Research Library

The paper provides a systematic review of over 80 studies regarding diversity and its implications for how organizations should think about managing an increasingly diverse workforce.

This study examines the personality traits of effective salespeople and asks whether they can be used to predict sales performance.

This study examines the emergence of star performers—a few individuals who contribute the majority of output—and what it means for business.

This paper reviews the existing literature on employability and highlights the difference between what researchers think determines employee potential and what employers actually look for.

This study is the first to empirically assess the value of discretion in hiring. The results were consistently worse job outcomes where managers exercised more discretion.

This study examines the “illusion of validity”—the confidence humans have that we make accurate judgments even though the data proves we don’t.

This study examines the implicit beliefs that keep organizations from adopting tools to help them make hiring decisions—aids like tests, personality assessments, and other performance predictors.