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Do Academic Journals Favor Researchers from Their Own Institutions?

Harvard Business

Are academic journals impartial? While many would suggest that academic journals work for the advancement of knowledge and science, we show this is not always the case. In a recent study , we find that two international relations (IR) journals favor articles written by authors who share the journal’s institutional affiliation.

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Looking Beyond H-1B Visas to Find Tech Talent

Harvard Business

Companies could also use civic data to select a local trade journal to advertise in that reaches candidates in a very specific location with a very specific occupation or skill set. That means the states with low location quotient could be targets for talented engineers who are looking for bigger challenges.

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The Consulting Blog’s new editor

Tom Spencer

We have chosen the talented Ashley Sherman to be an Editor of the Consulting Blog for 2013/14. Ashley was previously a Staff Writer for the NYU International Business Journal. The Consulting Blog’s new editor. by Tom Spencer on June 27, 2013 · 0 comments. in Management Consulting. INTRODUCING Ashley.

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Amplify Your Brand Image by Writing Books with Roberta Matuson

Consulting Matters

I have witnessed her remarkable journey from a start-up consulting business owner to an established expert with five published books and author of articles featured in Fast company, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes. She’s the author of six books including, the recently released, Can We Talk?

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Better Managers Isn't Enough for Higher Engagement

Markovitz Consulting

A recent article by Sam Walker in the Wall Street Journal argues that better managers are the key to delivering better results. But they reduce the reliance on the talents of individual managers and increase the likelihood that employees will feel their jobs provide them with the opportunity for personal growth.

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Warning! Is Subcontracting Sabotaging Your Impact & Earning Potential?

Consulting Matters

Would you shy away from publishing your findings in journals or going on news shows to let people know about your discovery? Would you go find other doctors that you can come under in hopes that your cancer cure will be discovered and used to save patients? You are not serving the world playing small, starting with your own world.

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HR Must Make People Analytics More User-Friendly

Harvard Business

Recently, my colleague Wayne Cascio and I took up the question of why HR analytics progress has been so slow despite many decades of research and practical tool building, an exponential increase in available HR data, and consistent evidence that improved HR and talent management leads to stronger organizational performance.

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