Family

Eight studies by Professor Adam Galinsky and colleagues find a robust negative relationship between the experience of power and the experience of loneliness.

This article combines unique administrative and survey data to study the match between firms and managers. The model illustrates how risk aversion and talent determine how firms select and motivate managers.

Professor Stefan Meier and colleagues find that, among low socio-economic groups, scarce resources indeed can affect one’s willingness to delay gratification when making choices about monetary rewards.

Professor Andrea Prat and colleagues study the information flows that arise among a set of agents with local knowledge and directed payoff interactions. 

How does family interaction impact age of autism spectrum disorder diagnosis?

Using a unique dataset from Denmark, Professor Daniel Wolfenzon and colleagues find that CEO and family deaths are strongly correlated with declines in firm operating profitability, investment and sales growth.

Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women’s career trajectories diverge from men’s after the birth of children, suggesting a potential role for family-friendly policies.

Professor Michaela Pagel and colleague document how a spouse who spends more of his or her share of income increases overall household spending.

Professor Adam Galinsky and co-authors explore whether emotions intensify among people in groups in “Feeling more together: Group attention intensifies emotion.”

Kevin Kwan spoke to MBA students about the themes of his novels and his own path to becoming a world-renowned author.