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Upbeat Music Can Make Employees More Cooperative

Harvard Business Review

In two experiments that I conducted with my colleagues Jubo Yan, Brian Wansink, and Bill Schulze (our paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Organizational Behavior), we discovered that participants were more cooperative (and less self-interested) in a group setting when they were listening to happy music.

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Why Aren't You Delegating?

Harvard Business Review

Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business and author of What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management. Delegation benefits managers, direct reports, and organizations. There are plenty of reasons why managers don't delegate. Really let go.