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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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To boost employees’ creativity, managers should consider offering a set of rewards for them to choose from, according to a new study co-authored by Rice Business professor Jing Zhou.
In 2012, Patra Isaac made a career shift. She left the corporate world and entered the world of education and nonprofits. Last year, she joined the Kinder Foundation as director of education and community projects.
Rice’s second annual Juneteenth celebration will bring together professors across the university — including Rice Business professor Connie Porter — for three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the meaning and promise of the important holiday.
Rice Business Professor Amit Pazgal found that in certain situations, gray markets can actually help manufacturers and retailers.
New research co-authored by Rice Business professor Vikas Mittal shows executives doubt the effectiveness of strategy planning, which is conducted by an overwhelming majority of large companies in the United States. That attitude may doom such plans’ successful implementation, the researchers argue.
MBA grads from these business schools have at least a 160% average return, U.S. News data shows.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission updated its guidelines recently to address this specific question—but there are still some exceptions to the rule. Rice Business adjunct professor Larry Stuart weighs in: "It is not illegal to require employees to get a vaccine as a condition of employment."
Rice Business External Relations hosted a conversation with Dean Peter Rodriguez, Robert Kaplan and Bobby Tudor '82, on the economy and monetary policy.
Rice Business alum Steve Jimenez struggled with transitioning back to civilian life after leaving the Marine Corps. But he used that experience to form Hives for Heroes, a nonprofit that focuses on honeybee conservation, suicide prevention and a healthy transition from service.
"For me the MBA helped me look at the world in a new way: an eyes wide-open, 360-degree, open-minded view. It’s with this view that we will grow with our teams, innovate, continue to learn, and become the leaders of the future." Written by Katie Chung, Rice MBA '21.
