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Rice University ranks first in Texas for 10-year return on investment, with alumni seeing roughly $334,000 in gains. Its strong earnings outcomes keep Rice at the top of both short and long-term ROI comparisons statewide.
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Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon finds that viewing passion for work as a moral virtue can harm employees and teams, leading to guilt, burnout and biased treatment of colleagues who are seen as less passionate.
26 Nov
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In The Media
Rice Business professor Mijeong Kwon argues that moralizing a love of work can undermine workplace well-being. Her research shows that treating intrinsic motivation as a virtue fuels guilt, burnout and biased judgments that disrupt team dynamics.
25 Nov
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The pandemic is bringing out generosity and compassion for those on the front lines. Chelsea Edwards shares how Rice University students are helping take meals to medical workers.
Rice University MBA student Coco Ma knows it’s risky to leave her house amid the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of Houston area confirmed cases increases and the peak is yet to come.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges are learning about the extra assistance and needs of disabled communities with online learning. For the deaf and hard of hearing, captioning services and other accommodations are paramount.
A pair of Rice MBA students are using their business skills to give medical staff and the economy a boost amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Coco Ma and Kathleen Harcourt have created a nonprofit organization, #SnacksForMedStaff, that delivers free meals to medical staff who are treating patients infected with the virus.
The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted work, school and social lives online, demanding everyone leave their comfort zones of routine and predictability. Jing Zhou, a professor of organizational behavior, found herself stretching her creative muscles to convert an in-person MBA course to online.
During these tough times, there is solid cause for optimism, because Houston companies are battle-tested and uniquely poised to win the war against COVID-19. Here are five strengths of Houston businesses that will help them bounce back.
John Barrios and Yael V. Hochberg used cellphone-tracking data and internet searches to find that Trump voters were less concerned about the virus than others, as measured by searches about the virus, distance traveled and visits to nonessential businesses.
Even Larry Stuart, a practicing board-certified labor-and-employment lawyer with Stuart PC and adjunct professor in management Rice University’s Jones School of Business, admits it can be perplexing. “There’s a lot of confusion, there’s a lot of action, there’s a lot of change and there’s a lot of stuff in flux,” he says. “People are understandably confused.”
The school with the highest proportion of minority MBA students in 2019 was Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business, the No. 25-ranked school, with 35%; only four schools have 30% or more.
