Learning from others' failures: The effectiveness of failure stories for managerial learning

• Main Authors: BLEDOW, Ronald, CARETTE, Bernd, KUEHNEL, Jana, PITTIG, Daniela
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• 主題: Failure; success; storytelling; motivation; managerial learning; Human Resources Management; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research_all/16; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=lkcsb_research_all

We argue that other peoples' failures provide a neglected source of managerial learning that is associated with enhanced learning transfer. Due to their negative valence, stories about other peoples' failures as compared to stories about other peoples' successes should elicit a more p...