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Research

We're proud to be ranked #1 in the UK for research in Business and Management Studies (REF 2014)
Will robots replace humans? The future of work.
Actions speak louder than words - why non-verbal communication is a key leadership skill

The Department of Management’s faculty produce outstanding scholarly research about organisations and management, and use interdisciplinary research methods and knowledge to address problems in business, government, and society.

Across the department, the following substantive research themes are pursued:

Business models, institutions, and societal dynamics
Incentives, information representation, and structural design
Human capital, careers, and institutions
Digital innovation, extended enterprises, and disruptive technologies
Normative orders, leadership, and behavior in organisations
Cognition, contexts, and consumer choice
Capabilities, networks, and strategy
Public programmes, organisational transitions, and policy dynamics
Conflict, employee representation, and negotiation

The Department is home to LSE's Behavioural Research Lab, a cutting-edge facility for researchers across LSE and the wider academic community.

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Road death puts the brakes on self-driving cars as flaws are exposed

PhD student Antti Lyyra co-authors a conference paper on Tesla’s Model S car and the shifting power balance between manufacturers and customers.

Preventing negative attitudes in the workplace

Dr Chia-Huei Wu writes on the importance of understanding value incongruence for better workforce engagement.

LSE experts contribute to Hays Journal

Professor Leslie Willcocks discusses the rise of automation in the workplace, and Dr Hyun-Jung Lee consideres organisational diversity and bias in the recruitment process.

UK bosses' pay 'absurdly high' and slashing salaries would 'not hurt economy'

Coverage in The Independent of a report co-authored by Professor Peter Abell on head-hunter methods for CEO selection.

Expert on identity contributes to World Government Summit report

Dr Edgar Whitley contributes to an Economist Intelligence Unit report on biometrics and their role in government policy.

Here's the real reason you don't fit in at work

Dr Shoshana Dobrow Riza comments on meaningful work and choosing organisations with cultures to match in a BBC Capital article.

Impact case study: Improving employee engagement and performance

Dr Emma Soane played a key role in research that helped to define and disseminate best practice in the area of employee engagement.

Impact case study: Helping organisations harness the power of innovative technologies

PA Consulting Group commissioned Dr Carsten Sørensen to identify more innovative and strategic ways to use IT systems in organisations.

Impact case study: Revolutionising decision-making in complex multi-stakeholder contexts

Research by Dr Barbara Fasolo, Prof Gilberto Montibeller and Prof Larry Phillips produced the Decision Conferencing approach to help governments and organisations make better decisions in highly complex and demanding contexts.

Small families are better for kids

The Washington Post features a working paper co-authored by Professor Yona Rubinstein, suggesting that more may not be merrier.

Time for a change in executive pay?

Professor Sandy Pepper argues in The European Financial Review that current executive pay practices need a redesign.

Impact case study: Improving public services through ambitious targets and tough sanctions for failure

Prof Gwyn Bevan's research into health services has shown how and when ambitious targets and tough sanctions can improve performance of public service.

Dr Barbara Fasolo appointed to Google research project

Dr Fasolo has been appointed as the Principle Investigator on a research project, supported by a grant from Google, which explores whether honest behaviour is affected by self-awareness of profession or civic duties.

Wake up: this job is no dream

Dr Shoshana Dobrow Riza explains in The Sunday Times why loving your job doesn't always mean you'll be good at it.

Professor Michael Barzelay awarded £75,000 grant for international development project

The project will focus on applying reverse-engineering techniques within international development agencies in Japan.

Impact case study: Motivating better consumer decisions through behavioural economics

Prof Diane Reyniers and Prof David de Meza's research contributed to a significant shift in the way the UK's financial regulator protects consumers and encourages better financial decisions.

Impact case study: Addressing a significant 'hidden' factor behind Spain’s failed banks

Prof Luis Garicano's research into Spain's failed Caja banks influenced the government to overhaul the way bank executives are appointed.

Digital labour: between autonomy and automation
Woodcock, Jamie (2017) Digital labour: between autonomy and automation. Work Organisation, Labour & Globalisation, 11 (1). ISSN 1745-641X (In Press)

Working the phones: control and resistance in call centres
Woodcock, Jamie (2016) Working the phones: control and resistance in call centres. Pluto Press, London, UK. ISBN 9780745399089 (In Press)

Persuading voters
Alonso, Ricardo and Câmara, Odilon (2016) Persuading voters. American Economic Review, 106 (11). pp. 3590-3605. ISSN 0002-8282

Written evidence submitted by Dr Edgar A. Whitley, Associate Professor (Reader) in Information Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science. Co–chair Cabinet Office Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group (PCAG) (DEB 69)
Whitley, Edgar A. (2016) Written evidence submitted by Dr Edgar A. Whitley, Associate Professor (Reader) in Information Systems, London School of Economics and Political Science. Co–chair Cabinet Office Privacy and Consumer Advisory Group (PCAG) (DEB 69). Digital Economy Bill, DEB 69. UK Parliament, London, UK.

Submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry into "Legislative Process: Stage 1: Preparing legislation for introduction in Parliament"
Whitley, Edgar A. (2016) Submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry into "Legislative Process: Stage 1: Preparing legislation for introduction in Parliament". LEG0023. UK, Parliament, London, UK.

Submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry into "Legislative Process: Stage 1: Preparing legislation for introduction in Parliament" Consultation
Whitley, Edgar A. (2016) Submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee Inquiry into "Legislative Process: Stage 1: Preparing legislation for introduction in Parliament" Consultation. LEG0019. UK, Parliament, London, UK.

The Red River
Williams, H. Paul (2016) The Red River. Godrevy Press . ISBN 9781533177964

Encoding the everyday: the infrastructural apparatus of social data
Alaimo, Cristina and Kallinikos, Jannis (2016) Encoding the everyday: the infrastructural apparatus of social data. In: Sugimoto, C, Ekbia, Hamid and Mattiolo, Michael, (eds.) Big data is not a monolith: policies, practices, and problems. Information Policy. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 77-90. ISBN 9780262035057

A mixed methods approach for the integration of urban design and economic evaluation: industrial heritage and urban regeneration in China
Berta, Mauro, Bottero, Marta and Ferretti, Valentina (2016) A mixed methods approach for the integration of urban design and economic evaluation: industrial heritage and urban regeneration in China. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design . ISSN 0265-8135

Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace
Beauregard, T. Alexandra, Arevshatian, L., Booth, Jonathan E. and Whittle, S. (2016) Listen carefully: transgender voices in the workplace. International Journal of Human Resource Management . ISSN 1466-4399

The latest posts from our Management with Impact research blog:

Why bankers need management
Imagine a world where financial institutions are characterised by pay proposals that break the cycle of pay inflation; by traders enjoying long careers within one organisation and by senior management adopting a pragmatic attitude to risk. My guess is that you can’t. But it’s difficult to reflect on the stereotype of the banker as anything other than reckless and self-motivated […]

Biotechnology: Why is Europe lagging behind the U.S.?
Of all the new technologies that have emerged since the Second World War, biotechnology is notable in the extent to which US-based firms, having taken the lead at the start, continue to dominate the world market. Why has it been so difficult for other countries to catch up? Biotechnology in this context refers to a set of techniques, based on […]

How to co-lead a team
We don’t lead alone. We lead with others. The days of the ‘Great Man’ theory of Leadership – where one sole leader rules over the masses from their ivory tower, are long gone. Some of us quite literally lead with another person – we co-lead a project, a team, or an organization with a peer. A study by Pearce and […]

What kind of leader do you want to be?
It’s the question missing from so much of leadership development: “What kind of leader do you want to be?” We facilitate and encourage self-awareness among up-and-coming leaders (what kind of leader you are), get them to map their journeys so far (what has made you the leader you are), share knowledge and ideas (what kind of leader you should be), and […]

Counselling is better than outright firing an underperforming employee
Utilizing new technology, combined with aggressive and innovative marketing, your business has significantly expanded over the last few years. You’ve attracted talented staff who are poised to take the company to even greater heights. You want to give them rein and let them run. Unfortunately, one of your salesmen (we’ll call him John), who handles several key accounts, doesn’t seem […]

When employees are ostracised, the whole organisation suffers
Being ignored or excluded by colleagues or supervisors is always uncomfortable for an employee as it gives rise to feelings of anger, depression and unworthiness. When it occurs, it is usually regarded as an employee’s social problem. The thinking is that those who are ostracised must have done something wrong, so they should figure out why they are not welcome […]

What is the value of intermediaries in the global market for cloud workers?
A variety of online markets have developed in recent years to facilitate trade in labour services. Upwork – previously known as oDesk-eLance (oDesk was founded in 2005 and merged with eLance in 2014) – is the largest global online market for outsourced work, with revenues of around $1 billion a year, making it the ‘behemoth of the human cloud’ (O’Connor, […]

Hit-or-miss strategies may be the reason why products flop
My co-author Manoj Thomas (Johnson School of Management, Cornell University) and I were inspired to write Why People (Don’t) Buy: The GO and STOP Signals because of the hit-or-miss patterns of consumer-insight interventions that companies (as well as public policy entities) have been generating. This blog post, the first in a series of three, describes a number of recent examples of […]

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