Search Ideas by Author
Back to the Future: Managing Change with Retrospection
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: Vlerick Business School Lucerne Business School
Authors:
Once understood as something exceptional, change is increasingly seen as part of everyday working life. (The notion of the organization, somewhat paradoxically, now incorporates both change and stability.) Change management…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #310
Search Engine Marketing: Does it Pay?
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: eBay Research Labs University of Chicago Booth School of Business University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
Authors:
Traditional advertising has always been one of the largest expenditures for organizations; take Procter & Gamble for example, which reportedly spent just under $2.95 billion on advertising in 2011 alone.…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #309
The Positive Effect of Negative Incentives
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management Yale University
Authors:
The question of whether positive or negative incentives work better has long been a matter of debate in society. From biblical times to the very recent past, children were thought…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #308
Reflective Leadership to Counter Corruption in Emerging Markets
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: INSEAD University College London University of St. Gallen
Authors:
Despite decades-long efforts to eradicate it, corruption continues to be a serious business risk in emerging markets. Policies by national and international governments have had only limited success; so, too,…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #307
The Role of Cultural Self-awareness in Global Leadership
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: IE Business School
Authors:
A successful global leader is someone who can operate effectively across national boundaries and cultures, defining goals that will appeal to a diverse set of people, whether individuals in their…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #306
Self-Reflective Job Titles Reduce Emotional Exhaustion
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania London Business School
Authors:
A research team from Wharton and London Business School discovered the benefits of self-reflective job titles almost by accident. Wharton professor Adam Grant, PhD candidate Justin Berg, and London Business…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #305
Promoting Women Leaders in Different Cultures
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Authors:
When it comes to promoting women into leadership positions, the same corporation will have a better experience in some countries than others. According to two researchers from University of Toronto’s…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #304
Leaders’ Charisma, Team Performance and Organizational Change
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: University of Heidelberg Goethe University Frankfurt University of Cambridge Judge Business School Arizona State University
Authors:
‘Charismatic leadership’ has received much attention from researchers over the past few decades, lending support to theories that it is capable of fostering higher levels of employee and team performance…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #303
Women’s Attitudes to Affirmative Action Programs for Leadership
Idea posted: January 2014
Institutions: Insper
Authors:
Affirmative action programs (also known as ‘positive discrimination’) are designed to ensure equal employment opportunities in organizations, taking into account factors such as race, religion, gender, etc. They can vary…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #302