Psychology of Leadership and Management
One office day a month? A remote-work experiment finds surprisingly large gains
A randomized trial at a Turkish call center finds that bringing fully remote workers together just one day a month raised productivity by 7.8 percent, cut attrition by a third, and returned about five dollars for every dollar...
The wrong people are raising their hands for management jobs, a new study suggests
A large study finds that people eager to become managers often perform worse than those chosen at random, and that a specific decision-making skill predicts management success in both the lab and a real retail chain.
New research links return-to-office mandates to leader narcissism
Three studies suggest narcissistic bosses resist remote work more than others, driven by their desire for power and admiration that in-person offices supply more readily than video calls.
Overconfident CEOs are linked to bumpier inventory swings, study finds
A study of U.S. manufacturers from 1992 to 2020 finds that firms led by overconfident CEOs show more volatile inventory patterns, with the effect strongest among companies holding smaller shares of their industry.
It’s not being a woman that hurts your promotion odds. It’s part-time work and caregiving
A study of 1,373 German employers found that gender itself barely affected promotion decisions. What dragged candidates down was working part-time and having caregiving duties, penalties that fall hardest on women.
When employees can’t be themselves at work, they turn on their employer
New research across six studies finds that employees who feel unable to be themselves at work develop cynical views of their employer's integrity, and act on those views in ways that can spread.
New study finds narcissistic CEOs quietly derail their firms’ global ambitions
A study of 248 Vietnamese small firms finds that CEO vision, digital tools, and team alertness drive international B2B growth, while narcissistic leadership disrupts the collaborative thinking that cross-border relationships require.
New study blames authoritarian bosses for the quiet quitting trend
A survey of 363 Chinese SME employees links authoritarian leadership to quiet quitting through burnout, with pressure to work while sick amplifying the effect.
Two faces of the narcissistic boss: how a leader’s self-image shapes team initiative
A study of 100 teams finds that a leader's self-promoting narcissism tends to spark team initiative, while their defensive, rivalry-driven narcissism tends to suppress it, especially in teams that defer to authority.
When Wall Street sours on swagger: How CEO narcissism shapes analyst stock ratings
Securities analysts issue lower stock recommendations for companies led by narcissistic CEOs, according to a new study of S&P 100 firms — though a strong corporate reputation softens the effect.