WorkTies | The Science of Relationships at Work
WorkTies turns rigorous scholarship on work relationships into practical insights for workers and managers. Learn how you can facilitate high-quality connections in your organization.| WorkTies
WorkTies turns rigorous scholarship on work relationships into practical insights for workers and managers. Learn how you can facilitate high-quality connections in your organization.| WorkTies
Leading in a Tangle of RelationshipsBumped up two weeks, Engineering insists on another sprint, and HR reports that yesterday’s hybrid-work tweak is already eroding trust. Green-light one request and you alienate another group; stall, and everyone wonders whether you have a backbone at all. Modern leadership, it turns out, is less about choosing a direction and more about threading a path through overlapping loyalties, clashing incentives, and complex relationships.Pause for a moment: how m...| WorkTies
Have you ever received help that wasn’t actually…helpful? Have you ever tried to help a coworker, but felt like you didn’t quite hit the...| Work Ties
Conventional wisdom says that high-status mentors—star connections—help you get ahead at work. From CEOs to sports coaches to (yes) academic researchers, the protégés of titans have a disproportionately easy time advancing in their careers.But do connections to stars help you stay ahead?Our research (Buffered by reflected glory? The effects of star connections on career outcomes) suggests that the answer isn’t straightforward. Using data from the National Basketball Association (NBA) ...| WorkTies
As generative artificial intelligence increasingly soaks into the workplace, people grapple with the ethical implications of disclosing its use to others. Conventional wisdom suggests that transparency should boost trust, yet our work reveals the opposite can occur in the context of AI: openly admitting to AI assistance may significantly erode trust in its user.In our research, Oliver Schilke and I conducted thirteen experiments examining trust across various professional scenarios, including ed| WorkTies
Most managers measure success in outputs: bottom lines, quarterly gains, performance metrics, and incentives. But the forces that shape those outcomes are often invisible — rooted in relationships, communication, and how people support one another. Yet many management models overlook these dynamics, treating them as background noise rather than essential systems. Many managers simply lack a nuanced understanding of how employees actually work with and through one another, not just one-on-on...| WorkTies
Coworking spaces became popular with the modern workforce, who can work wherever they go with their laptops. The coworking movement was...| Work Ties
When making judgments – such as forecasting how long a project will take or how much to save for retirement – people often turn to others...| Work Ties
“There is always pain in the room.” This comment from Peter Frost, a compassion scholar, has never rung more true than it does teaching...| Work Ties
In this scholar-to-scholar conversation, Liza Y. Barnes talks with Ashley Hardin about her paper The More You Know: The Impact of...| Work Ties
Have you ever been told to "do what you love," or felt guilty for working just for the paycheck? In today’s workplace culture, there’s a...| Work Ties
I learned much to my delight, many years ago, that my doctoral students thought I was a great beamer. I was not sure what that descriptor...| Work Ties
To address the challenge of upending their lives and leaving behind familiar social worlds, many universities thoughtfully equip new...| Work Ties
How does being an ally impact your own experiences in the workplace? From how others see you to how you feel about yourself, allyship comes| Work Ties
The relational landscape of our lives is peppered with a variety of different kinds of connections with others. Often due to changing...| Work Ties
When we see a colleague experiencing a negative emotion at work, our response can significantly impact their well-being, the quality of...| Work Ties
Your workplace asks a lot out of you. It is no longer enough that you simply do your job well, you also need to constantly improve your...| Work Ties
Expressing gratitude connects people and generates a sense of care. But why do some people express more or less gratitude? It’s not as...| Work Ties
Imagine being an undercover police officer, pretending to be a criminal while actually upholding the law. Or imagine working in an animal...| Work Ties
The Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare conference is the signature event of the Institute of Coaching (IOC), which it organizes with...| Work Ties
Seeing oneself as a leader is often a first step to behaving as a leader, but new research detailed in an Academy of Management Journal...| Work Ties
