Academic articles
When doing good garners bad press (2018)
"Firms that engage in corporate social outreach should make sure to send consistent signals." Georg Wernicke, Assistant Professor of Strategy and Business Policy, HEC Paris. Insead Knowledge, 14 June 2018...
Written by: Georg Wernicke
Read morePeople who think their opinions are superior to others are most prone to overestimating their relevant knowledge and ignoring chances to learn more (2018)
Tom Stafford, psychologist at University of Sheffield. Research Digest, The British Psychological Society, 31 May 2018. Image: FreeImages.com/Lotus Head New research suggests that whilst one's opinion might be held superior without...
Written by: Tom Stafford
Read moreWhy it’s so hard to speak up against a toxic culture (2018)
"...Silence is pervasive in organizations due to the widely shared belief that speaking up about sensitive issues is futile or even dangerous." Francesca Gino, Harvard Business Review, 21 May 2018...
Written by: Francesca Gino
Read moreWhy toxic people get ahead (2018)
Templer, K. J. Personality and Individual Differences, Volume 124, 1 April 2018 New research indicates that some character traits found in some leaders can be 'dark', yet rewarded. The paper,...
Written by: Daedalus admin
Read moreThe essential tension between leadership and power (2013)
"...Leaders may come to feel imperilled by members of their group who could be perceived as a threat to the leader’s power." Jon K. Maner, professor of psychology and director...
Written by: Jon K. Maner, Charleen R. Case
Read moreMale and female bosses share the same “classically masculine” personality traits (2018)
"...It remains the case that stereotypically masculine traits predict the attainment of senior roles among men and women." Dr Christian Jarrett, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Manchester Research Digest, The British Psychological...
Written by: Christian Jarrett
Read moreHubris and Sciences
"The speed of communications in contemporary times, combined with the widespread application of social media and easy access to large groups of people, might predispose to both collective and individual...
Written by: Eleftherios P Diamandis, Nick Bouras
Read moreMemo to the CEO: are you the source of workplace dysfunction? (2017)
"The risks of turning insensitive and unkind to others increase as you become more senior." Sutton, R. Professor of Management science at Stanford Engineering School McKinsey Quarterly, September 2017. Artwork: Pixabay...
Written by: Prof. Robert I. Sutton
Read moreWhat doesn’t kill you will only make you more risk-loving: early-life disasters and CEO behaviour (2017)
"...the link between CEOs’ disaster experience and corporate policies has real economic consequences on firm risk and its cost of capital." Bernile, G., Bhagwat, V., Rau, P. R. The Journal...
Written by: GENNARO BERNILE, VINEET BHAGWAT, P. RAGHAVENDRA RAU
Read moreWhy some men feel the need to win at all costs (2017)
"...If men fight harder than women at the negotiation table, they perhaps also fight dirtier, more often employing unethical tactics such as outright deception." Thau, S. INSEAD Professor of Organisational...
Written by: Stefan Thau
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