The majority of employees working from home during the pandemic are just as productive, but they aren’t collaborating as effectively as before, according to a new study overseen by Wharton management professor Michael Parke. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton If Pandemic Productivity Is Up, Why Is Innovation Slowing Down?

Ellen Ernst Kossek, management professor at Purdue University, is researching how the pandemic is putting an enormous strain on working parents and the new challenge that poses for their managers. She shares how supervisors can offer much-needed consistency and predictability for working parents on their teams. She also outlines specific ways to give working Read more about Managing Working Parents During the Pandemic[…]

New research by experts at Wharton and elsewhere provides a theoretical framework for how ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing affects stock prices and corporate behavior. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton Why ESG Investors Are Happy to Settle for Lower Returns

Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord will be a positive step, but options for the new administration will be limited to regulatory tweaks without control of Congress, says Wharton’s Brain Berkey. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How the Biden Administration Could Tackle Climate Change

Suzanne Peterson, associate professor at Thunderbird School of Global Management, says many talented professionals get held back from leadership roles because of relatively intangible reasons. She argues aspiring managers can intentionally alter their everyday interactions in small ways to have a large influence on their professional reputation. She explains how to adopt markers of Read more about Defining and Adapting Your Leadership Style[…]

While overtly fake news generated by bogus websites can be dangerous, there’s greater harm in subtle misinformation that spreads through mainstream media, according to new research. Source: Knowledge @ Wharton How Misinformation Hurts Democracy