Organizational issues

In male-majority groups, women suffer from a clear deficit in influence compared with men in female-majority groups.

This paper, published in Nature, investigates the effect of remote work on patterns of collaboration and communication in a company, and found that working remotely makes it harder for employees to acquire and share new information.

Mentoring is generally perceived as a good thing. But is it always the case? I explain the distinction between “positive” and “negative” mentoring, and what they each imply. I also provide a survey that you can use to assess your mentoring experience.

A paper published in the American Economic Review sheds light on a new factor that makes it more difficult for women to climb the corporate ladder: Male managers support their male subordinates more in their career progression.

When people seek to improve an idea, an object, or a situation, they are more likely to select an additive solution (adding new components) rather than a subtractive one (removing existing components), even when the latter is the better alternative. How did researchers document this effect? Why is it happening? And what can organizations do to thwart this tendency?

In this article, I explore how women might experience networking differently than men, and why the common advice of “become friends with your boss” might not be so relevant for them.

When I was in graduate school, my fellow students and I often joked about a paradox: How come that Management departments are a breeding ground for bullies? In this article, I explain why bullying is so frequent in academia, and what organizations can do to prevent such toxic behaviors.

Covid-19 has forced organizations to improvise remote work. Now that the pandemic is receding, should organizations go “back to normal,” or should they embrace remote work? And if so, how?