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2022 Best 40-Under-40 MBA Professors: Stephen Courtright, University of Iowa Tippie College of Business

Friday, May 13, 2022
Stephen Courtright, 39, is the Henry B. Tippie Professor of Management & Entrepreneurship and Director of Executive Education at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business. He is also the founding Director of the Tippie Leadership Collaborative, which provides executive training and lifelong learning programs for organizations across Iowa and the United States.
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Burnout is bad for business

Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Burnout is bad for individuals and for the companies they work for and it seems to be at an all-time high right now. In this edition of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with Tippie researchers to learn about burnout, some of the organizational problems that lead to burnout and how organizations can do better.
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Su one of five recipients of inaugural UI Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Award

Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Rong Su, associate professor of management and entrepreneurship and Pioneer Research Fellow in the Tippie College of Business, has been named one of the five inaugural recipients of a University of Iowa Mid-Career Faculty Scholar Award.
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Here’s Why the Best Workers Leave Companies, While the Worst Ones Stay

Friday, April 22, 2022
Bad news for companies: Your best employees will not stand for your crap. Even worse news for companies: Your worst employees absolutely will stand for your crap. That’s basically the takeaway from an interesting new study out of the University of Iowa, and it has implications for every organization and its workers.
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Office frustrations more likely to cause proactive employees to leave; less proactive employees will take it

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
A new study from the Tippie College of Business finds office politics and other workplace hindrances are apt to compel more proactive employees to leave for new work, while less proactive workers are more likely to take it.
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Researcher asks entrepreneurs how they balance ethics while building their business

Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' recent fraud conviction made researcher Miranda Welbourne-Eleazar wonder how entrepreneurs approach ethical decisions.
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Nahrgang studies show side gigs help full-time jobs

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Studies by Jennifer Nahrgang show that people who have a side hustle--or second job that they work because they're interested in it--often perform better at their main job.
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Colbert receives Board of Regents faculty excellence honor

Thursday, February 17, 2022
Amy Colbert, professor of management & entrepreneurship, was one of six UI faculty who were honored by the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, for their exceptional contributions and sustained record of excellence.
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Tippie expert: spark dialogues, not debates this holiday season

Monday, December 20, 2021
Relationship expert Michele Williams is urging families to start having conversations about your get-togethers now to avoid in-fighting over the holidays. She says the key is to make sure those discussions are dialogues—not debates.
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UI research finds employees less likely to work with politically-opposed companies

Monday, November 29, 2021
New research from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business' Chad Van Iddekinge shows prospective employees’ political beliefs factor into their job applications, including a reluctance to work with companies who have different political opinions from their own.