Strategic uncertainty, a career focus for associate economics professor Amanda Friedenberg, occurs when the parties in a negotiation don’t know how the others will behave, perhaps because they’ve never negotiated before.

Managers tend to focus on skills and knowledge when assembling teams, but management Professor Jeff LePine’s research suggests that personalities should be factored in as well.

Research indicates that psychological characteristics such as optimism, resilience and hopefulness can impact performance among top management teams.

Research shows that when people fit in the culture of the organization in which they work, they are happier, more engaged, more productive and they provide better service.

If you think that the only opportunity to give or get feedback on job performance is the annual review session, you are missing many chances to improve your employees and your business throughout the year, clinical associate professor of management and faculty director of the W. P.

  Feedback is an important tool for developing great employees, says Minu Ipe, clinical professor of management and faculty director of the W. P. Carey MBA Evening Program. She explains the characteristics of effective feedback, using the acronym S-T-A-A-M.

When it’s time for that periodic formal review, do you know how to make the session effective? Minu Ipe, clinical associate professor of management and faculty director of the W. P.

The W. P. Carey School’s annual annual Spirit of Enterprise Awards “are designed to recognize real entrepreneurs -- those capable of starting something, growing it and sustaining it through thick and thin with constant innovation and customer focus,” according to Dean Robert Mittelstaedt.

One of the characteristics of leadership is the ability to spur others to follow your direction. But exactly how do leaders do it? Kevin Corley, an associate professor of management at the W. P. Carey School of Business, studies leadership.

Leaders acquire the power to affect the behavior of others by controlling access to valued resources. But often access involves an element of reciprocity, says W. P. Carey associate professor of management Kevin Corley, who studies and teaches leadership theory and skills.