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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by Godel_unicode on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:21PM (#11221866)
I assume you're being down voted for being new, but I read your comment as a more verbose "citation needed"
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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by fdej on Thursday March 03, 2016 @10:50PM (#11221965)
The paper: https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/smj.2192

The PR version: http://today.tamu.edu/2015/10/15/ceo-effect-on-firm-performa...

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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by Conjoiner on Friday March 04, 2016 @03:37AM (#11222678)
It's not: 'citation needed' it's rather: 'research is unreliable and, one paper shows x, the next paper shows not-x'
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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by anonymousDan on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:04AM (#11223019)
So what, just ignore all research and go with your gut feeling?
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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by moonchrome on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:46AM (#11223166)
When talking about social science you might as well
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Re:Reports Coming in of Big IBM Layoffs Underway in the U.S. by fdej on Friday March 04, 2016 @06:58AM (#11223194)
I would take one study with a grain of salt too. Even if the conclusions are correct in the setting of the study (and since most research findings are false, they probably aren't), it doesn't mean that you can extrapolate to every other setting, particularly the specific case of being the CEO of IBM. Hence "Make of that what you will."

But there could be an element of truth to it, which might warrant further research. If CEOs really do have a much more limited influence than they are given credit (or blame) for, then incentives perhaps ought to be adjusted, not just in the interest of fairness but also in the interest of finding better ways to actually improve performance.

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