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Bosses Who Treat Women Middle Managers Will Have Happier Frontline Employees
Idea posted: March 2017
Institutions: University of Illinois at Chicago Vanderbilt University Cornell University
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Job satisfaction is often linked to the quality of the working relationship between an employee and his or her supervisor. A poor relationship can lead to an increase in turnover…
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Corporate Psychopaths: A Menace to Your Organization
Idea posted: February 2017
Institutions: University of Middlesex Business School
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Psychopaths are manipulative, bullying, lying and egocentric people without a conscious. They use coercion and intimidation to get what they want, and never have a sliver of remorse for their…
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The National Economic Impact of Lack of Sleep
Idea posted: February 2017
Institutions: RAND Europe
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People are not sleeping as long or as well as they used to. One third of Americans suffer from insufficient sleep, and sleep habits in many other countries are no…
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How Mindfulness Helps Service Employees Regulate Their Emotions
Idea posted: January 2017
Institutions: Maastricht University University of Amsterdam Ghent University
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While more and more attention is being paid to making work more meaningful, the fact is that for many employees, notably those dealing directly with often-difficult customers, work can take…
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Corporate Culture: A Key Drivers of a Firm’s Value
Idea posted: January 2017
Institutions: Duke University Duke University Fuqua School of Business Columbia Business School
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How important is corporate culture to the success of a company, and what factors play into developing an effective or ineffective culture? A team of researchers from Duke University’s Fuqua…
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Why Customers Put Up With Rude Luxury Shop Assistants
Idea posted: December 2016
Institutions: University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business Southern Methodist University Edwin L. Cox School of Business
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Any consumer who has entered a high-end luxury shop and been treated with disdain by the sales clerks will understand the meaning of ‘retail rejection’. Many luxury companies are trying…
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Succession Planning Reduces Turmoil and Economic Impact of Departing CEO
Idea posted: December 2016
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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The departure of a CEO inevitably leads to disruption and uncertainty — from a nervous workforce unsure of what the future will look like to the markets monitoring carefully the…
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Media Multitasking: Unproductive but Gratifying
Idea posted: December 2016
Institutions: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business
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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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Why Buying Green Is Not Considered Ethical if You Are Poor
Idea posted: December 2016
Institutions: University of Kansas, KU School of Business Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business Arizona State University W. P. Carey School of Business University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business
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That low-income purchasers face challenges in the marketplace is no surprise, given that they have less money to spend than other groups. However, low-income buyers face an additional, unexpected challenge:…
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