workers in the workforce longer would help both companies and national economies. Older workers,…
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What If Amazon Had Chosen Atlanta? Implications on Community and Corporate Identity
Idea posted: May 2019
Institutions: University of Florida Florida State University
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From its founding, Amazon has been a socially liberal company, notable for its active involvement in LGBTQ issues. Its Seattle, Washington headquarters is embedded in the Northwest, a socially liberal…
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Authentic Leaders Inspire Creativity, Organizational Citizenship and Performance
Idea posted: April 2019
Institutions: Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão Instituto Politécnico de Leiria Instituto Universitário de Lisboa
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Authentic leadership refers to leaders whose external behaviours and decisions are driven by internal positive values and concern for others. They tend to be self-aware, recognizing their strengths, weaknesses, values…
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How Competition Devolves Into Conflict Between Two People of Equal Status
Idea posted: April 2019
Institutions: INSEAD Graduate School of Culture Technology Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ESMT European School of Management and Technology
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Competition is often a catalyst to productive work. Just as competition among companies spur them to design superior products and offer superior services in an effort to gain competitive advantage,…
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The World of Work in 2028: The Dilemma of Balancing Big vs. Small, Digital vs. Face-to-Face
Idea posted: April 2019
Institutions: Henley Centre for Leadership Henley Business School Deutsche Telekom Detecon International
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New technologies and new attitudes about the role of business in society have rendered obsolete the business models, routines and processes rooted in the industrial world, according to a recent…
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The Future of Work Calls for Human-Centric Leadership
Idea posted: March 2019
Institutions: Henley Centre for Leadership Henley Business School Deutsche Telekom Detecon International
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The workplace of tomorrow, according to a study of work in 2028, will be characterized by ubiquitous digitisation, disorientation in the face of constantly changing technology, and the continuous erosion…
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Why Are Disagreeable Men Being Rewarded for Being Disagreeable?
Idea posted: March 2019
Institutions: University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business Cornell University Ivey Business School at Western University
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While it is well documented that women earn less than men, a series of three studies examined whether agreeableness had an impact on this wage inequality — that is, whether…
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