Human Resources

Human Resources

November 03rd, 2022

Why Brilliant Multidisciplinary Academics Are Discriminated Against – And How To Fight Back

Leading academic organizations officially promote multidisciplinarity as favoring a richer, more innovative research environment. Yet Julien Jourdan, Associate Professor of Management and Human Resources and his colleagues, actually found that scientists specialized in one domain tended to protect their discipline against their peers with diverse experience, especially those with strong track records, and potentially stifled innovation in the process. He explains the mechanisms behind these territorial attitudes – and suggests ways of countering them.

By Julien Jourdan

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Human Resources

February 10th, 2022

AI in HR: How is it Really Used and What are the Risks?

Artificial intelligence has only recently been taken on board by human resources, and only after being introduced into other fields. Where do we stand in concrete terms? Although there has been a whole host of ingenious innovations (driven on by start-ups in particular), and although everything virtual is all the rage, the technology seems to run up against serious limits when it comes to HR. Based on a survey carried out among HR managers and digitalization project managers working in major companies, I recall three potential pitfalls regarding the data used, the risk of turning AI into a gimmick, and algorithmic governance.

By Françoise Chevalier

Human Resources

October 01st, 2021

Gender Difference on Crowdfunding Platforms: What Pitches Work?

On prosocial crowdfunding platforms such as Kiva, which benefit low-income entrepreneurs, women-led campaigns tend to be significantly more successful than men's. To find out which specific gender dynamics explained this difference, HEC Paris professor Santosh B. Srinivas sought to sort out gender differences in the justifications for funding requests entrepreneurs made on the site.

By Santosh Srinivas

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Human Resources

September 01st, 2020

How Culture Influences Creativity Across Countries

Specialists continue to hotly debate the impact of culture on creativity. Based on recent and established research on the topic, three researchers applied a meta-analytical research technique to find out how certain cultural values and their level of enforcement determine the ways people best achieve creativity in a given country.

By Michel Lander

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Human Resources

June 02nd, 2020

Managing “Technostress” for Optimal Employee Innovation Performance

Computers and connectedness are part and parcel of today's workplace, but having to adapt to increasingly advanced technology has created a specific kind of stress for workers: technostress. New research has investigated the different dimensions of this technology-induced stress to show how each aspect can be managed to stimulate, rather than hinder, innovation.

By Shirish Srivastava

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Human Resources

March 11th, 2020

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Why So Few Women Occupy the Most Lucrative Jobs

Though women have made inroads into traditionally male-dominated sectors, gender gaps still exist in the most influential and best-paid jobs. Two authors looked beyond discriminatory hiring practices and women’s “self-selection” out of applying for highly desired jobs — and find explanations at the heart of corporate culture.

By Roxana Barbulescu

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Human Resources

July 18th, 2019

How to Organize to Remain Professional while Being Profitable

How to remain professional but also commercially viable? HEC Professor Michel Lander explains the different organizational practices used by professional service firms (PSF) and shares key findings on which strategy works best.

By Michel Lander

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Human Resources

October 06th, 2018

Qatar: Embracing Change

We are living in a world of change. Change can take place inside or outside an organization. Change can be sudden and unexpected…

By Nils Plambeck

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Human Resources

June 18th, 2018

Thinking Through Cannabis Markets

The relationship between cannabis and society is a long and deeply contested one. Throughout history, cannabis has been associated with everything from health, leisure, and pop culture to criminal and immoral behavior. But beyond the simple debate about whether cannabis is good or bad, the study of cannabis markets needs interdisciplinarity, to know what is required to construct an effective and fair contested market.

By Dane Pflueger , Daniel Martinez Ahloy

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Human Resources

December 12th, 2017

Think, Teach, Act for an Inclusive and Sustainable World!

On 8th November, 15,000 scientists from 184 different countries signed a “warning (letter) to humanity,” urging the global community to tackle problems such as, notably, climate change. It’s the second letter of its kind, sent 25 years after the first such warning was issued in 1992. Unlike 25 years ago, however, today consensus within the scientific community around the urgency of the threat has spread to the political sphere. At the COP23 also held this month, the large majority of world leaders were clear on the need to take action.

By Bénédicte Faivre-Tavignot

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