This article is part of my series on schema theory and how early “rules for survival” can become default leadership behaviors. Here, I’m focusing on a domain I see repeatedly in executive coaching, ...

Learn how Henri Fayol’s management theory shaped administrative principles still used by modern businesses. Explore all 14 ...

Do you trust your employees? Psychology suggests you should. When employees are trusted, empowered, and equipped to make certain decisions about how, when, and where they work–a concept known as job ...

Theory and Society is a forum for the international community of scholars that publishes theoretically-informed analyses of social processes. It opens its pages to authors working at the frontiers of ...

Autonomy is all about having the freedom to make your own choices based on what you truly believe and value, without feeling pressured or controlled by external factors. In psychology, it's seen as a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Autonomy, a British software group at the heart of an accounting storm with owner Hewlett-Packard, applies theory from the 18th century to extract meaning and value from a modern ...

A recent paper by Wallace and McIntyre, published in the October issue of Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, suggests social autonomy can have negative consequences. Specifically, “social ...