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- 2021
- Working Paper
Supply- and Demand-Side Effects in Performance Appraisals: The Role of Gender and Race
By: Iris Bohnet, Oliver P. Hauser and Ariella Kristal
Performance reviews in firms are common but controversial. Managers’ subjective appraisals of their employees’ performance and employees’ self-evaluations might be affected by demographic characteristics, interact with each other as self-evaluations are typically...
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Bohnet, Iris, Oliver P. Hauser, and Ariella Kristal. "Supply- and Demand-Side Effects in Performance Appraisals: The Role of Gender and Race." HKS Faculty Research Working Paper Series, No. RWP21-016, May 2021.
- 20 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Three Types of Leaders Who Create Radical Change
group of people around a mutual desire for change. “Effective agitators are able to draw attention to a problem and convince others that it requires both some corrective action and collective work to bring...
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by Carmen Nobel
- Forthcoming
- Article
Acceptance of Automated Vehicles Is Lower for Self than Others
By: Stuti Agarwal, Julian De Freitas, A. Ragnhildstveit and C. Morwedge
Road traffic accidents are the leading cause of death worldwide for people aged 2–59. Nearly all deaths are due to human error. Automated vehicles could reduce mortality risks, traffic congestion, and air pollution of human-driven vehicles. However, their adoption...
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Agarwal, Stuti, Julian De Freitas, A. Ragnhildstveit, and C. Morwedge. "Acceptance of Automated Vehicles Is Lower for Self than Others." Journal of the Association for Consumer Research (forthcoming).
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
system of global management, to the extent it can still be called American, will look less like it used to and more like something "multinational." People are willing to adjust their behavior to...
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by Garry Emmons
- 19 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Climbing the Great Wall of Trust
emphasis on personal relationships. "It's taken to a different level in China," says Chua. "Because of the lack of a strong legal infrastructure, people have to...
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by Michael Blanding
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
What’s the Purpose of the Office – and Do We Still Need It?
- Article
From Thinking Too Little to Thinking Too Much: A Continuum of Decision Making.
By: Dan Ariely and Michael I. Norton
Due to the sheer number and variety of decisions that people make in their everyday lives-from choosing yogurts to choosing religions to choosing spouses-research in judgment and decision making has taken many forms. We suggest, however, that much of this research has...
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Ariely, Dan, and Michael I. Norton. "From Thinking Too Little to Thinking Too Much: A Continuum of Decision Making." Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science 2, no. 1 (January–February 2011): 39–46.
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
New research suggests that if you break out in tears in front of supervisors or colleagues, you have a chance to recover. The key: reframe your distress as passion. Most people tend to apologize in those...
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by Roberta Holland
- December 2022
- Article
The Emotional Rewards of Prosocial Spending Are Robust and Replicable in Large Samples
By: Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Ashley V. Whillans
Past studies show that spending money on other people—prosocial spending—increases a person’s happiness. However, foundational research on this topic was conducted prior to psychology’s credibility revolution (or “replication crisis”), so it is essential to ask...
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Aknin, Lara B., Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Ashley V. Whillans. "The Emotional Rewards of Prosocial Spending Are Robust and Replicable in Large Samples." Current Directions in Psychological Science 31, no. 6 (December 2022): 536–545.
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
significance, and a legacy. Juggling all four at once is a trick that requires constant practice. People who fit our conventional notions of success display a lot of positive...
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by Martha Lagace
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
schools across the country: that shareholder-driven capitalism is the best form of capitalism. Citing a wealth of recent research, he proposes that our current rules of...
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- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
change from two bloody civil wars between 1989 and 2003 that left the country torn apart by warlords notorious for using child soldiers and quarter of a million people dead. (UN peacekeepers plan to stay in...
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by Kim Girard
- Article
Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder Among Commercially Insured U.S. Adults, 2008–17
By: Karen Shen, Eric Barrette and Leemore S. Dafny
There is abundant literature on efforts to reduce opioid prescriptions and misuse, but comparatively little on the treatment provided to people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Using claims data representing 12–15 million nonelderly adults covered through commercial...
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Opioid Treatment;
Medication-assisted Treatment;
Substance Use Disorder;
Private Insurance;
Health Disorders;
Health Care and Treatment;
Insurance;
United States
Shen, Karen, Eric Barrette, and Leemore S. Dafny. "Treatment Of Opioid Use Disorder Among Commercially Insured U.S. Adults, 2008–17." Health Affairs 39, no. 6 (June 2020): 993–1001.
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Research Brief: The Power of Could
dropped into the plot of Breaking Bad, might ask himself what he should do. Walter White is not an aberration: Most people facing ethical dilemmas reflexively ask just that, according to a new paper...
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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education
Four of the couple's daughters have graduated from Harvard Business School and one of them is now Foremost CEO. Wanting to share the fruits of their success, the Chao family...
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- 12 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Value of a ‘Portable’ Career
network they need. Careful integration is a key. Q: From the point of view of someone's career in the current economic climate, it would seem wiser to cultivate portable skills as opposed to company-specific...
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- 16 Nov 2020
- News
Tech jobs spring up as companies adapt to new world of work
- May–June 2019
- Article
U-Shaped Conformity in Online Social Networks
By: Monic Sun, Michael Zhang and Feng Zhu
We explore how people balance their needs to belong and to be different from their friends by studying their choices of a virtual-house wall color on a leading Chinese social-networking site. The setting enables us to randomize both the popular color and the adoption...
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Conformity;
Normative Social Influence;
Social Networks;
Field Experiment;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Behavior;
Attitudes;
Social Media
Sun, Monic, Michael Zhang, and Feng Zhu. "U-Shaped Conformity in Online Social Networks." Marketing Science 38, no. 3 (May–June 2019): 461–480.