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Should a Woman Act More Like a Man to Succeed at Work?

Great Leadership By Dan

Only 30 percent of women rate themselves in the top 10 percent of leaders, in comparison to 37 percent of men. The research shows that men are 16 percent more inquisitive than women, possibly due to their tendency to gravitate towards STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) careers that reinforce inquiry.

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When Competition Between Coworkers Leads to Unethical Behavior

Harvard Business Review

In our research, recently published in the journal Human Resource Management, we found that performance evaluation schemes based on peer comparison can encourage unethical behavior. The scenario was motivated by the true story of an investment banker whose trading practices ultimately drove his bank to insolvency.

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The Big Picture of Business: Been There, Done That

Strategy Driven

That’s what they have done for most of their careers. (2 99.99999 percent of actual management consultants come from five basic career orientations and fit onto one of the five branches of The Business Tree : Technical or niche industry orientation. Human resources management. 2 percent). Academic, research.