Employee Behavior

For companies, the social media behavior of employees represents both an opportunity and a risk.

As technology evolves, managers and organizations will need new skill sets.

This year’s winning article is “Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help,” by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber.

At any given time, are you trying to juggle lots of projects at work? If so, you could be decreasing your output, recent research suggests.

Executives who fail to understand power forces at play may find their careers in jeopardy.

“If there are human operators in the system, they are most likely to be blamed for an accident,” writes MIT professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Nancy Leveson.

It can be good or bad, depending upon what kind it is and in what cultural context it occurs.

Researchers are beginning to explore the complex effects of employee identity on the workplace.

The idiosyncratic aspects of electronic mail can obviate resolution.

Monitoring employee behavior may not always have the desired effect.