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When Suspending Group Debate Enables Innovation
Idea posted: June 2014
Institutions: Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam University of Amsterdam
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How can new product development (NPD) teams best generate ideas and develop them into viable concepts? The ‘obvious’ answer — through interaction and working together — is not necessarily the…
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Decision Support Systems: Under-rated and Under-used?
Idea posted: June 2014
Institutions: ESSEC Business School Vienna University of Economics and Business Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University
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Technology acceptance research tells us that user evaluations (i.e. beliefs, perceptions and attitudes) strongly influence rates of adoption and diffusion. The problem for companies that develop and sell new technologies…
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How Peers Influence Ethics: Good Eggs and Bad Apples
Idea posted: June 2014
Institutions: Pennsylvania State University Smeal College of Business
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New research, focusing on accounting ethics and using a carefully controlled experiment, reveals the power of social influence on the ethical standards of managers. After seeing honest budget reporting from…
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How Sleep Deprivation Can Cause Unethical Behaviour
Idea posted: June 2014
Institutions: University of Washington University of Arizona Eller College of Management University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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Recent years have seen a surge in ‘unethical’ behaviours in the workplace, whether in the form of corporate scandals, fraud, or just disrespecting company values. As management research has focused…
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How to Lead Virtual Teams
Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: INSEAD
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Virtual teams, made necessary by globalization and possible by technology, are now common in business. They’ve taken over traditional functions such as procurement, manufacturing, IT and finance, as well as…
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An Holistic Approach to Leadership Development
Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
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Traditionally, research on leadership development has put behavioural competencies under the spotlight; training, coaching, on-the-job experiences and mentoring are all intended to facilitate the development of these behaviours. But are…
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How Transformational Leaders Use Self-deprecating Humour
Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: Seattle University Albers School of Business and Economics Queens University School of Business University of Manitoba Asper School of Business
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While a sense of humour can be an effective leadership tool, it depends on how that humour is used. Humour that targets or belittles followers undermines the leader’s influence. On…
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Managing the Multigenerational Workplace
Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School
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In a white paper published by Kenan-Flagler Business School, Dan Bursch and Kip Kelly describe today’s workforce has decidedly multigenerational and comprised of five generations each with distinct general characteristics:…
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Profits Vs Principles: Market Competition and Moral Transgression
Idea posted: May 2014
Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Erasmus School of Law, Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Why do unethical practices become ‘normalized’ in some organizations? Why do errant employees sometimes go unpunished for long periods of time? These are questions that many people will have asked…
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