Similar Search Results

The remarkable unresponsiveness of college students to nudging and what we can learn from it

Oreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros - 2019

some improvement from coaching-based interventions on mental health and study time, but none of the interventions we … plan to, though our interventions do not alter this tendency. The coaching interventions make some students realize that …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034203

Board evaluations and boardroom dynamics

Griffin, Taylor; Larcker, David F.; Miles, Stephen; … - 2017

The boards of all publicly traded companies are required to conduct a self-evaluation at least annually to determine whether they are functioning effectively. Research suggests that while many directors are satisfied with the job that they and their fellow board members do, board evaluations and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011870202

Succession "losers" : what happens to executives passed over for the CEO job?

Larcker, David F.; Miles, Stephen A.; Tayan, Brian - 2016

Shareholders pay considerable attention to the choice of executive selected as the new CEO whenever a change in leadership takes place. However, without an inside look at the leading candidates to assume the CEO role, it is difficult for shareholders to tell whether the board has made the...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864957

When promising interventions fail: personalized coaching for teachers in a middle-income country

Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, Yyannú; Intriago, Ruthy; … - 2022

Children in developing countries have deep deficits in math and language. Personalized coaching for teachers has been … proposed as a way of raising teacher quality and child achievement. We designed a coaching program that focused on one aspect … child development and learning. We implemented the coaching program in Ecuador, with 100 1st grade teachers randomly …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805572

Which former professional football players become successful professional head coaches?

Balliauw, Matteo; Verheuge, Marco; Baert, Stijn - 2022

One of the potential avenues for former professional football players to pursue their career is to become a head coach of a club’s first team. An important question is how to best prepare for such a reconversion. This letter is the first in the academic literature quantifying the association...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805583

Which former professional football players become successful professional head coaches?

Balliauw, Matteo; Verheuge, Marco; Baert, Stijn - 2022

One of the potential avenues for former professional football players to pursue their career is to become a head coach of a club's first team. An important question is how to best prepare for such a reconversion. This letter is the first in the academic literature quantifying the association...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012799371

A simple model of self-assessments

Dominguez-Martinez, Silvia; Swank, Otto H. - 2006

We develop a simple model that describes individuals’ self-assessments oftheir abilities. We assume that individuals learn about their abilities from appraisalsof others and experience. Our model predicts that if communicationis imperfect, then (i) appraisals of others tend to be too positive,...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011348342

LATE for the meeting : gender, peer advising, and college success

Ellis, Jimmy R.; Gershenson, Seth - 2016

Many male and first-generation college-goers struggle in their first year of postsecondary education. Mentoring programs have been touted as a potential solution to help such students acclimate to college life, yet causal evidence on the impact of such programs, and the factors that influence...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011538654

Student coaching : how far can technology go?

Oreopoulos, Philip; Petronijevic, Uros - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011548466

Academics vs. athletics : career concerns for NCAA Division I coaches

Avery, Christopher; Cadman, Brian; Cassar, Gavin - 2016

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526003

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Next
Last