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Moderate goals let workers adapt to turbulent marketplaces

David Danelski — Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0800

Challenging performance goals for employees work well when the marketplace is stable, but moderate goals are more effective when workers need to adapt to turbulent times, UCR business school study finds.

How company leaders talk about creativity can hurt investor confidence

Holly Ober — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 00:00:00 -0700

Talking about innovation can hurt a firm’s market performance but enhance earnings

Surveys with repetitive questions yield bad data, study finds

Holly Ober — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 00:00:00 -0800

“In as few as six or eight questions, people are already answering in such a way that you’re worse off if you’re trying to predict real-world behavior”

Should companies let employees choose their tasks?

Holly Ober — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:00 -0700

The tactic can be useful with very skilled employees and independent projects

Collective nostalgia makes people prefer domestic products

Holly Ober — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 00:00:00 -0800

New study could help countries bolster domestic industries without resorting to tariffs or international trade re-negotiations

Concrete or vague? How CEOs talk can send stocks up or down

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:00 -0800

UC Riverside business professor says concrete vocabulary can build trust among analysts