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...measured were happening more on a gut level. In that way, the experiment lends support to a growing argument among psychologists who study decision-making that when people come to quick conclusions without much information, their decisions are often good ones. Though previous research examining perceived CEO personality and firm performance found few links between the two, Ambady and Rule point out that those studies relied on surveys of people who knew the executives. In the new paper, the authors write, "These finding suggest that naïve judgments may provide more accurate assessments of individuals than well-informed judgments...
...first impression can count for a lot. For a company's CEO, it may even predict his firm's success. Top executives who appear powerful and leaderlike at first glance are more likely to run profitable companies, according to a study by Tufts University psychologists published in the February issue of Psychological Science. By contrast, CEOs who seem likeable or trustworthy have...
CEOs who scored high on measures of power - competence, dominance and facial maturity - and on a measure of leadership were in many cases the ones who ran companies with the biggest overall profits. (The study looked at profit, not profit margin, but controlled for firm size.) On the other hand, executives who were rated highly on measures of warmth, such as likeability and trustworthiness, didn?t necessarily match up with successful companies. Boards of directors take note: "There's no relationship between how trustworthy a person seems and how well the company does," says Nicholas Rule, a doctoral candidate...
...just as any other police department would. The University disagreed, arguing that since HUPD’s records are the property of the University, a private entity, they are beyond the reach of public record release laws.Though we don’t believe that, for example, a private security firm with no police authority should have to release its internal records to the public, HUPD—like any other deputized campus police department—represents a patently different case. The distinction in this matter should not, as Harvard maintains, rest on who signs an officer?...
...make a career move, you need to ignore the noise of the media and the student body.”He accepted his offer at Citigroup.Van is one of many seniors on campus this fall who have been forced to weigh full-time job offers from Wall Street firms that have been the target of public scrutiny and blamed for a now uncertain economy because of their role in the subprime mortgage markets.In addition, several of the most desirable employers have been tied to other public relations fiascos—such as Swiss investment bank UBS’ role...