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Power can corrupt leaders. Compassion can save them. (2018)
"...Power impairs our mirror-neurological activity — the neurological function that indicates the ability to understand and associate with others." Hougaard, R., Carter, J. and Chester, L. Harvard Business Review, 15...
Written by: Rasmus Hougaard, Jacqueline Carter, Louise Chester
Read moreThe Virility Paradox: The vast influence of testosterone on our bodies, minds, and the world we live in (2018)
High levels of testosterone "will deplete compassion and generosity, and even reduce the affection we show our children." Ryan, Charles J. The Virility Paradox: The Vast Influence of Testosterone on...
Written by: Charles J Ryan
Read moreHedge fund managers with psychopathic tendencies make for worse investors (2018)
“When choosing our leaders in organizations and in politics, we should keep in mind that psychopathic traits—like ruthlessness and callousness—don’t produce the successful outcomes that we might expect them to.”...
Written by: Leanne ten Brink, Aimee Kish, Dacher Keltner
Read moreThe dynamics of intuition and analysis in managerial and organizational decision making (2017)
A new paper concerned with the dynamics of conscious and non-conscious cognitive processes on behaviours in the workplace environment, is released. Hodgkinson G., and Sadler-Smith E. The Academy of Management Perspectives,...
Written by: Gerard Hodgkinson and Eugene Sadler-Smith
Read moreWhat makes some men sexual harassers? Science tries to explain the creeps of the world (2017)
"...For many men who score high on the harassment scale," the ideas of power and sex "...are often intertwined." Wan, W. National Correspondent, US. The Washington Post, 22 December 2017...
Written by: William Wan
Read moreOpportunity creation: Entrepreneurial agency, interaction, and affect (2017)
...how do we understand "key entrepreneurial issues, such as creativity, frustration, hubris"? Goss, D., & Sadler‐Smith, E. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal. Online ISSN: 1932-443X Image: Flickr / INMA/Jarle Naustvik A recent "article...
Written by: David Goss, Eugene Sadler Smith
Read moreSelf-esteem, tenure, and narcissistic leader’s performance (2016)
"...Narcissists often make a very good first impression, but a narcissistic leader can prove costly for an organisation, [as] such leaders often become unpopular after a short period of time...
Written by: Hanna Peltokangas
Read moreThe strategic decisions that caused Nokia’s failure (2017)
...Success breeds conservatism and hubris which, over time, results in a decline of the strategy processes leading to poor strategic decisions. Doz, Y. INSEAD Emeritus Professor of Strategic Management Knowledge, 23...
Written by: Yves Doz
Read moreThe differential effects of CEO narcissism and hubris on corporate social responsibility (2018)
"...findings from a large sample of U.S. publicly listed firms suggest that narcissistic CEOs care more about corporate social responsibility, but hubristic CEOs care less." Tang, Y., Mack, D. Z.,...
Written by: Tang, Y., Mack, D. Z., & Chen, G
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
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