How Your Hiring Process Could Predict Unethical Behavior
Carnegie Mellon professor Taya Cohen explains the connection between moral character and workplace performance
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Taya Cohen | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Human Resources, Organizational Behavior
Lotte Bailyn, Laura W. Geller
Our society is still compartmentalizing “work” and “life,” looking for a way to even the scales, when we should be rethinking the perspective that values time as the ultimate capital. In systems based on such a mind-set, success comes to those who seem to be working the hardest, because they are always accessible. People cling to an outmoded view that work should be done by … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Lotte Bailyn | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Productivity / Work Tips, Work
Laura W. Geller, Jessica Kennedy
Jessica Kennedy has researched the origin of unethical behavior, and why it takes hold. She has found that the whole story is more complex. It’s not always about power corrupting. Rather, power causes people to identify so strongly with their group that they lose sight of whether that group’s actions cross an ethical line. This identification can lead them to support misconduct, rather than stopping … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Authors: Jessica Kennedy, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Ethics, Organizational Behavior, Personality / Behavior, Power / Authority
Lotte Bailyn: The Thought Leader Interview
Our society is still compartmentalizing “work” and “life,” looking for a way to even the scales, when we should be rethinking the perspective that values time as the ultimate capital. In systems based on such a mind-set, success comes to those who seem to be working the hardest, because they are always accessible. People cling to an outmoded view that work should be done by … [ Read more ]
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Lotte Bailyn | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, Organizational Behavior
Jessica Kennedy Takes On Ethics, Power, and Gender
The professor at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management explains the root of unethical behavior.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Jessica Kennedy, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Ethics, Organizational Behavior
Kristin Behfar on How We Fight, and Why It Matters
The Darden School of Business professor describes a new framework for predicting conflict outcomes.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Kristin Behfar, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Organizational Behavior
Nir Halevy on Motivating Your Workforce
The Stanford professor explains how social distance (construal-level theory) affects how people respond to feedback.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Laura W. Geller, Nir Halevy | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Leadership, Management, Organizational Behavior
Katherine Milkman on Why Fresh Starts Matter
The Wharton professor says moments when you wipe the slate clean can help you meet your goals.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Katherine L. Milkman, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Organizational Behavior, Personal Development
Jonah Berger Is Over Twitter
How the science of social transmission can help your brand catch on—and why tweeting alone is not enough.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Jonah Berger, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subject: Marketing / Sales
Lessons from the E-Commerce Wars
Entrepreneur Jim McCarthy on why online innovations succeed — or fail.
Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Jim McCarthy, Laura W. Geller | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Customer Related, Entrepreneurship, IT / Technology / E-Business | Company: Goldstar Events Inc.