Labor

Columbia Business School research finds that some people have high “implicit aptitude” and are better equipped to quickly learn complex cultural norms.

New Columbia Business School research finds communication is the best way to mitigate worker misconduct, but worker surveillance negates all positive effects

In a new study on such “managerial trickle-down effects” in the workplace, Columbia Business School’s Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business Joel Brockner finds that people in mid-level managerial roles are especially likely to do unto those below them as has been done to them from above when those in the mid-level managerial roles experience less of a sense of power, defined as the perceived ability to control valuable resources.

New Columbia Business School Research Raises Questions About Role of Medical Device Rep-Physician Relationships in Choices for Patient Care

NEW YORK - While treatment from managers and bosses can commonly affect how  employees feel about their workplace, new research from Columbia Business School, conducted by Joel Brockner, the Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business, finds that the way co-workers treat each other - and the workplace culture it creates – also influences employees’ attitudes towards their employers.

New research from Columbia Business School captures data from before and after implementation of New York’s 2018 PFL law; finds employers – not just employees and families – give policy high marks

Companies with networks in China and Italy responded to the pandemic and enacted work-from-home policies faster than local governments.

Columbia Business School Professor Tania Babina uses a brand new data set comprising grants for university research from 22 universities and wage records for individual researcher to show that privately-funded research more often results in researchers departing for commercial careers, while federally-funded research more likely results in the emergence of high-tech startups.

In a new study on hospital mortality rates, Columbia Business School’s Merrill Lynch Professor of Workforce Transformation Ann P. Bartel and Associate Professor of Business Carri W. find that increasing heart attack patients’ length of stay by just one day could decrease 30-day mortality rates and save lives

As companies are forced to reckon with the difficult decision to let go of workers, the question of how to do so while causing the least pain is a delicate balancing act. New research from Joel Brockner, the Phillip Hettleman Professor of Business at Columbia Business School, sheds light on how companies can strike this balance.