Management Research: Recent Episodes
Yevgen Bogodistov
This podcast is dedicated to research in the field of general management. We provide you with information about our recent studies, interesting academic discoveries, as well as practical implications of research for managers and firms.
In #LeanManagement, we often talk about the Eight Wastes—from #transportation and #inventory to #overproduction and #defects - that reduce efficiency and drain resources. But what if we applied this same thinking to the way we work and manage our energy?
In this episode, I explore how the “Eight Wastes” framework can be reimagined through the lens of the #JobDemands–Resources (#JDR) model. What happens when unnecessary #bureaucracy becomes “motion waste”? Or when excessive #deadlines act as “overproduction waste” that slowly drains our #motivation?
By drawing analogies between classic process inefficiencies and #psychological strain in the #workplace, we can uncover new ways to reduce #stress, prevent #burnout, and create healthier, more resilient #organisations.
Join me as I bridge the world of #Lean thinking with the human side of work—and discover how eliminating “#muda” can help us not only streamline processes but also protect our most important resource: employee energy.
In this episode, I challenge the traditional “magic triangle” of process management - time, cost, and quality—by proposing a fourth, often overlooked dimension: employee energy.
We’re used to balancing speed, budget, and outcomes. But what if burnout, stress, and emotional exhaustion are the real factors slowing down your processes? Drawing on the JD-R model (Job Demands–Resources), I explore how integrating psychological and physiological resources into the classic triangle creates a more realistic, sustainable “magic tetrahedron.”
From delayed projects and rising costs to declining motivation and quality, emotional energy has direct consequences for every key business metric. And it’s time we treated it as a core resource, not just an HR afterthought.
Join me as I connect project management theory with human-centred insights - bridging operational logic with emotional intelligence.
🎧 Tune in and let’s rethink how we manage performance- together.
burnout #employeewellbeing #processmanagement #projectmanagement #leadership #jdRmodel #workplaceculture #energyatwork #psychologicalsafety #magictriangle #podcast #emotionalintelligence
In this episode, I explore how a classic concept from operations - the Theory of Constraints - can help us better understand and manage emotional exhaustion in the workplace.
The central idea? Just like a production process is only as fast as its slowest step, our mental and emotional energy is limited by the most draining tasks in our day. So what if we could identify the specific moments, meetings, or tasks that wear us out the most—our emotional bottlenecks?
Drawing on Goldratt’s foundational work, I walk through how this theory can be adapted to workplace wellbeing. I also tackle some key challenges:
- How do emotions spill over between employees?
- Why is simply “moving the problem” unethical?
- What does the "Eat That Frog" rule get wrong when it comes to mental health?
We’ll look at tools like interviews, observation, and intuitive reflection to pinpoint those draining moments—and explore how to design more sustainable workdays without pushing people to the edge.
Whether you're a leader, a coach, or someone simply trying to manage your energy better, this episode offers a practical lens for viewing burnout through the eyes of process thinking.
burnout #emotionalexhaustion #theoryofconstraints #mentalhealthatwork #employeeexperience #workplacewellbeing #processmanagement #leadership #emotionalintelligence #jobdemands #managementpodcast #productivity #eatthatfrog #podcast
Dear listeners!
In this episode, I dive into a topic that’s both technical and deeply human: how we measure burnout.
You’ve probably heard of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) - it’s the most widely used tool out there. But is it really the best option? Drawing on critiques by Kristensen and colleagues (2005), I explore why the MBI might not give us a coherent or actionable picture of burnout. Its three dimensions - emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced personal accomplishment—are measured independently, even though burnout is defined as the simultaneous presence of all three. This mismatch between concept and measurement can lead to confusion and questionable conclusions.
Instead, I talk about why I prefer the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI). It’s clear, research-backed, and openly accessible. More importantly, it focuses on emotional exhaustion, which many agree is the core of burnout.
I also touch on an important ethical question: how do we approach burnout assessments at work without stigmatising individuals? I argue for anonymous, organisation-wide surveys - ideally on a quarterly basis - as a way to surface problems early, reduce bias, and promote real dialogue.
This episode is for anyone interested in HR, leadership, or just better understanding the people around you.
Give it a listen - and let me know what you think.
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
PS. Our book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-56615-8
burnout #emotionalexhaustion #burnoutmeasurement #leadership #humanresources #organizationalhealth #CopenhagenBurnoutInventory #CBI #MaslachBurnoutInventory #MBI #mentalhealthatwork #futureofwork #podcast #managementresearch
Hello again, dear listeners,
In this episode of my #burnoutprevention and #wellbeing series, I take you on a journey into the heart of problem-solving in complex work environments - by simply asking why. Inspired by a well-known technique from #processmanagement, we explore how repeatedly asking “why?”- five times, to be exact - can reveal the hidden roots of psychological strain at work.
Using the example of a talented employee struggling with the blurred boundaries of remote work, I reflect on how individual challenges often point to broader structural or cultural issues. We’ll also look at what organisations can do, from redesigning job roles to supporting skills like mental switching and mindfulness.
Sometimes, solutions don’t require a major overhaul - just a deeper understanding and a bit of creativity. Whether you're a #manager, #HRprofessional, or just curious about the human side of work, this episode will offer new insights into how stress emerges - and how it can be gently defused.
As always, thank you for tuning in. Your comments and shares help spread these ideas further!
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
mentalhealth #rootcauseanalysis #5whys #remotework #stressmanagement #psychologicalsafety #processdesign #employeeexperience #mindfulness #workplacewellbeing #reflection #podcast
Hello dear listeners,
In this latest episode of my #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention mini-series, I invite you to explore an unconventional but surprisingly effective tool for uncovering hidden workplace problems: projective techniques - with a little help from a deck of tarot cards.
When we don't yet know what we're looking for, traditional #metrics and KPIs can fall short. In such moments, we need to open up space for interpretation, reflection, and intuition. Inspired by a story from my own experience during a complex HR case in Kyiv, I share how a simple tarot spread unexpectedly led to one of the most insightful problem-solving discussions I’ve ever facilitated.
This episode is a reflection on how we access our deeper insights, stimulate creative thinking, and give voice to the undercurrents in our organisations. It’s not about fortune-telling—it’s about making the invisible visible.
Join me in exploring how abstract images and symbolic thinking can unlock new perspectives in your team or company. You might be surprised by what emerges.
Warmly,
Eugene (Yevgen)
burnout #emotionalintelligence #decisionmaking #intuition #hr #organizationalpsychology #reflection #leadership #problemsolving #creativethinking #psychologicalsafety #podcast #businesspsychology
Hello dear listeners,
In this new episode of my #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention mini-series, I dive into something a bit different—but truly inspiring: the power of creative, low-tech ideas to reflect and improve emotional climate at work.
From smiley strips on office doors to mood chips in transparent tubes, colourful coffee cups, chocolate-based feedback, and even burnout dartboards - these clever tools were all proposed by my brilliant students in a recent business psychology class. They prove that emotional wellbeing doesn't always need expensive systems - it can start with paper, colour, and trust.
Tune in to hear how simple #visualtools can open important conversations about #emotions, #stress, and early signs of #burnout in the workplace. Sometimes, the most insightful solutions come from those just entering the field.
As always, thank you for listening - and your shares, comments, and feedback mean the world to me!
Warmly,
Eugene (Yevgen)
mentalhealth #emotionalwellbeing #processmanagement #leadership #psychologicalsafety #employeeexperience #organizationalhealth #visualmanagement #futureofwork #humanfactors #podcast #businesspsychology
Hello dear listeners
In this new episode of my #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention mini-series, I explore how visual process management techniques can be adapted to monitor emotional wellbeing in the workplace.
Inspired by simple tools like visual boards for missing equipment and feedback buttons at Frankfurt Airport, I discuss how small visual cues - like smiley buttons in lifts (elevators) - could help detect emotional stress patterns across different departments. Subtle emotional signals often go unnoticed, especially in hierarchical organisations, but with creative #visualmanagement, we might find new ways to identify and address #stress before it leads to #burnout.
Enjoy the episode—and your feedback, comments, and shares mean a lot to me!
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
mentalhealth #emotionalwellbeing #processmanagement #leadership #workplaceculture #organizationalhealth #stressawareness #employeeexperience #humanfactors #reflection #podcast
Hello again, dear listeners,
In this episode of my #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention mini-series, I introduce a simple yet powerful exercise borrowed from #processmanagement: “Process Stapling.” Originally used to visualise and improve workflows, this technique can also offer surprising insights into how burnout emerges within everyday job processes.
By stapling together not only task descriptions but also the emotional and psychological demands tied to each activity, we can identify pain points and mismatches early - before they turn into chronic stress or emotional exhaustion. It's not just about what people do, but how they feel while doing it.
Tune in to hear how understanding work processes from both technical and human perspectives can lead to healthier, more sustainable roles - where both #efficiency and #mentalhealth are taken seriously.
As always, I’m not a trained psychologist, so I encourage you to think critically and explore further.
Enjoy the episode - and thank you for your continued support through comments and shares!
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
burnout #employeeexperience #emotionalexhaustion #processdesign #jobdemands #psychologicalsafety #workplacewellbeing #humanresources #processimprovement #reflection #podcast
Hello again, dear listeners,
In this thought-provoking episode of my #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention mini-series, I dive into a surprisingly powerful tool: #reversethinking. What happens when we flip the question from “How can we prevent #burnout?” to “How could we create it?”
Inspired by a book section that’s both insightful and unsettling, I explore how #chaos, #emotionalexhaustion, and #socialpressure contribute to burnout—often in ways we don’t immediately recognize. From #mentalload to Mary’s late-night student emails, these examples highlight how easily burnout can take root, even with the best intentions.
As always, I’m not a trained psychologist, so I invite you to reflect critically and explore further if the topic speaks to you.
Enjoy the episode—and as always, your feedback, comments, and shares mean the world.
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
mentalhealth #selfcare #emotionalwellbeing #workplacewellbeing #stressmanagement #reflection #podcast
Welcome back, dear listeners,
In this second part of my mini-series on #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention, I continue exploring the complexities of #burnout. This time, I focus on its causes, warning signs, and practical strategies for prevention. While I share key insights, please remember that I am not a trained psychologist—so I encourage you to think critically and seek additional information if this topic interests you.
Enjoy the episode! Feel free to comment and share—your support truly matters.
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
📖 Book:
Springer
Amazon
#BurnoutPrevention #WellbeingAtWork #ProcessManagement #Leadership #MentalHealth #EmployeeWellbeing #WorkplaceCulture
Welcome, dear listeners,
In this episode of my mini-series on #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention, I explore the history of the concept of #burnout and discuss how it differs from #depression. While I share key insights, please remember that I am not a trained psychologist—so I encourage you to think critically and seek additional information if this topic interests you.
Enjoy the episode! Feel free to comment and share—your support truly matters.
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
📖 Book:
Springer
Amazon
#BurnoutPrevention #WellbeingAtWork #ProcessManagement #Leadership #MentalHealth #EmployeeWellbeing #WorkplaceCulture
Welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I continue my miniseries on employee and manager well-being. This series is based on our book about burnout prevention through process management tools (links below).
In this episode, I take you through the long history of process management—a crucial foundation for understanding why burnout happens and how we can effectively counteract it.
Tune in, enjoy, and share your thoughts in the comments!
Best,
Eugene (Yevgen)
📖 Book:
Springer
Amazon
#BurnoutPrevention #WellbeingAtWork #ProcessManagement #Leadership #MentalHealth #EmployeeWellbeing #WorkplaceCulture
Welcome, dear listeners, to the next episode of this #wellbeing miniseries of my #podcast!
Today, I briefly talk about Chapter 1 of our #book on #burnoutprevention. In this chapter, @Jürgen Moormann and I set a clear target regarding the book and its audience, especially those experiencing #burnout right now.
Enjoy and share with those for whom it matters!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
Today, I start the new mini-series on the well-being of managers and employees. Mainly, I will focus on our book and introduce you to its structure, motivation, and key ideas. In our book, we focused on #proessmanagement and its tools to prevent #burnout occurrence (should also work for other #mentalhealth issues at work).
Enjoy and leave your comments as #wellbeing and #burnoutprevention.
Linke to our book:
- Springer
- Amazon International
- Amazon UK
- Amazon Germany/Austria
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
After a long break (over 1 month), welcome, dear listeners!
It's been a while as I had many obligations (teaching, research, administration, application for third money financing, holidays, baby, etc.). But I hope to continue starting from now!
In this #episode, I continue talking about the #SWOT a#nalysis. This time, I talk about the #externalvalidity of your SWOT-based #strategy. Can you find #evidence that your ideas would work? Can you find similar situations or markets, where a similar strategy worked? Do you know people who succeeded in having a similar type of #capabilities / #competencies? If yes, it is a good sign for your strategy! If not: you are either genies or you made a mistake. The latter is, unfortunately, more probable.
Good luck and enjoy!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
today, I continue elaborating on the topic of #SWOT #analysis. In particular, I discuss how to match #strengths, #weaknesses, #opportunities, and, #threats. I show matching on an example of a job seeker.
Enjoy, share, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners!
In this episode, I continue elaborating on the topic of #SWOT #analysis. Today, I will give you some input on how to prioritise the aspects that you included in the quadrants of S W O and T.
Enjoy, share, and comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
In this #podcast episode, we continue discussing the #swot #analysis. In particular, we discuss approaching the quadrants of #opportunties and #threats. I suggest using the #market-based view and #5forces framework.
Enjoy, comment, make suggestions, and share - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
Today we elaborate on the #strengths and #weaknesses of the #swot #analysis. I suggest the resource-based view (#rbv) and the capability-based view (#cbv) to introduce concreteness and structure to the SWOT analysis.
Enjoy, comment, and share!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners of my podcast
Today, I start the next mini-series dedicated to #SWOT #analysis. I am a big #critic of the analysis, but don't get me wrong - I like the #strategicmanagement #tool if it is applied correctly. This happens, unfortunately, more seldom than I would wish.
In this episode, I mention some of the #criticisms and, in doing so, prepare the basement for the next episode, where we are going address the critical aspects one by one.
Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners!
Today, we are finalising our series dedicated to #5forces #framework by #Porter. In addition to the original framework, Grant and Jordan (2015) suggested two more #forces - #complements and #government. In this episode, we talk about the last 7th force - the government.
Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - as always, it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I elaborate on what other forces are missing in the #5forces #framework by #Porter. One of the suggestions from GRant and Jordan (2015) would be the inclusion of 6th #force - #comlements.
Complements should have the opposite effect of #substitutes on your core product.
Enjoy, comment, and share - it does matter ;)
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode, dear listeners!
Today, we discuss the final driver for the 5th force in the #5forces #framework by #Porter. We talk about the ability to integrate vertically (#insourcing) and its impact on the #bargainingpower of #buyers and #suppliers.
Enjoy, comment, and share - it does matter!
Sincerely
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
today, I talk about the next driver influencing the #bargainingpower of #buyers or #suppliers - one of the forces in the #5forces #framework by #Porter. Have you considered that the clearer it is what you do, the less people are willing to pay for this? What about you? How often are you not willing to pay a high price, if you (don't) know the background information?
Enjoy this episode, share it with your friends to help them negotiate better, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to my next episode, dear listeners!
Today, I talk about the influence of concentration and size of #buyers (the same relates to #sellers) on their bargaining power # one of the five #forces in the #5forces #framework by #Porter. It is an obvious relationship but maybe you haven't thought of it yet.
Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to my new episode!
I know it was a long break but I had a very good reason (family) to skip some episodes. Today, I continue and start with the topic of the relation of buyer's product quality to the supplied parts.
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I dedicate the episode of my #podcast to the influence of #competition among #buyers on the #bargaining power of a #supplier. A short example illustrates the importance of this driver for the #bargainingpower as a force in the e#5forces #framework by #Porter.
Enjoy, comment, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
In this episode, I continue elaborating on the #bargainingpower - one of the #5forces #framework forces by #Porter. Today, I talk about the #productdifferentiation and its influence on the #switchingcosts.
Enjoy this short episode, give me a like, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
I have an interesting #podcast episode today: I start elaborating on a new force in the #fiveforces framework by Porter - Bargaining Power over Suppliers (which I combine with the #BargainingPower of Buyers). Today, I talk about one of the #drivers for this force - the proportion of #costs of an item in the final product (or service) #price. I also prepared two examples for you.
Enjoy and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, dear listeners!
Today, we finalise the "#Rivalry among #Competitors" - one of the five forces in the #5forces #framework by #Porter. In this episode, I talk about two related drivers for this force - #economiesofscale and Ratio of #Fixed to #Variable #costs. I hope that you will like my examples. Enjoy!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, dear listners,
I am glad to share with you the next episode of my #management #research #podcast. This time I talk about two drivers of the rivalry among competitors (one of the #forces in the #5forces #framework by #Porter). I explain the role of Excess Capacities and Exit Barriers in heating the price competition.
Enjoy, comment, share, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear friends and colleagues,
today, I share the next episode in my #management #research #podcast dedicated to the #fiveforces framework by #Porter. In this episode, I talk about the #product #differentiation. I try to extrapolate this knowledge to the individual level. If you are a #jobseeker, this episode might help you understand how to correctly #position yourself in the #jobmarket.
Enjoy, subscribe, share, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
Welcome to the new episode of the #management #research #podcast. Today, we start working on the new force from the #5forces framework by #Porter: #rivalry among #competitors. In this specific #episode, I introduce you to the two drivers for this force - #concentration and #diversity of #competitors.
As you have noticed, I shortened the name of the episode - #YouTube complained about the length of the name of the previous episode ;)
Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - if does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
Today, we finalise one of the forces in the #5forces framework by #Porter. We talk about the relative effectiveness of the barriers that we mentioned in the previous episodes. We often forget to think that laws change, customer preferences change, and even very distinct firms approximate each other in their business models and product designs. Consequently, what we saw as a barrier yesterday, may not exist today.
Moreover, the more protected a market is, the more profitable, and, in turn, the more interesting it is for your competitors.
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
In this episode, I talk about #retaliation #strategy or retaliation actions. This is on of the anticipated drivers for the Threat of Entry - one of the forces in the e#5forces framework by #Porter. The main idea is that the fact that incumbent market players may retaliate if you (try to) join their market may hinder you form entering the market. Yet, this driver if related to the intensity of competition - the higher the competition, the harder it is to retaliate for dispersed incumbents. If the market is being dominated by a few firms with plenty of resources, such actions are nothing but #signalling. And not only to you, but also for other potential entrants and, thus, a desired strategy.
Good luck and subscribe, share, and comment - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
Today, we continue talking about the #5forcesframework of #Porter. In particular, we discuss the next driver of the #threatofentry - #legalbarriers. You may be lucky to enjoy the #protectedmarket or unlucky to have a very open and #easy-to-enter #market. The trick is that these barriers may appear and disappear and it is better to be prepared for this situation.
Enjoy, subscribe, share, and comment - it does matter.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, dear listeners!
Today, I continue with the topic of the #threatofentry. As the next driver of this force from the #forces #framework by #Porter, I elaborate on the access to the #distributionchannels. I wish I could provide you with an example of success, but in this episode, I talk about a failed idea. But, we learn from our mistakes, hopefully. ;)
Enjoy, comment, share, and subscribe - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
I see that the names for the episode become longer ;) The reason is a bit complex #structure of the course of #strategicmanagement. But we'll manage to establish a good understanding of the course.
In this episode, I talk about the product #differentiation. The more different your products are from the competitors' products, the harder it is to switch for the customers. Interestingly, it works in both ways: your customers have it hard to #switch to your #competitors, but also your competitors' customers have it hard to switch to your product.
Enjoy, share your thoughts in the comments section, subscribe, and share - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
Today, I continue elaborating on the #threatofentry as a force in the #5forces framework by Porter. We talk about the #absolutecostadvantage - a tangible, intangible, or human resource that allows firms to easily join the market and become successful.
Don't forget to share, comment, subscribe, and enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear friends and listeners,
Today, we continue elaborating on the topic of #threatofentry - one of the forces in the #5forces framework by #Porter. We talk about the next driver - a factor that can increase or decrease the threat of someone joining your market. We talk about the #economiesofscale.
Enjoy the examples, share yours in the comment section, and subscribe - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to the next episode of my #management #research #podcast, dear listeners!
Today, we start elaborating on the next #force in the #5forces #framework of #porter - the #threatofentry. The threat of entry is driven by several factors. I discuss one of these factors in this episode - the #capitalrequirements.
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
Today, we are talking about the #5forces framework by #porter. One of the forces that shape the market and should influence your success is the #threatofsubstitutes. #substitutes are the #products (or #services) that are different in nature but may offer you a similar result. Think of butter vs margarine - different in nature (made of milk vs sunflower oil) but both may be used for breakfast. Moreover, the conditions of usage have an impact on the #propensitytosubsitute: while margarine for breakfast is seldom preferred, margarine for backing easily substitutes butter and only a few can taste the difference.
Enjoy this #episode, #subscribe, #comment, and #share - it does matter!
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode in my Strategic Management series!
Today, we talk about two #theories (or views) about how to achieve a #sustained #competitiveadvantage. While the Market-based View (#mbv) focuses on the market and industry analysis, the Resource-based View (#rbv) focuses on the firm's internal #resources and #comeptencies (or #capabilities). After years of academic debate, we discovered that firms need both and that there are minor contradictions and both can be applied simultaneously.
Enjoy, comment, subscribe, and share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome dear listeners!
Today, I talk about the three main #drivers of #profit of a #firm. These are the #intensity of #competition, #value for the #customer (and it is not the #price), and the #bargaining power over a customer.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome!
Today, I continue elaborating on the topic of #pathdependency. In this episode, I provide you with some examples of path dependencies but also with examples of how you can apply the #theory to make your personal or business life better!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
In my new episode, I talk about the #pathdependency theory and explain why we use the #QWERTY keyboard. Path dependency is a very powerful, yet a bit deterministic #theory which is of great importance for a good #strategist.
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Faithfully
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I talk about one of the tools for the #environmental #analysis in #strategicmanagement - #pest. PEST stands for #political, #economic, #social (& #cultural), and #technological factors. Although the tool is vague and has plenty of issues (I mention those briefly), it is the best that we have for now. So, apply it wisely and learn the weaknesses before analysing the market environment!
Share, subscribe, comment, and enjoy - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I talk about differences in #strategicmanagement for #nonprofit #organisations. Interestingly, some scholars argue that non-profit organisations work in a different environment and, thus, economic mechanisms work for them differently. So, can we apply the knowledge from the field of strategic management or do we need a specific -#strategic #management for non-profits? In this #podcast episode, I try to give an answer to this question.
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners, to the next episode of my #managementresearch #podcast!
Today, I briefly talk about #Corporate #Social #Responsibility (#csr) and the reason why this topic is debated. There is no clear view on CSR in any country, but we know that responsible acting is something desired. But why do many fail in pursuing CSR? Or why do we have so many visions of the concept? Why are firms not always happy if being asked to act more responsibly?
I try to answer some of these questions in this episode. Please share your opinion on the issue and give your examples of (un)successful CSR policies.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear friends and listeners!
In today's show, I talk about the #stakeholders and a simple way to organise them and #manage them. Based on the two scales - level of interest and level of power - stakeholders can be approached in a structured way. When developing your #strategy, you should always think about whose #interest you are developing it.
Enjoy, subscribe, share, and comment - I am eager to know your opinion!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners, to the next #episode in my #management #research #podcast!
Today, I talk about the roles of strategy:
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decision-making support,
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coordination device,
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targeting and motivation, and
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animation and orientation.
Enjoy and share your thoughts in the comment section below!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners, to the next #episode in the #management #research #podcast!
Today, I talk about the intended and emergent strategy. These are two opposing poles in the approach to #strategising. Would you make a very precise plan and stick to it (#intendedstrategy) or will you try to remain flexible and grasp any opportunity that emerges on the market (#emergentstrategy)? In real life, the #strategies and strategising of firms and individuals are somewhere in between.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear friends
In my previous episode, I gave examples of strategic moves in #warinukraine. In this episode, I give a definition and provide you with some examples of #strategic moves at an individual's and a firm's level. In the end, I also share with you my vision regarding #tourism #investments in #Tyrol and #Innsbruck that I hold for wrong strategic moves, by the way.
I am eager to hear your examples and feedback! Use the comment section below to share your thoughts and ideas.
Best
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, dear listeners,
Today's episode will give examples of #strategic #moves in the #active #phase of the #warinukraine. The most active phase of the #war started in 2022, while the war has been going on since 2014.
After February 2022, one could trace several strategic moves (it is not the whole strategy, of course), i.e. decisions that shaped the #battlefield for weeks, months, and years. Think of one of my previous episodes with the example from the #chess #game. In a war, the logic is the same, yet more #complex, more #uncertain, and #unpredictable. Tough #planning is, therefore, impossible. But a good strategic move can make your further play/war easier, providing you with more #flexibility and #decisionpower.
Learn from this episode and share your thoughts in the comments section.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to my new #managementresearch #podcast episode!
Today, I discuss #strategy as #positioning and strategy as #direction. Suppose you want to be successful and have motivated personnel. In that case, you have to define your correct #corporate and #business strategy as positioning first - which industry are you competing in and how are you competing right now? Yet, it is not sufficient as people need a goal. So, you need to add your personnel a feeling of perspective - where you want to be in a few years and how you want to compete by then. This is called "strategy as direction".
In this episode, I elaborate on this topic and give imaginary and real examples from the #mci strategy.
Enjoy and share your ideas. By the way, how do you see our strategy? How do you see the strategy of your firm?
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, dear listeners,
in today's #episode, I discuss the difference between the terms "#corporate #strategy" and "#business #strategy". I also give some examples for both.
Enjoy, #share, #subscribe, and #comment - it does matter.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
In today's #episode, I am talking about the origins of #strategy. Interestingly, the strategy in #business has a lot in common with the strategy in #military. According to some scholars, business took over the ideas, structure, and work organising from those organisations we have been good at since the beginning of mankind. It seems that humankind learned to fight long before it learned to do business. Would you agree?
Enjoy, #comment, #share, and #subscribe - it does matter. Not because of #monetisation (I don't have any) but because I want to know how many of you listen to the episodes and read the description ;)
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
My students often ask me to give some #examples during our #strategic #management course. I use examples from different fields. Yet, many are now interested in #chess after the new movie “The Queen’s Gambit” (2021) or because chess is associated with #wisdom and #intelligence. At least, about half of the students from my class know how to play chess and about 5 per cent say they are good at chess. Consequently, I ask them what are examples of "strategic moves" in chess.
In this episode, I elaborate on the example from chess to illustrate the strategic moves for your firm or for your personal career.
If you enjoy this episode, #share, #subscribe, and #comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners, to the next #episode in my new mini-series dedicated to #strategicmanagement!
Today, I talk about, what I call, three pillars of a #successful #strategy. The pillars are very simple, but these are exactly the simple things that are hard to follow... In #strategic #management, the planning horizon is so big and the complexity is so high that the three pillars may require plenty of time to elaborate on them. Would you agree?
I hope you enjoy the #podcast. Feel free to #comment, #share, and #subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my new mini-series on Strategic Management!
Today, I have an introductory episode where I focus on two types of #thinking - a low level of #construal (#concrete) and a high level of construal (#abstract) thinking. In #strategicmanagement, you mostly need very abstract thinking as your decisions have a time horizon of 3 to 5 years! This is one of the reasons why some students are very good at #strategic management - they can easily switch to a high level of abstraction and think forward.
As promised in the episode, I provide you with a map that I used last year in my class: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/365712524_Strategic_Management_Treasure_Map
To draw this map, I used the free (basic) account of #Inkarnate (https://inkarnate.com/). You can try it out, if you want.
Don't forget to #comment, #share, #subscribe, and #enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Happy New Year, dear listeners!
This episode is just a summary of what we have done together. I also explain why this podcast appeared and the plans for next year.
Enjoy, subscribe, and leave your comments!
With the best wishes for the new year
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners,
today, I share the next episode of my #management #research #podcast. In this episode, I address one of your suggestions regarding the current topic - #psychological #games by Eric #Berne. In his suggestion, Mr @Despotovic proposed to treat three ego states as three types of identity (i.e., applying the #identitytheory). Although there are some issues with the compatibility of this view:
a. #identity types can be combined more easily
b. parent role integrated both the #roleidentity (parent) and #socialgroup belonging (parents talking to each other)
c. the theory by Berne focuses on communication only while identity theory has a broader scope
still the suggestion is VERY good and may indicate an interesting avenue for future research and maybe even #reconciliation of these theories.
Enjoy, comment, share, and send me your ideas!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my podcast, dear friends and guests,
Today, I continue with our mini-series on #psychological #games as postulated by Eric #Berne. In this #management #research #podcast episode, I briefly explain how to avoid psychological games, especially if there was an "official call" - the #game has been announced in front of a #team and you cannot individually avoid playing.
I wish you all the best in your communication! Feel free to share your thoughts and ideas and let me know what you want to listen to in the next episodes!
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and comment - it does matter!
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Yevgen (Eugene)
PS. I apologise for the 1-week-delay - I had a stressful week and weekend and could not upload the new episode.
Hello and welcome dear friends
In this episode, we continue talking about #psychological #games as suggested by Eric #Berne. When analysing how people interact with each other, Eric Berne discovered that some games can be positive for both parties. In this episode, I provide you with an example of such a #game. Moreover, I briefly discuss whether one should engage in playing both #positive and #negative games.
Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - it does matter, at least to me personally.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners, to the next episode of my #management #research #podcast!
Today, I present you another #psychological #game suggested by Eric #Berne in his book "Games People Play" - #NIGYSOB. This is an interesting game as I observe it in several #relationships in #business and #family. More about the game in this #episode.
Enjoy, #comment, #share, and #subscribe - how else can I know that you are interested?! ;)
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear listeners!
Today, I give you an #example of a #psychological #game called "Kick Me" in the book of Eric Berne. This game is about #victim #behaviour. It also explains why the #victim - #aggressor #relationships are relatively stable and even tend to get entrenched in people's behaviour and even become a lifestyle. If you know "victims" - those to whom something constantly happens and who say "Why is it always happening to me?!", you might be interested in this episode.
Good luck and don't forget to share this episode with people you value. Feel free to subscribe and comment to share your ideas and give me inspiration for the next episodes!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode in my mini-series dedicated to #psychological #games as suggested by worldwide known #psychoanalyst Eric #Berne. In this episode, I briefly explain game dynamics and provide an example of a (as to my experience) trendy psychological game played in the office. This game, as well as many other games, leads to the emotional exhaustion of one of the parties participating in this game, unfortunately.
Listen to this episode to avoid this #trap and to understand in which situations your conversation is not a true conversation but just a collection of #psychological moves aiming at #suppression or evoking #anger.
Enjoy, #share, #comment, and #subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, dear listeners!
I am happy to post the next episode in my mini-series on #psychologicalgames as suggested by Eric #Berne. In this #episode, we talk about the #congruent modes of relationships - those that do not cause conflicts. At the end, we also shortly address the two types of #incongruent #relationships - those that usually lead to #conflicts.
Feel free to share your observations in the comments section - I am eager to know whether the suggestions by Eric Berne hold for your observations.
Good luck and don't forget to subscribe, share, and comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my next episode in the mini-series dedicated to #psychological #games as postulated by Eric #Berne!
In this episode, I discuss the key element in this #theory - three #ego states. Berne argues that in any conversation it is not only person A is talking to person B but at a meta-level one of the ego states of person A communicates with the ego state of person B. Berne suggests three #egos - #Child-I, #Parent-I, and #Adult-I. Consequently, no matter what is being said, the #conversation can run between two children, two parents, two adults, or a parent and a child.
This element is crucial to understanding why we sometimes end up with #conflicts or how #psychilogocialgames come to life. About these topics, I will talk in the next episode of my #podcast.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I start a new #podcast mini-series dedicated to the #transactional #analysis as postulated by @Eric Berne. His ideas may help you understand the issues in #communication and prevent #conflicts in your #team or even in your #privatelife.
In this episode, I briefly introduce the #scholar. In the next episode, we will talk about his #theory and how it can be observed in #humancommunication.
Wish you all the best! Don't forget to #subscribe, #comment, and #share this episode with your friends and #colleagues!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear friends
Today, I finalise my #podcast mini-series on #causalmapping - a method to measure how people think. In this #episode, I discuss the #positivism and #constructuvism. The episode is not about the #philosophy of #research but how this #methodology could be #published. I concluded that #causal #mapping may be a good fit for those who try to pursue the #mixedmethods approach. The reason is that causal mapping is easy to understand for both types of reviewers and might be your way out of the conflicts with #reviewers.
Good luck with your research!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome!
Today, I discuss what to do with the #data you collected with a #causalmap. You will have many distances from each person to all others (like a #correlation table). In our #dataanalysis, we applied #clustering - we clustered people based on their #similarity regarding the #mental #models. Later, you can use this cluster variable as your #dependentvariable when you look at what #causes similarity between people. Or you can use the cluster variable as a predictor, i.e. look at the consequences for #like-minded people. If it is not fully clear from my talk (I was a bit too emotional about our #findings), feel free to read our #academic #paper!
Good luck with your investigations!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Our paper:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331489896_Values_congruence_in_multicultural_groups_the_causal_mapping_method
Citation: Bogodistov, Y., Botts, M., & Schlatterer, F. (2019). Values congruence in multicultural groups: the causal mapping method. Journal for Multicultural Education, 13(1), 33-50.
Hello, dear friends, colleagues, researchers, and students
In this episode, I talk about the #practicalsteps of #settingup a #causalmap in a #survey #software, such as @limesurvey, @qualtrics, or similar. After you have developed your theory and created a list of items, you need to know what to do with it and how to implement it in the available survey tool.
Drop me an email, if you need the plugin - I believe I should have it somewhere ;)
Good luck with your #research!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome
In this episode, I talk about how to #compare #causalmaps of two different people. There is a #formula that you can find in the papers that I list below. In the episode, I explain the logic behind the #measurement. Even though the procedure might look "scary", it is a simple calculation of the distances as you count the #distance between two dots on the #coordinatesystem. If you understand the logic behind the formula, you will quickly understand how the #calculation is performed.
Good luck with your #investigation!
Here are the links:
- Our paper with a simplified formula for our specific purposes:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331489896_Values_congruence_in_multicultural_groups_the_causal_mapping_method
Citation: Bogodistov, Y., Botts, M., & Schlatterer, F. (2019). Values congruence in multicultural groups: the causal mapping method. Journal for Multicultural Education, 13(1), 33-50.
- Initial paper with the formula:
Markíczy, L., & Goldberg, J. (1995). A method for eliciting and comparing causal maps. Journal of management, 21(2), 305-333.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to the next episode on my sub-channel "Research Methods"!
Indeed, we #analyse not only topics from #managementresearch but also how to conduct this #research. Today, I continue talking about a specific #researchmethod - Causal Mapping. #causalmapping is a method that allows you to depict a #mentalmodel of an individual and even compare different individuals based on their #mental model.
In this episode, I talk about two ways to develop a list of items for the further evaluation of mental models: based on qualitative interviews and based on literature.
Enjoy, #share, #comment, #subscribe, and #like - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear friends and listeners
It's been a while since I published an episode on #researchmethods. But the time has come! And today, we are going to talk about how to #measure how people think. We can approach this "how people think" via mental models - a network of concepts related to the object or event of interest.
What are the first things that come to your mind if you think of a "dog"? Write these words down. Ask somebody else the same question. Do you have identical lists of terms? Do they differ? Congratulations, you made your first step to #mentalmodel #measurement!
Enjoy, comment, subscribe, and share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear friends and colleagues
In this #podcast #episode, I am talking about the topic of #volition. I am finalising our #mini-series on #motivation and volition is a perfect topic for the final episode. Volition is about moving from "#willing" to "#acting". There is a model that we call the #rubicon model. As with the river Rubicon - those who crossed it, could conquer Rome - if you cross the border between wanting and acting, you will achieve your set #goal.
I hope you will find this episode interesting and help you to finally achieve your desired goals!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
In this episode, I give you an example of how to apply the #self-determination #theory of #motivation to situations of high uncertainty such as the running #warfare in #Ukraine. Once, I applied the theory and I think it helped one of the local organisations to better understand how to treat #immigrants running from war.
I hope that you will enjoy this episode too! Don't forget to #sbuscribe, #comment, and #share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
In the previous episode of my podcast, we started talking about the there factors from the #self-dtermination #theory of #motivation as suggested by @Deci and @Ryan. Today, we continue elaborating on the topic. We talk about #relatedness and #autonomy and how they shape our motivation to walk the extra mile. Have you ever thought about why we #hate #deadlines? In this episode, I talk about this issue too.
Enjoy, #comment, #subscribe, and #share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
In today's #episode, I start talking about #factors that may shift the #regulatory style of #motivation towards the one closest to #intrinsic motivation. These are competence, autonomy, and relatedness. In this episode, I talk about the feeling of #competence. I show in my example how this factor changes how you perceive a task.
Enjoy, #subscribe, #comment, and #share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
Today, I talk about #extrinsicmotivation. Interestingly, @Deci and @Ryan suggested that within #extrinsic #motivation, there can be several different regulations (#regulatorystyles). For instance, being motivated through #rewardandpunishment is not the same as being motivated by helping your parents; yet, both mentioned examples are extrinsically motivated. Moreover, sometimes extrinsically motivated activities can be performed with efforts close to those from #intrinsic motivation. Do you want to know more? Listen to this episode!
And don't forget to subscribe, share, and comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my next #podcast #episode dedicated to the #self-determination #theoryofmotivation!
In this episode, we talk about three types of motivation: intrinsic, extrinsic, and amotivation. Initially from @Deci and @Ryan, the Self-determination #theory of motivation sheds light on the individual and what drives her to perform better or worse tasks. This theory became one of the most known and applicable in the field of organisational and individual @psychology.
Enjoy, #comment, #share, and #subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear listeners!
In our today's #podcast #episode, we continue talking about #motivation. Once I received an invitation to hold a speech on #warinukraine, where they asked me to explain how #refugees feel when they have to #flee from #war in #Ukraine. I decided to talk about how people feel from the point of view of #Herzberg 's #theoryofmotivation. We can look at the war in Ukraine in two phases: Hygiene #shock and, later, Hygiene #crisis. If you want to know more about the effects of war on motivation, listen to this episode. In the next episode, we are going to talk about a different theory of motivation. We will also try to apply this new theory to #warfare and #immigration. Stay with me, if you are interested in the topic!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome, dear students, friends, and colleagues, to the next episode of my podcast!
Today, I continue talking about the #Hygienethory or the 2-Factor #theoryofmotivation by Herzberg. In his paper in 1974, Herzberg showed that the initially proposed two factors of #dissatisfaction and #motivation are contingent on the type of activity (e.g. assembly line has a completely different motivational profile than a consultancy) as well as on the external factors. A #hygieneshock as a rapid change of #topmanagement or #mergers and #acquisition will make some elements from the dissatisfaction factor to motivators. A longer crisis, such as #covid-19 or #ukrainewar might lead to a hygiene crisis. This is, by the way, the aspect that we are going to talk about in the next episode.
Enjoy, #comment, #share, and #subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome
In our episode today, we are going to talk about #motivation. The topic of motivation is a bit outdated - in research, we know a lot about motivation. Yet, as #practitioners, we still make mistakes when trying to make our #employees, #managers, or #students walk an extra mile.
Today, I talk about the #Maslow pyramid and the, in my opinion, better approach by #Herzberg. Herzberg proposed the #Hygiene Theory of Motivation, also known as the two-factor #theoryofmotivation.
Enjoy and share your opinion in the comments section below! I am eager to hear your thoughts about this approach.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome, dear listeners!
Today, I finalise the mini-series on the Relational Models Theory. I talk about the measurement issues. Usually, we used the questionnaire from the paper of @Haslam and @Fiske in 1999. Yet, we encountered (and keep encountering) issues with the measurement. Recently, @Zakharing and @Bates (2023) made an overview of the case and proposed some suggestions. Yet, the measurement issue also reflects the practitioners' problem - some relational models are hard to distinguish and conflicts appear.
If you want to know more, listen to the episode, leave your comments, and share your experience in the comments section.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome!
Today, I continue elaborating on the #relationalmodelstheory. In our recent paper with Professor Jürgen Moormann, we showed that the relational models theory can be used to understand and shape interrelationships in IT teams that, in turn, might strengthen the IT capability of a firm. Theoretically, if you, as a project manager, signal what kind of relationships the team will have, the interactions will become more efficient and effective. Consequently, the IT capability will be strong. If you prefer the "Láissez-fáire" approach, the misunderstandings and conflicts within your team will undermine the IT capability. The same might happen if the relational models expectations set by your company go at odds with those preferred by your team.
Do you want to know more?
Listen to this episode, #share, #comment, and #subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
PS: Our paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344744083_Understanding_microfoundations_of_IT_capability_using_anthropologic_heuristics
Welcome, dear friends and colleagues,
In this episode, I continue elaborating on #conflicts and how to avoid them using the #relationalmodelstheory. #relationships is a complex issue and it is sometimes hard to understand what the #parties expect from each other. Yet, our theory helps us understand the actions that we can interpret as signals concerning the other party's preferences.
In this episode, I share two situations that elucidate how to (mis)interpret the signals from your friends (or colleagues, or neighbours, or your family members). Feel free to share your thoughts concerning these situations and your life situations in #comments. #share your experience and #share this episode with those whom you would like to help.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear friends and colleagues
As promised, I dedicate this #podcast #episode to #conflicts. There are many reasons for conflicts as well as there are plenty of theories that explain the mechanisms of conflicts' appearance. I want to share with you an explanation of why misunderstandings might appear due to the relational models' mismatch. If you listened to the previous episode from this mini-series on the #relationalmodelstheory, you are well equipped for today's episode.
Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - it does matter to me. Moreover, what if this episode will help one of your friends or colleagues avoid a conflict? Sharing the and the previous episodes might help ;)
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear friends and colleagues
In this episode of our mini-series on #RelationalModels, we discuss our preferences concerning model selection. Indeed, our personal, cultural, and professional backgrounds impact the mode of #relations we prefer when interacting with other people.
This episode prepares us for the next episode, where we will discuss why #conflicts appear and how to prevent them.
Enjoy, #subscribe, #comment, and #share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Dear listeners
In my today's episode, I talk about the last (fourth) model of relationships proposed by @Alan Fiske in his #ReltaionalModelsTheory. This is the model, that we learn last in our life, at the age of 14+ (please check the initial paper of Fiske (1991), it's been a while since I read it). Anyway, this is the model that is usually associated with the relationships in firms, i.e. business relationships. Yet, I observed this model in different settings, also in a family.
I hope you will find this episode interesting. In the next episodes, we may talk about the reasons for conflicts and how to avoid them using the Relational Models Theory.
Enjoy, #share, #comment, and #subscribe - it does matter to me!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to the next episode in my #podcast mini-series on #relationalmodelstheory!
Today, we focus on the asymmetric model of #relationships - authority ranking. When I explain this model to my students, I ask them to think about #military services, where an officer has more power but also more responsibility than a soldier. Yet, this model can be found in different relationships such as #families and #firms.
Enjoy, #comment, #share, and #subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my next episode dedicated to the Relational Models Theory!
Today, I continue my mini-series on Relational Models - a concept stemming from an anthropological theory. In his observations, Alan Fiske proposed four models of relationships: communal sharing, equality matching, authority ranking, and market pricing. In my today's episode, I talk about the equality matching model of relationships.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to the next #podcast episode of my new mini-series on the Relational Models Theory (#relationalmodelstheory).
Today, I talk about the first of four models (or modes) of #relationships as proposed by Professor @Alan Fiske - Communal Sharing. When I explain the #CommunalSharing model to my students, I ask them to imagine an "archetypical" or "ideal" vision of a family in our society. Initially, the idea came from #primitivetribes many thousand years ago - when each member of the tribe was responsible for the tribe's survival.
Enjoy, #subscribe, #share, and #comment - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome dear listeners
In one of my last episodes on heuristics, I referred to the Relational Models Theory and suggested listening to the episodes dedicated to the theory. And then I discovered that I planned to but did not record any episodes on this fascinating theory. Today, I've corrected the mistake by starting a new mini-series on the Relational Models Theory - a very powerful theory that social sciences inherited from anthropology.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
This is the final episode in our mini-series on heuristics. In this episode, I present our conceptual model that explains how information systems may help firms develop efficient heuristics. Yet, the number of heuristics may go at odds with the cognitive load. If would want to know more, read our paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344743908_The_Role_of_Information_Systems_for_Firm-wide_Heuristics_Development
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In this episode, I present you with one of our theories. We apply the Relational Models Theory in the firm domain. We argue that each relational model can be seen as a set of heuristics that might help firms increase the quality of communication within the team and reduce the number of conflicts. In our paper, we also deduce the quality of a firm's IT capability based on the congruency of relationships within a firm. If you want to know more, try our paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344744083_Understanding_microfoundations_of_IT_capability_using_anthropologic_heuristics
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome
Today we talk about the universal heuristics at the level of an organisation. Together with my colleague Professor Jürgen Moormann, we wrote a paper where we argue that there is something like System 1 processes, intuitive processes that run at the level of an organisation. More details in this episode!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode in our mini-series on heuristics!
Today, we approach the rules that organisations develop individually to address the complexity of decision-making. I call these heuristics - individual heuristics at the organisational level. In the next episode, we will talk about universal organisational heuristics.
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and provide your examples of the heuristics in the comments section below.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome!
Finally, I continue with my mini-series on heuristics! This time, we talk about one of our papers, where we proposed to classify heuristics at individual and organisational levels, each containing individual and universal heuristics types. So, yes, it sounds weird - "individual individual level heuristics" but it seems to be correct. Each individual applies universal heuristics (those that I mentioned in one of my previous episodes, e.g. take-the-first or take-the-best heuristics) as well as s/he might have her/his individual explicit rules of thumb, such as "never touch a running system". The logic of System 1 information processing will still apply. You can discover more about this idea in this episode!
Enjoy, share, comment - e.g. share your rules of thumb with my listeners.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
Today, I share a story that appeared as a part of one of the tasks during a future(s) literacy workshop. In this task, participants have to change (or receive a change from the moderator) one of the main assumptions in our worldview. E.g. "what if there is no money?", "what if there is no competition?", "what if we cannot see the stars anymore?", or "what if research is not sponsored centrally but needs to collect via platforms like Kickstarter?". Your team has to write a story that elucidates what will happen to the rest of the world.
This episode is a short summary of our story about a young researcher Mika who discovered that the only way to collect money for her research is to announce her topic via Kickstarter-like platforms.
Enjoy, comment, share your thoughts about your vision of this future and... let me know if you want to have more episodes on storytelling!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
I decided to take a short break from our mini-series on heuristics. This and the next episode are dedicated to the topic of futures literacy. I have recently attended a futures literacy workshop and would like to share some thoughts with you.
I am going to talk about a theoretical contradiction between future(s) and path dependency. I am eager to hear your opinion about the topic in the comments section below. Or drop me an email with your ideas.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
As promised, I would like to share a situation where we applied the heuristics approach (System 1 thinking) to make a good decision. Moreover, System 2 thinking could not help us in this situation. The situation was a selection of a souvenir from Schotland - whiskey. Probably, some whiskey lovers would not agree with our approach but some would (and did when I talked to some business people during my seminar on heuristic decision-making in business).
I hope this approach will help you in your decision-making. Next week, I plan to explain the difference between individual and universal heuristics and how to become efficient and effective.
Enjoy, comment (e.g. share your experience), share, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello, my dear friends, guests, and followers!
Today, I continue talking about the topic of heuristics. At the moment, we still remain at the individual level. But in a few episodes, we will move towards organisational heuristics.
Today, I will provide you with some examples. Enjoy, apply, share, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear listeners
Today, I talk again about heuristics. This time, however, we take the point of view of Gerd Gigerenzer - a big proponent of Systems 1 thinking. Professor Gigerenzer criticised the approach by Kahneman and Tversky and showed how to "make the bias disappear".
Enjoy and apply this approach to make good/better decisions!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In today's episode, I talk about the approach by Kahneman, Tversky and their followers. They approach System 1 thinking (i.e. heuristics) as biases. In all their research, they focus on how System 1 thinking does not allow System 2 thinking (i.e. analytic approach) to work properly. It is a prevalent approach and is dominating in the field of behavioural economics, behavioural finance, and strategic management. In the next episode, I will talk about the opposite approach. But for now, enjoy this short episode about heuristics as biases!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
And welcome back to my podcast. I took a short vacation and did not post new episodes for some weeks. But today, I have started a new mini-series on heuristics. Heuristics are also called "mental shortcuts" in psychology and "rules of thumb" in management. Stay with me to learn more about this fascinating phenomenon!
Today we start with an overview of the theory (theories) behind heuristics. Enjoy, share, comment, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello after a long Holidays break!
Today, we finish our miniseries on organisational and dynamic capabilities by talking about the reflective way to measure a capability. This episode has been inspired by the paper by Cohen and Bacdayan, who proposed aspects of a routine that can be measured. And as any capability is a routine, they would perfectly apply.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode in our miniseries on organisational and dynamic capabilities!
Today, we talk about a formative approach to organisational capability. In a formative measurement, we measure the antecedents, i.e. elements that precede and jointly form a capability. It is important to measure all elements, as lacking even one of them may lead to a wrong estimation of the construct.
I hope you enjoy this approach and share your ideas in the comments section in whatever app you are listening to this podcast.
Wish you all the best!
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
Today we talk about how to measure a capability. Before we dive into the measurement topic, we need to understand the structure of a capability, e.g. what exactly we are going to measure.
My approach is based on evolutionary logic: the notion by Teece (2007) to approach a dynamic capability using the sensing, seizing, and reconfiguration capacities holds for all other capabilities. Each organisational capability is triggered by something an, thus, requires sensing to notice this trigger. Then, a decision is made, i.e. the seizing capacity is engaged. Finally, the decision has to be implemented, or, put differently, a firm need to reconfigure its resources using its reconfiguration capacity. Would you agree with this logic? Leave your thought in the comments section below!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
PS. Errata: In the episode, I say that a dynamic capability belongs to the class of organisational capabilities and that is why the features of a DC are transferable to any other organisational capability. You have probably noticed the logical fallacy: the opposite is true - the features of the class are transferable to the sub-category. Yet, the overall statement holds - as any organisational capability underlies the evolutionary logic (at least according to some of the conceptualisation of organisational capabilities), the notion of stimulus-response will hold for DC too.
Hello and welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
Today we talk about dynamism. If you ask someone (anyone) whether his or her industry is dynamic, he or she will tell you "yes". But is it really so? And how to distinguish between dynamic industries, where one needs a strong dynamic capability, and a moderately dynamic industry, where normal routine dynamics will suffice?
In this episode, we talk about three key variables defining the dynamism within your industry - frequency, magnitude, and irregularity of change. Enjoy, comment, share, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Good evening everyone
I am a bit late today - as always research and teaching demand time ;)
Today, I talk about ambidexterity - the ability of an organisation to perform exploitation and exploration activities simultaneously. Put differently, it is about whether an organisation with limited resources can earn money and shape new opportunities at the same time. I hope you enjoy this short show!
Meanwhile, feel free to comment, share this episode with your friends and colleagues, and subscribe to my show - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to the next episode of my podcast!
Today we continue talking about future studies and foresight and whether these concepts fit into the Dynamic Capabilities View. We look at the main difference between some of the exercises aimed at developing a dynamic capability and a foresight capability.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In my today's show, I continue talking about organisational capabilities and, in particular, foresight capability. In one of his recent papers, Matthias Wenzel criticised the concept of foresight capability as conceptualised by Alessandro Fergnani. In this episode, I address two of the weaknesses of the idea.
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Yevgen (Eugene)
Welcome, dear friends and colleagues!
In his recent Academy of Management Perspectives (#amp) paper, Alessandro Fergnanni (2022) introduced the notion of foresight capability into strategic management (#strategicmanagement) and organisational theory (#organisationaltheory). He proposed to approach the capability as a type of dynamic capability (#dynamiccapability) as both capabilities have a lot in common. The foresight capability aims at preparing organisations for different #futures. According to the scholar, foresight capability is related to the (sustained) competitive advantage (#competitveadvantage). Interested? Stay with me during this episode and share your opinion in the comments section below!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello dear friends and colleagues
Today, we discuss a very interesting sub-concept of dynamic capabilities - Dynamic Managerial Capabilities. In 2003 Adner and Helfat proposed this notion in order to emphasise the role of an individual manager as dynamic capabilities discussion seemed to lack this aspect. They presented their vision on the micro-foundations of the proposed concept. In this episode, I elaborate on their idea. Enjoy!
And feel free to share, subscribe, and comment - it does matter (for me personally rather than for the podcast stats ;) )
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In our today's show, I talk about a concept closely related to the concept of dynamic capabilities. Absorptive capacities relate to the ability of an organisation to acquire new knowledge. Actually, the concept is pretty straightforward: if you want to acquire new knowledge, you have to be ready for it and you need to have other knowledge that is a kind of prerequisite to the focal knowledge. E.g. if you want to adopt AI in your firm, you need to know not only what AI is but you also need to be able to describe your processes, have experience in optimising your processes, and your need to have the necessary personnel and infrastructure. If you are not ready to absorb, the new technology (or even the needed personnel) will not find the "place" in your firm.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everyone!
This episode of my podcast is dedicated to one of the debates in the field of dynamic capabilities. In the year 2000, Eisenhardt and Martin wrote a paper where they suggested that a dynamic capability as a routine cannot work under conditions of high environmental dynamism. They proposed the "rules of thumb" that we usually call heuristics - a kind of mental shortcut to reduce the complexity of the environment and speed up decision-making. But can an organisational (dynamic) capability have a form of a heuristic?
We discuss this issue in this episode! Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome!
Today we talk about the next aspects of the topic of organisational capabilities - the structure of a dynamic capability of the firm. There are several approaches. However, the approach by Teece (2007) is the most popular one. According to his view, a dynamic capability is formed by three capacitities:
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sensing capacity, i.e. a capacity of a firm to sense and shape market change,
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seizing capacity, i.e. a capacity of a firm to seize an opportunity, and
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reconfiguration capacity, i.e. a capacity of a firm to reconfigure resource base of the firm in order to implement the decision made.
More details and some criticism in this episode - enjoy, comments, share, and subscribe. It does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
Today, I share with you a new episode of my podcast. We continue elaborating on the concept of dynamic capabilities. In this short episode, I introduce you to one of the theoretical problems with the Dynamic Capabilities View. There is an "ad infinitum" problem of dynamic capabilities - do we need a dynamic capability to change the existing capability that aims at capability reconfiguration? Do we need more and more complex constructs in order to cope with the issue? An alternative approach proposes a self-reflective approach to dynamic capabilities. Yet, this approach changes the nature of the whole theory. In this episode, I explain why it might be an issue.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the new episode in my mini-series on organisational capabilities. Today, I talk about a relatively recent development in the capabilities field - the dynamic capabilities view. The concept of dynamic capabilities has become very popular over the last 20 years (now we observe the maturity and the beginning of the decay of the popularity of the concept). Dynamic capabilities aim to answer the question: "How can an organisation dynamically adapt to the changing markets?"
If you want to know more, enjoy this episode! Feel free to share, comment, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
this episode is dedicated to the problem of a definition of an organisational capability. This topic is very abstract but it is important to talk about it. Otherwise, we might have issues with the capability measurement.
Please leave your thoughts in the comments section below or in whatever app you are using to listen to this episode.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my show on Management Research!
In this episode, we continue elaborating on the theoretical foundation necessary to understand the role of organisational capabilities (or competencies; similar to other scholars in the field, I use these terms as synonyms). In the current episode, I talk about the differences between RBV (our previous episode) and CBV.
I hope you enjoy the show and learn to know your and your firm's capabilities better!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome to my new mini-series on organisational capabilities
In this mini-series, I'll try to shed light on the abstract and hardly understandable (for practitioners as well as academics) concept of organisational capabilities. The mini-series starts with the episode on the Resource-based View (RBV). Enjoy, comment, and make suggestions concerning the topics you would like to know about.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
I think this episode should finalise my mini-series on burnout prevention. Today, I go to a very abstract level and explain what an organisational capability for burnout prevention might look like.
Enjoy, share, subscribe, and leave a comment with your experience in the field of burnout prevention!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Morning all
I am sorry for the delay - due to one Xcathon and two conferences, I had to postpone uploading the new episode.
Yet, the conference time is over and I can continue with my podcast. Today, I talk about a very simple but potent tool from process management - the Pareto principle. It is a good tool if you don't know what to start with.
Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In this episode, I talk about an obvious but often forgotten thing - Voice of the Customer. If you try to understand the reasons for the state of burnout in your firm/team, then you need to talk to your "customers" - your team members. In this episode, I talk about ways to collect data and the issues that might accompany them.
Good luck with your burnout prevention initiative!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody,
as you learned from our previous episode, finding the root cause is crucial for the effectiveness of your burnout prevention initiative. At the same time, is there are several reasons and if you want "to see the broader picture", you have to put words into a visual. A fishbone diagram (please google before you listen to understand what I am talking about) is a perfect way to depict your "5 Why's" from the previous episode or apply the "6 Ms" as suggested by some practitioners: Measurement, Materials, Motivation (aka personnel), Machines, Methods, and Mother Nature (aka environment).
Good luck!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Good morning!
Today, we talk about a straightforward and simple but powerful tool (you can also call it "exercise") - 5 Why's. It is an easy way to find the main reason(s) for burnout. The deeper your analysis, the easier the issues to address.
Good luck with your analysis!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody!
In this episode, I provide examples of applying visualisation tools from process management to discover the early signs of burnout or other psychological issues within your organisation. I use my own examples and examples from my class, which students allowed me to use.
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Listen, enjoy, subscribe, share, and comment - it does matter!
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Provide your ideas and examples in the comments section below. I am eager to read about your ideas!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everyone!
Today we talk about the DMAIC cycle. DMAIC stads for Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control and is at the core of process optimisation. DMAIC is not only a tool, it is a "way of thinking" about the running processes. In this episode, I give a simple example on how to apply DMAIC in order to estimate the real (and not perceived) antecedents of exhaustion and how to estimate whether you approximate the state of burnout.
Here is the evaluation I am referring to during this episode (Excel-file).
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In this episode, I talk about the process depiction. There are several ways to depict a process but even the simplest one - with an oval, a rectangle, and a diamond - is sufficient to find out where and how to start preventing burnout or other psychological issues. I give an example of a simple process where this tool helped me make a very exhausting process into a pleasant one. I hope it helps you too. By the way, feel free to share your tips and tricks to avoid or prevent psychological issues. Use the comments section below ;)
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Good morning everybody!
Today, I would like to share with you some thoughts on the compatibility of business process management and the job demands-resources model. It appears that some tools from process management can be applied for burnout prevention. While I plan to talk about specific tools in the next episode, in this episode we try to understand how process management works with resources and see how much these resources can be of psychological nature.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
PS. You can find our paper dedicated to this topic here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326281776_Beyond_Health_Care_Reform_How_Process_Management_Can_Alter_Patients'_Experience
or here: https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.12544abstract
Morning!
In this episode, I share with you some of my experiences when I managed to change my perception of two very exhausting activities. I know that there are many other suggestions that you can find in the literature. Yet, I wanted to share with you the two methods that did help me.
Feel free to share your most remarkable ways of changing perception in the comments section. Or you can drop me an email with a suggestion and I'll try to share it in one of the next episodes.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
In this episode, I discuss the Job Demands and Resources Model. I focus on a specific aspect: many activities can be job demands and resources. It is your matter of perception that will boost your exhaustion or drive your energy.
I hope this episode will help you understand your state better as well as help you better understand your colleagues, students, friends, or relatives.
Remember to comment, share, and subscribe - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody!
Today I polemicise on an interesting topic: can one remain motivated and still run into the state of burnout. Spoiler alert: I believe one can. I propose a second theory that, combined with the Job Demands-Resources model (discussed in the previous episode), can explain the phenomenon when someone is highly motivated and her strain is constantly growing. Share your opinion in the comments. Have you observed such situations?
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome everybody
In this episode, I talk about one of the theories explaining burnout - the Job Demands and Resources Model by Schaufeile, Demerouti, Bakker, and followers. Of course, in such a short episode I only scratch the surface of the theory. If you would like to know more - leave comments and I'll plan an episode dedicated to this theory.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome!
In this episode, I define burnout. I use two definitions: one by Maslach and followers and one by Schaufeli and followers. We also discuss some of the differences between the two definitions as they have a crucial impact on diagnosing burnout.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello and welcome!
Today I make a short episode on some myths about burnout. Some people do confuse burnout with different affective states, illnesses, or other concepts. Although being related, they are not the same. Stress is not burnout, although chronic stress can lead to burnout.
Unfortunately, burnout became a "fashion illness" when some people even intentionally misuse the concept and use the word "burnout" to indicate that they work hard and are even proud of it. In this episode, we shortly talk about it and discuss some concepts that are related to burnout but are not identical to burnout.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome!
I decided to make a new mini-series on Burnout. This topic has become very popular, mainly due to the work from home during COVID-19. The latter changed the way we think about our work and what causes emotional exhaustion.
In the next episodes, we will talk about what burnout is (not), how it appears, how to prevent it, as well as about different antecedents and consequences of burnout.
As I am still developing this mini-series, you can leave a comment or drop me an email if you would like me to include a specific topic in this mini-series.
Good luck!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome,
in this episode, I talk about a simple but powerful combination of a questionnaire and an experiment. With a simple step, you can introduce something all researchers admire - causality. If you simply ask about the two constructs, e.g. self-identity and job satisfaction, you may find a correlation. Yet, what is the cause and what is the consequence? In this episode, I provide you with a simple trick to check it.
Good luck! Enjoy, comment, subscribe, and share - it does matter!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Good morning (afternoon, evening - select the appropriate option;)
In my today's episode, I briefly talk about the pros and cons of your own questionnaire development. I also give some advice on how to correctly adopt an existing questionnaire. As many of my students regularly ask me whether they are allowed to develop their own measurements, I shed light on why it might not be a good idea. Of course, it is great training to develop your own measurement. Yet, it is very hard and time-consuming. Yet, it is possible and we have some great scales even from our Bachelors as a part of their final thesis.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody!
In my last two episodes, I talked about the reflective and formative measurements of latent constructs. Even though it seems to be easy tin understand which way you approach a latent construct, in real life, it is harder than one would think. I refer to two examples of the known questionnaires.
Below, you find the papers I am referring to during this episode.
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Yevgen (Eugene)
References:
Haslam, N. and Fiske, A.P. (1999) ‘Relational models theory: A confirmatory factor analysis’, Personal Relationships, 6(2), pp. 241–250.
Li, D.-Y. and Liu, J. (2014) ‘Dynamic capabilities, environmental dynamism, and competitive advantage: Evidence from China’, Journal of business research, 67(1), pp. 2793–2799.
Wilden, R. et al. (2013) ‘Dynamic capabilities and performance: Strategy, structure and environment’, Long range planning, 46(1–2), pp. 72–96.
Hello and "fröhliche Ostern"!
Today, I present the next episode on the reflective measurement of latent constructs. The reflective measurement is much more popular than the formative one, and there are some reasons for this. I talk about it at the end of the episode.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome!
Today we talk about one of two ways to approach a latent construct, i.e. something that cannot be measured directly (e.g. with a ruler). In social sciences, most concepts of interest are latent constructs, e.g. satisfaction, motivation, organisational capabilities, etc.
In this episode, we talk about less common formative measurements. Actually, even top researchers confuse formative and reflective measures. So, take care - it does matter and the later statistical calculations are different!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everyone,
actually, this episode is the most important on the whole channel :) Unfortunately, I had to oversimplify due to time constraints. It is one of the most important questions in your academic career: "Are you a positivist or a constructivist?" I had a real problem with answering this question. There were two simple reasons: I was really fascinated by my constructivist colleagues (so I wanted to be like them), and I was afraid of statistics. Luckily, I understood pretty early that I really believe in the existence of the objects of my investigation :)
I wish you to make the correct choice as early as possible. Actually, it is not about the choice, it is about understanding yourself.
Good luck and sorry for the oversimplification!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode of my podcast. We continue talking about quantitative surveys. Today, we talk about pros and contra of ranking and rating scales. Both types of scales have their advantages and disadvantages.
Feel free to comment and ask questions in order to help me with the topic selection for the next episodes!
Wish you all the best!
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody!
In this episode, I provide you with some Likert scales. Usually, you search for one online. Here, I made this work for you. If you think about running a survey relying on a quantitative questionnaire, this might be a good option for you ;)
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everybody
I make a lot of research using questionnaires. So do also most of my colleagues and students. Therefore, I decided to create a mini-series on questionnaires and related issues. Today, I talk about the most common (as to me) mistakes with regard to the size (range) of the Likert scale. Some prefer the even, some prefer the odd number of answer options. Some prefer a 5 and some prefer a 7 Likert scale. I share my opinion in this regard in the current episode.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everyone,
Today, I respond to another group of comments of my listeners. I try to explain how many decision options you should/could have for each decision within your discrete choice experiment. Later I noticed that I confused the words "decision", "decision option", "selection", or "object". Here, I try to clarify the terminology:
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Within a DCE you address a certain object (e.g. a car)
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You ask participants to make a certain number of decisions (e.g. select among two cars).
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In one such decision participants are offered several decision options (e.g. that car in red and the car in blue).
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If the selection is made, the selected option is coded as 1, the neglected option is coded as zero.
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You can have an option "None of the proposed options". If selected, this option is coded as one and all neglected options are coded as zeros.
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Both selected and neglected options are included in the analysis as data cases, as a person may indicate a preference towards the selected option or disfavour against the neglected options.
Sorry for the mistakes when talking, now it should be clarified!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everyone
Today, I respond to some of the comments by my listeners. I have been asked several times about what kind of research models one can approach using a DCE. Moreover, my students ask me about dependent and independent variables. In this episode, I explain what are the dependent and independent variables in a DCE as well as the moderating variables. Please note, that if you want to test interaction(s) (or moderation) with your DCE, your sample size should be larger.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Good morning!
Today, I respond to some of the requests from my students, colleagues, and podcast listeners. After a series of podcasts and YoutTube videos dedicated to the Discrete Choice Experiment, I decided to add some new episodes addressing these requests one by one. Today, I explain how to derive your attributes from your theory.
Good luck!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome! Today we talk about a very important bias - the common method bias. It can happen that your research method itself, e.g. your questionnaire, creates a skewness in your answers. For instance, if your Likert scales have different font sizes or if the checkboxes on your Likert have different sizes, you may prime your respondents and (un)internationally force them to select a specific answer option.
In this episode, I explain how the bias appears, how to avoid it, and how to check whether your study contains a common method bias. Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome! Last time we talked about the non-response bias. Today, we talk about the opposite - the response bias. Unfortunately, some people are motivated to participate in a survey because of, e.g. their anger or love. Angry customers are always ready to share their experience, whereas those who are satisfied are indifferent or postpone your survey. Your family members are always responding to all your surveys (because they love you). Yet, being unconsciously obliged to respond, they are not obliged to tell truth or even invest efforts. Thus, those who respond may skew your results even more than those who ignore your survey because of e.g. bad design. It is interesting, isn't it?
Enjoy the new episode!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Morning! Today I talk about one of the most important biases in survey research - the non-response bias. I present you an explanation, some examples, as well as I give you some ideas about how to test for the non-response bias.
Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
I think we are slowly approximating the end of the topic of biases. No, please do not think, the biases are over - a friend and colleague of mine Professor Ganna Pogrebna wrote a book on biases in research and, believe me, there are many more. So feel free to google this book or write in comments if you haven't managed to find it. In this podcast, I mentioned only the main biases I encountered during my research.
Today, we talk about sample selection bias. It is dangerous in research but even more dangerous is this bias in politics when election polls are conducted. Listen carefully and try to avoid this bias in your research.
Good luck!
Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to my new podcast episode. Today, I talk about the "omitted variable bias". This bias is one of the most impactful for your research and, unfortunately, there is no universal cure apart from reading as much as you can. Of course, some researchers would argue that this is not a bias but a "normal theory development" - we find a relationship that we cannot explain. And this motivates us to look further until we find the "missing variable". I would agree if we talk about new phenomena. Yet, if a phenomenon has already been investigated and an important variable is not included because of not knowing about this research or with intent, then we talk about the omitted variable bias.
By the way, have you ever thought about it: many populist politicians use the omitted variable bias exactly to draw attention to the wrong relationships and "somehow forget" to report the true reasons for the issue?
Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Today, we talk about wording bias. Doesn't matter how you ask your question, you influence the perception of the respondent through your words. "Are you satisfied with our services?" implies satisfaction. "In how much are you satisfied or dissatisfied with our services?" is better, although there might be some priming through the "satisfied" used first. "Isn't it exactly what you wanted to have?" is a highly skewing question since the answer "No" would make the person feel uncomfortable or even evoke the feeling of cognitive dissonance or guilt.
In this episode, I give some hints on how to avoid or mitigate wording bias. Enjoy, like, and subscribe, if you are passionate about research.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello in the New Year!
I hope you had a niche Holidays time and now you are ready to work on your research again! Today, I introduce a topic on the question order bias. As you as a researcher are responsible for the question order, this bias is a researcher bias. I explain how and why it appears as well as I give some ideas on how to eliminate (or at least mitigate) this bias. Enjoy and feel free to subscribe and comment!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
This week, we talk about cultural bias. This bias is very manifold, and I talk only about a few aspects of this bias. If you want to know more, you will need to study literature in this regard. I hope that some examples from my research may help you avoid similar mistakes in your future studies.
Good luck and Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Today, we start talking about biases on the side of the researcher. The topic of our today's episode is the "confirmation bias". This bias appears if a researcher instead of trying to reject his or her hypothesis tries to support it. Apart from being a wrong scientific approach, a "belief" of a researcher may impact his or her formulation of questions or design of the experiment. For instance, the questions which could reject a hypothesis are forgotten/omitted. Listen more about the bias in the current episode!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome! How did you feel today? How did you feel last month? Asking such questions evoke the recall bias - instead of relying on (real) memory, we "recall", i.e. we construct the memory. Here, our current feelings, intuition, or state may skew our answers. This bias is called "recall bias". More about this bias in the current episode.
Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to the next episode in my mini-series on biases in research! Today we talk about two (as to me, related) biases: Acquiescence bias, i.e. a tendency to agree with the interviewer; and the Sponsor bias, i.e. the (unconscious) tendency to give answers, the respondent assume the sponsor of the survey would like to hear.
Enjoy and leave your comments!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Have you ever noticed when answering a series of questions, all relating to the same topic, that your answers correlate? Actually, they should as usually you are asked about different aspects of the same latent constructs. Yet, sometimes we tend to set the mark without a specific intent - you just mark everything slightly to the right side (or to the left one). We do not go too deep into the aspects and answer with some degree of automaticity.
Not sure? Just our one reversely coded item and you will notice that even reversely coded it does not show a full negative correlation. At least in my experience, it is the case. More on the issue in this episode. Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome to my new mini-series on biases in research. Today I talk about one of the "Respondent biases". In particular, I talk about social desirability. First, I explain the issue. Then, I give you some hints on how to test it. Later, I give you advice on how to avoid social desirability. Some examples follow.
Good luck with your research!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Morning!
And here comes our final episode in a mini-series on research models. Please let me know if you have a specific question which I should add to this mini-series.
In this episode, I talk about more complex models and an unlimited number of combinations of moderating and meditation effects you can add to your model. Yet, my recommendation is: remain as simple as possible but not simpler.
Good luck!
Faithfully,
Eugene (Yevgen)
Hello everyone
After a short break, I continue with the next episode in the mini-series on research models. Today, I talk about the moderated moderation, i.e. model incorporating several conditions shifting your main effect between the independent and dependent variables.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
The double mediation model is a more complex version of the simple mediation model. In this model, you ask yourself the question "why?" twice. The double mediation model gives deeper into the nature of the hypothesised relationship. Yet, it requires also a deeper theoretical analysis as well as more complex statistical calculations.
Enjoy this episode with a simple example!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
As a researcher, have you ever asked yourself a question "Under which conditions is the hypothesised relationship weaker/stronger?". If yes, then you have already dealt with moderation. A moderator is a variable that shifts the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Enjoy my example with ice cream and the level of happiness!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
A mediation model gives a researcher an answer to the question "Why?". If you have a relationship between two variables and assume that this relationship happens because of the third variable, you talk about the mediation model. We also call the mediator an explanatory variable (as it explains "why" the hypothesised relationship occurs).
Enjoy this episode and the simple example it contains!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Welcome! Today we talk about the simplest form of a research model - a direct effects model. Using a simple observation (Ice cream makes people happy), we try to develop a research model to test for this simple direct effect. More complex models will follow ;)
Enjoy and good luck with your research!
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Yevgen (Eugene)
In this episode, I present results from my research with a colleague and friend of mine - Professor Florian Dost. We investigated the level of psychological distance associated with Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles.
The results of the study were published in the open science format, so feel free to access:
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01374/full
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Eugene (Yevgen)
In this short episode, we focus on the differentiation between genuine and non-genuine smiles and Duchenne and non-Duchenne smiles. We also mention the other names for those categories such as fake smiles, politeness smiles, and true smiles. We will need this knowledge for our next episode on the types of smiles and associated psychological distance.
Enjoy (and smile)!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
In order to discuss the impact of emotion display on our perception of objects and events, we need a brief introduction to the Construal Level Theory of Psychological Distance. To find out more, please read: Trope, Yaacov, and Nira Liberman. "Construal-level theory of psychological distance." Psychological review 117.2 (2010): 440.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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Today, I offer you 4 basic experiment designs. Of course, there are many more possible designs: you are limited by your imagination and sample size. Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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Welcome to the new episode of my podcast. Today I talk about the internal validity in experiments. Internal validity is the most important aspect which your reviewers and supervisors care of. So, enjoy and learn!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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Today, we talk about two basic types of experimental design: within and between participants' groups. Their combinations, as well as more complex forms, are also possible (wait for our next episode to know more). Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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Welcome! In this episode, we talk about randomization, why it matters, and how to check whether the sample was randomized. Randomization is the MOST IMPORTANT aspect of each experiment!
Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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And here is our new episode on experimental research. We talk about different types of variables in an experiment. We also use an imaginary example and discuss some way this experiment (with Tiroler Tageszeitung (Tyrol Daily Newspaper)) can be performed. Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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In this episode, we talk about three different types of experiments: randomized experiments, quasi-experiments, and natural experiments. I hope it helps you in your research!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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Today, we talk about experiments. This episode is an introduction containing definitions and basic thought experiments. Enjoy the introduction to one of the most powerful methods in social sciences!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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Hi all! In this episode, I propose a sample essay with the analysis for the Blackberry/RIM case. You can find the original case here: Himsel, D., & Inkpen, A. (2017). The Rise and Fall of BlackBerry. Harvard Business Publishing Education. https://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/product/TB0485-PDF-ENG. Enjoy and remember that it is just an example and there might be many ways to resolve the case.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Today, we discuss a problem diagnosing scenario. I explain the differences between this and two other core scenarios we discussed in previous episodes. Again, I refer to the procedure mentioned in the book by William Ellet "The Case Study Handbook". Enjoy!
Faithfully,
Eugene (Yevgen)
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This episode is dedicated to cases requiring an evaluation scenario. I talk about how to argue and write your essay. In the episode, I refer to the procedure mentioned in the book by William Ellet "The Case Study Handbook". Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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This episode is dedicated to cases with a decision scenario in their core. We talk about how to argue and write your essay. In the episode, I refer to the procedure mentioned in the book by William Ellet "The Case Study Handbook". Enjoy!
Faithfully,
Eugene (Yevgen)
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Today, we talk about three different core scenarios in case analysis. We look at the differences between decision cases, evaluation cases, and problem diagnosing cases. Enjoy!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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This episode gives an overview of teaching with cases. I shortly explain the method and what lecturers try to achieve with it. I recommend you this book to understand the method better: "The Case Study Handbook, Revised Edition: A Student's Guide" by William Ellet.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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In this episode, I explain how to develop your own IAT using the IATGen plugin. I also explain how to analyse your IAT and what data to report.
You can find the plugin here: https://iatgen.wordpress.com/
The paper I refer to can be found here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01374/full
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Eugene (Yevgen)
Wow, I think this is one of the most "terrible" episodes hitherto - trying to explain how variables look like and how to restructure a dataset is... challenging. But, I tried ;) Feel free to give some feedback.
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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You may be interested in running your DCE online. In this episode, I explain how to do it. 1. I explain how to use any surveying software, e.g. LimeSurvey or Qualtrics (with pictures). 2. I also describe the Conjoint Survey Design Tool (SDT) by Hainmueller, J., D. J. Hopkins, and T. Yamamoto (https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/astrezhnev/files/conjoint_sdt_manual.pdf).
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Eugene (Yevgen)
In this episode, I explain two tools that may help you design a good experiment: 1. Kocur, George, Tom Adler, William Hyman, and Bruce Aunet. 1981. “Guide to Forecasting Travel Demand with Direct Utility Assessment.” 2. Hainmueller, Jens., Hopkins, Daniel J., Yamamoto, Teppei. (2014). Causal Inference in Conjoint Analysis: Understanding Multidimensional Choices Via Stated Preference Experiments. Political Analysis 22(1), 1-30
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Yevgen (Eugene)
This episode is dedicated to the use of abstract constructs in DCE. I explain how we approached indirect costs of digitization in our study. The paper (which received track best paper award at AMCIS 2019) can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334696659_Digitization_at_Any_Cost_Willingness_to_Trade_Efficiency_for_Organizational_Human_and_Relational_Costs
Good luck!
Yevgen (Eugene)
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Today, we talk about the design of a DCE: how to select attributes and levels and how to avoid problems in future. You can find an example in our academic paper: https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2019/org_transformation_is/org_transformation_is/9/
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Eugene (Yevgen)
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This episode is dedicated to the method called Discrete Choice Experiment (aka Discrete Choice Conjoint). I explain how the method works and what you should take care of in your research. We applied this method in several studies, the most popular is on the Social Costs of Digitization: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334696659_Digitization_at_Any_Cost_Willingness_to_Trade_Efficiency_for_Organizational_Human_and_Relational_Costs
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Today we talk about tools with which you can conduct an IAT. I share my experience in this regard and give some recommendations. You can try these tools on your own and pick the one which works for you best.
Good luck!
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Eugene (Yevgen)
In this episode, we talk about the selection of pictures and words for the IAT. We explain how to select stimuli and how to pretest those.
Here is the paper, we are referring to in our podcast: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01374/full
For words: https://www.thesaurus.com/
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Eugene (Yevgen)
In this episode, we talk about research methods. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) helps investigate prejudices and stereotypes, i.e. how strong are your associations between two constructs, e.g., are you a cat lover or a dog lover. Cat lovers may associate pictures of cats and words related to "cuteness" faster than pictures of dogs and the same cuteness-words.
Enjoy this introduction episode! More episodes are about to come...
Mr Schmidt and I look at the cultural aspects of means of payment. Our study shows that we perceive cash in our own currency as psychologically proximal and credit cards as distant, whereas both foreign cash and credit cards are perceived as psychologically distant.
Research report: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348327743_Cash_vs_Card_vs_Mobile_Payment_Psychological_Mechanisms_for_Means_of_Payment_Summary_of_research_results
We talk about the study on control associated with Cash vs Card vs Mobile payment. The study was performed with an Implicit Association Test (IAT).
The study showed that Mobile payment is associated with the highest degree of control. The report can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348327743_Cash_vs_Card_vs_Mobile_Payment_Psychological_Mechanisms_for_Means_of_Payment_Summary_of_research_results
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We talk about the means of payment and psychological distance. Our study showed that we associate credit cards with high psychological distance and cash with low psychological distance.
We published our results in a research report which can be found here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348327743_Cash_vs_Card_vs_Mobile_Payment_Psychological_Mechanisms_for_Means_of_Payment_Summary_of_research_results
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We talk about the study on different means of payment (Cash vs Card payment) and the level of control associated with these means of payment. The study was performed with an Implicit Association Test (IAT).
Moreover, we added manipulation into the IAT: we set people in different affective states and could show that emotions change the perception of the means of payment (https://mi-dnu.dp.ua/index.php/MI/article/view/238).
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