
Lauren Howe
@howelaurenc
Assistant Professor of Management at the University of Zürich. PhD in Social Psychology from Stanford University. Enthusiastic science writer and fiction reader
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http://laurenchowe.com 20-01-2016 21:42:00
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Now more than ever, #Leaders are struggling with anxieties, fears, and difficult emotions. What’s the best way to handle these at work? What we learned from 30 leaders during the #pandemic in Jochen Menges, John Monks #closerapart & my new Harvard Business Review article: hbr.org/2021/08/leader…

Today’s #5BestIdeas💡: buff.ly/2Kv67YU from Jochen Menges John Monks #closerapart & Lauren Howe in Harvard Business Review, @AspenNewVoices alum Quratulain Fatima in Learners' Republic, Lex McMenamin (they/them) in Teen Vogue, Taylor Knopf in NC Health News, Arthur Levine in Vox.

Important research on how recipients overestimate the need to respond to non-urgent emails sent during off hours. As Laura M. Giurge writes: "Our inability to recognize this fact makes us complicit in an 'always on' work culture that contributes to burnout." tinyurl.com/c4wup2h3

In 2020 we ran a research study to understand the experience of leadership in lockdown. In this piece in Harvard Business Review Lauren Howe, Jochen Menges and John Monks #closerapart discuss how to lead based on their research findings 👉 bit.ly/3kpNQQn #futureofwork



What should companies do about leaders who display unquestionably conscious bias? In their new Harvard Business Review article, @jamiegloor and her colleagues tackle this question and highlight the dangers of exclusion in the path toward a more equal #futureofwork. hbr.org/2021/11/what-t…

Thrilled that Dave Nussbaum is launching this impactful initiative - congratulations! If you are in the behavioral sciences and passionate about sharing your research insights with the public, this is the nonprofit to connect with. Thanks Dave for what you're doing for science!

Is #remotework a skill anyone can learn – or are some people simply suited for it and others not? New research with University of Zurich colleague Jochen Menges shows that how employees adjusting to home office during #covid lockdown answered this question mattered: tinyurl.com/ffp88r24


Are you passionate about how VR/AR could make the world of work better for people? The University of Zurich Center for #Leadership in the #FutureOfWork is hiring a postdoc to lead a new lab on how this tech shapes emotion, motivation, and leadership: leadthefuture.org/job-openings Stanford VR


Are you a social scientist who believes in the importance of sharing research with the public? The new Psychgeist Media initiative is for you - an amazing team that I can highly recommend working with! Check them out.

Flexibility is often cast as a solution for the “musts” of life. What if flexibility also allowed for the “wants” of life — the space to pursue your passion outside of work? See what that looks like in our new Harvard Business Review (w/ Lauren Howe & Jochen Menges) hbr.org/2022/03/to-ret…

💡 Allowing people to carve out a place for out-of-work passions can make a workplace more appealing to attract employees, and healthier to retain them. An insightful article by UZH’s Jochen Menges and Lauren Howe in Harvard Business Review! hbr.org/2022/03/to-ret… #HRvalley

What role can management research play in tackling the future of work’s most pressing challenges? Join our Academy of Management PDW “Shaping the Research Agenda on the Future of Work” at #AOM2022, organized with Laura M. Giurge and Jochen Menges! Find out more: bit.ly/3bfSvmK

Deadline for our PDW hosted by AOM OB Division is on Monday, July 25th - sign up now! bit.ly/3bfSvmK


Thanks University of Zurich for featuring my seminar aiming to bring pressing human challenges in the future of work into the classroom - and students’ ideas for innovative solutions back out of it!

"As messengers raise their voices to criticize one group for harming another group in the service of social change, their arguments are more persuasive when they emphasize concern for the criticized." Check out our new research in J. Business Ethics link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Inspired by our Positive Org Scholarship session, let's share one #AOMuntoldstory per day with e/oto create more #vulnerability and #highqualityconnections among our community...and beyond! #AOM2023 Dr. Allison Gabriel @katinasaw Lauren Howe Laura M. Giurge
