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Don’t Try to Be the “Fun Boss” — and Other Lessons in Ethical Leadership

Harvard Business

Our research suggests that key personality characteristics predict unethical leadership behavior. We collected personality data and supervisor ratings of ethical behavior (e.g., Creating an Ethical Workplace. Over time, we become more comfortable in our surroundings and we stop paying attention to our reputations.

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Hiring an NSF Research Project Manager to Start Immediately

NeoAcademic

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a scientific field (psychology and computer science are targeted in the ad, but a degree from a business school ion which you completed a research methods course would qualify). Google Docs and sheets) Maintain integrity of confidential data (e.g.,

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Research: When Managers Are Overworked, They Treat Employees Less Fairly

Harvard Business

Fair managers can reap big dividends. Extensive research finds that employees who feel fairly treated are better performers, helpful to colleagues, more committed to their workgroups and the organization, and less likely to steal or be rude to others. Gary Burchell/Getty Images. Acting fairly is not always easy.

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People Don’t Want to Be Compared with Others in Performance Reviews. They Want to Be Compared with Themselves

Harvard Business

CEB research says that when we take into account how much money organizations are investing in their performance appraisal technology and how much time managers are spending to evaluate their employees, on average U.S. ” Our research provides guidance on how organizations can provide performance evaluations that seem fair.

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Great Leaders Embrace Office Politics

Harvard Business

Jill should have spent much more time managing up. She should have better managed decision makers, her boss, her image, and her own career. So why wasn’t Jill spending more time managing up, especially if it was in her own self-interest? What should Jill have done differently?

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Transforming from a Good to Great Coach

Rick Conlow

Unfortunately, research shows 82% of managers fail and are poor coaches. Research on the Bottom-line Payoff of Moving from a Good to Great Coach Research on the bottom-line payoff of coaching has demonstrated its significant benefits for individuals, teams, and organizations. About 38% of quitters leave in about a year.

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The Right Way to Use the Wisdom of Crowds

Harvard Business

But our research identifies a hidden cost to this approach. In our research we find another factor that seems to impact how we evaluate other people’s opinions: when someone forms his or her own opinion. We also asked participants how intelligent or ethical they perceived the other person to be, based on their recommendation.

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