“The Management Division is where Theory Meets Practice. We publish theoretically deep, empirically rigorous research that has direct practical significance.”
Adam Galinsky
Vikram S. Pandit Professor of Business; Chair of Management Division
Professor Modupe Akinola, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, examined the effects of feedback given to individuals and found that after negative feedback had been given, the work produced was significantly more creative. She concluded that harsh criticism increased the workers’ creativity and made them perform better.
Research has consistently documented unequal outcomes for men and women in the workplace, but to truly fix the problem, we need to begin to uncover the drivers of gender inequality.
Across two decades of studies, persistent gender differences often chalked up to biology can be replicated by manipulating an individual’s level of power.
A single “like” on Facebook can reveal deep-seated aspects of an individual’s personality.
Switching between tasks can open up new approaches to difficult problems.
