Policy
The Business Case for Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Two economists propose a bipartisan immigration overhaul, with an eye towards the future of the labor force.
Organizations
What Makes a Corporate Board Member Most Influential?
New research explores what it takes for directors to drive big-picture strategic change at a company.
Organizations
Numeric Performance Reviews Can Be Biased Against Women
The ten-point scale favors men in some situations. But a simple change to the rating system can level the playing field.
Organizations
Most Employees Retaliate If They’re Slighted at Work
Here’s how managers can break the cycle of office conflict.
Organizations
How Family Businesses Can Adapt for the Next Generation
Five tips for staying relevant—and successful—as an “enterprising family.”
Leadership
For Teams, What Matters More: Raw Talent or a History of Success Together?
A study of professional sports teams suggests that one factor is clearly more important, but the best teams combine them both.
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Innovation
Take 5: How to Adapt to Changes in Your Industry
In many businesses, change is the only constant. Are you prepared?
Organizations
Making Employees Compete for Rewards Can Motivate Them—or It Can Backfire
When employees care about each other, rewarding group performance may be the better strategy.
Leadership
Video: Two Leaders Explain How They Overcame Trust Deficits in Their Organizations
“A high trust culture is absolutely essential to deliver high performance.”
Organizations
Is It Too Hot to Help Out?
Why the thermostat may be the key to better customer service.
Strategy
When Picking the Wrong Person for the Job Is the Right Move
Sometimes building credible relationships with your employees and suppliers is more important than finding the “perfect” fit.
Organizations
Take 5: How Power Dynamics Shape Our Behavior
Power—or the lack of it—impacts everything from snack choices to economic growth.
Careers
Video: How Trust Takes Us Out of Our Comfort Zone
The more trusting the relationship, the more you have to gain—or lose.
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Entrepreneurship
Uber and Airbnb Outpaced Regulators by Becoming Indispensable. Parking App Haystack Met a Very Different Fate.
The startup had a popular business model and positive press. Its founder explains why it still failed.
Organizations
Take 5: Cultivating Empathy in the Workplace
What to understand about this critical, but surprisingly complex, trait.
Organizations
Bias in Organizations May Not Just Come from the Top
Leaders can face bias from their staff, too. A new study shows that male teachers are more likely to leave schools that are led by women.
Organizations
Take 5: How to Build a Collaborative Workplace
Simple strategies for reaping the benefits of collaboration.
Organizations
Podcast: Revenge of the Customer Service Rep
Why employees sabotage customers, and what companies can do about it.
Organizations
Worried Your Employees Are Slacking? Rethink How You Pay Them.
A new study reveals the optimal incentive system, and it’s surprisingly simple.
Careers
To Land Top Jobs, Women Need Different Types of Networks than Men
Simply being well-connected is not enough.
Organizations
Want to Revolutionize Your Field? You May Need to Rethink the Size of Your Research Team.
Large and small teams produce different types of breakthroughs, according to an analysis of 50 million patents, software products, and academic papers.
Operations
What’s the Best Way to Learn a New Skill—by Doing or by Viewing?
An analysis of eBay coders shows that studying a colleague’s work can pay off. Just be careful whose shoulder you’re looking over.
Strategy
Who Gets Blamed When a Group Project Goes Wrong?
Here’s why consequences stick to some team members more than others, according to a new study of retracted academic papers.
Organizations
How to Navigate a Vertical Merger after the AT&T and Time Warner Ruling
Here’s what companies can do to minimize antitrust concerns in an uncertain regulatory environment.
Strategy
Who Gets Blamed When a Group Project Goes Wrong?
Here’s why consequences stick to some team members more than others, according to a new study of retracted academic papers.
Organizations
How to Navigate a Vertical Merger after the AT&T and Time Warner Ruling
Here’s what companies can do to minimize antitrust concerns in an uncertain regulatory environment.
Organizations
How to Make Inclusivity More Than Just an Office Buzzword
Tips for turning good intentions into actions.
Organizations
Are Women More Ethical at the Negotiating Table? It’s Complicated.
Plus, how women are judged differently when they break the rules.
Organizations
Customers Can Be Jerks. Here’s Why Some Employees Retaliate.
But take heart, companies can curb that instinct for revenge.
Innovation
Why Family Businesses Sometimes Make Decisions That Seem Bad for the Family
Even non-family firms can benefit when they think beyond their immediate self-interest.
Organizations
Organizational Change Is Often a Tough Sell, but Encouraging Peer Interactions Can Help
A study of teachers offers lessons on how to get employees on board with reforms.
Organizations
Are You Willing to Stretch the Truth While Negotiating?
It may depend on your gender and whom you are representing.
Leadership
Can Cutting CEO Pay Help a Faltering Company Rebound?
Using pay cuts to motivate or discipline CEOs may have unintended consequences.
Organizations
How Much Empathy Do You Feel When Powerful People Suffer?
What about less powerful people? Your answers likely depend on how egalitarian you are.
Organizations
What a Difference a Year (with a Consultant) Makes
A study in Mexico finds that consultants can help small- to medium-sized businesses expand.
Why Bosses Cut Some Employees Slack for Unethical Behavior
The same transgression can lead to different consequences. Here’s one reason why.
Leadership
Four Reasons Why Hiring Veterans Makes Good Business Sense
They’re trained to be trainable and can take criticism. Is your company overlooking these talented candidates?
Careers
Podcast: Attract Rockstar Employees—or Develop Your Own
Finding and nurturing high performers isn’t easy, but it pays off.
Organizations
Video: Why You Shouldn’t Hesitate to Be the Bearer of Bad News
Organizations that practice transparency have more leeway to learn and evolve.
Organizations
Juries Treat Prestigious Companies Differently in Employment Discrimination Suits
But beware, a good reputation is a double-edged sword.
Organizations
The Downside of Transparent Decision Making
Why you’ll get a better recommendation from a committee that deliberates behind closed doors.
Organizations
How Are Black–White Biracial People Perceived in Terms of Race?
Understanding the answer—and why black and white Americans’ responses may differ—is increasingly important in a multiracial society.
Strategy
How the Wrong Team Can End Up with Too Much Power in an Organization
Employee incentives that made sense at the time can lead to problematic power dynamics.
Organizations
Video: Exploring the Psychology of Trust
“People are making judgements about trustworthiness within 100 milliseconds.”