Organizational Behavior

Returning “boomerang” CEOs, job crafting, and working with robots.

A comparative investigation of boomerang and non-boomerang CEOs reveals some nonobvious insights and critical implications for leaders.

Job crafting, a proactive take on job redesign, can help improve employee engagement and satisfaction.

The winner of the 2020 Beckhard Prize is “Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration,” by Ethan Bernstein, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer.

The “sharing economy” has fallen short of its promise to workers. A new book proposes a better way.

Four team management practices have been key to navigating the initial pivot to virtual workplaces.

The pandemic challenges managers to find a more productive way to meet with employees.

Strategizing for change, leading with agility, and developing AI strategy.

Leading through difficult times requires agility to leverage the turbulence around you.

Employers could use surveillance tools — with constraints — to keep workers safe and healthy.

Our systems of belief, technology, and cultural practices have shaped what many of us think of as “the office.”

This week’s must-reads for managers: harnessing disruption for a better future, developing innovation capital, and aligning company culture with corporate values.

The disruption triggered by the pandemic is rich with opportunities to fundamentally improve how we live.

Shareholders and stakeholders, data science’s pandemic shift, and combating workplace discrimination.

Managers face a choice: use technology to recreate employees’ former office work lives, or craft a new strategy.

Organizational leaders can begin to address racial discrimination in the workplace by taking strategic actions.

Sustaining organizational culture beyond the office, creating value with opportunity marketplaces, and avoiding strategy hijacks.

Leaders can take specific actions to sustain corporate culture despite a shift to remote working.

An intentional approach to sharing positive news can help boost employee morale.

Leaders should focus on starting conversations, emphasizing individuality, and measuring feedback.