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Managerial Pay Raise and Promotion Decisions for Workers with I-deals

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Denise Rousseau's research focuses upon the impact workers have on the employment relationship and the firms that employ them. She examines such issues as remote work, performance management, worker well-being and career development, organizational effectiveness, the management of change, firm ownership and governance and industrial relations. Recognized for developing the theory of the psychological contract, Rousseau’s work addresses the powerful reach that the individual worker's understanding of the employment relationship has on work groups, firms and society. She is chair of the Health Care Policy and Management program and director of the Project on Evidence-Based Organizational Practices.

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Revenge RTO: Workers are coming in late, leaving early and stealing snacks as they find small ways to get back at their bosses

‘Executive nostalgia’ is holding workplaces hostage as the C-suite tries to get back to pre-pandemic norms

What the FTC’s Noncompete Agreement Ban Could Mean for You

A Three-Week Vacation in 2023? Yes, You Can

Work in review 2022: The five biggest lessons of the year

In search of an attainable New Year’s resolution

Remote work isn’t the problem. Work is.

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Dr. Rousseau is one of the great minds in management. She has been called one for developing the theory of the psychological contract in her book entitled Great Minds in Management. Her work addresses the powerful reach that the individual worker's understanding of the employment relationship has on work groups, firms, and society.

In this video, Dr. Rousseau speaks to DeGroote professor of HR Management, Dr. Vishwanath Baba about evidence-based management and what that means for organizations.

Psychological Contracts, Context and Evidence-based Management | A Conversation with Dr. Rousseau

Evidence Synthesis Service Interview - Denise Rousseau, H.J. Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Tepper School of Business

The University Libraries provides evidence synthesis support to CMU students, researchers, and staff. Evidence synthesis includes methods such as systematic reviews and meta-analyses, scoping reviews, systematic mapping reviews, rapid reviews and other systematic or structured approaches to literature reviews.

Professor Rousseau used the University Libraries’ Evidence Synthesis Review Service to explore the question: Does executive compensation predict publicly traded firms’ financial performance or inaccurate financial reporting?

Evidence Synthesis Service Interview - Denise Rousseau

Denise Rousseau is a professor of organisational behaviour and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University and a leader in the movement to make management practice more evidence-based. Rousseau spoke to Peter Murmann for BusinessThink.

The quality of what we know: Denise Rousseau on evidence-based management

Denise M. Rousseau is the H.J. Heinz II University Professor of Organizational Behavior and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University's Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the Tepper School of Business. Her research focuses upon the impact workers have on the employment relationship and the firms that employ them. She discussed Evidence Based Management and the importance of overcoming one’s own bounds of knowledge and cognitive bias. 

She spoke at the Carnegie Mellon CSL Corporate Entrepreneurship Forum on Evidence Based Management.

Evidence Based Management - Denise Rousseau

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