But a new study by Brian Gunia, an assistant professor at the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School, shows that such misconduct, or "deviance," can prove beneficial by causing "non-deviant" members of ...
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In The Power of Positive Deviance, authors Richard Pascale, Jerry Sternin, and Monique Sternin take their readers on a fascinating tour to learn about “positive deviance”—an approach to solving social ...
Misconduct within an organization is generally seen as a predicament at best, a catastrophe at worst. But a new study shows that such misconduct, or “deviance,” can prove beneficial by causing ...
To some extent, many organizations, if not all, suffer from some form of performance deviation. This can manifest itself in any goal or standard against which organizations may measure themselves.
OVER the past few weeks, we’ve been exploring informal social deviance, the everyday behaviors that may not be illegal but still disrupt social harmony. We’ve all encountered them, the person blasting ...
The risk of marijuana use among deviance-prone males goes up or down with national trends. But deviance prone girls are just as likely to use marijuana during years of high and low national use. When ...
Ken Griffin, the billionaire founder of hedge fund Citadel, is often viewed as a market maverick. This week, however, he turned politically contrarian too. Speaking in West Palm Beach, he complained ...