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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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A mobile app to help prevent veteran suicide is one of the products created by three student startups that claimed the top prizes at this year’s edition of Rice University’s H. Albert Napier Rice Launch Challenge (NRLC).
The MBA is a good option for people looking to change from being a functional expert—say, an engineer—to a broader organizational leader, says Janice Kennedy, executive director of recruiting and admissions at Rice Business.
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A team that enables gas stations to update prices and track sales remotely won the top prize at the annual competition.
In its 21st year, the Rice Business Plan Competition hosted 54 student-founded startups from all over the world and doled out over $1.4 million in cash and investment prizes at the week-long virtual competition.
An application that allows convenience store owners to remotely manage and monitor their businesses from their smartphones took home the grand prize during the 2021 Rice Business Plan Competition (RBPC).
