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New research on identity from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including how our jobs shape us, and managing the "support staff identity crisis."
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How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

by Carmen Nobel

In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the FBI was ordered to reorganize itself from a law enforcement agency to a national security organization. The transformation and the lessons it imparts are documented in a study by Ranjay Gulati, Ryan L. Raffaelli, and Jan W. Rivkin. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

In Venture Capital, Birds of a Feather Lose Money Together

by Carmen Nobel

The more affinity there is between two VCs investing in a firm, the less likely the firm will succeed, according to research by Paul Gompers, Yuhai Xuan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

To What Degree Does the Job Make the Person?

by James Heskett

Summing Up: Jobs shape us as much as we shape our jobs, Jim Heskett's readers suggest. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

Managing the Support Staff Identity Crisis

by Carmen Nobel

Employees not connected directly to profit and loss can suffer from a collective "I-am-not-strategic" identity crisis. Professor Ranjay Gulati suggests that business managers allow so-called support function employees to become catalysts for change. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?

by Jim Heskett

Summing up comments to his March column, Jim Heskett says perceptions vary widely on the issue of "identity" and economic performance, particularly as it applies to the U.S. What will it take to turn around negative trends in employee identity? (Forum now closed. Next forum begins April 2.) Closed for comment; 0 Comments.