Sarah Doyle’s Research on Visibility and Effort Featured in Harvard Business Review
Sarah Doyle, associate professor of management and organizations’ research on how high-status group members put in more effort when their work is visible was featured in a recent Harvard Business Review article about making team contributions more noticeable.
Her 2019 study, co-authored with Robert B. Lount Jr., Sebastien Brion, and Nathan C. Pettit in Management Science, found that high-status individuals work harder when they know others are watching. But when their work is less visible, their effort tends to drop.
The HBR article, "How to Make Your Team’s Work More Visible", highlights this research to show why leaders should ensure that team efforts don’t go unnoticed. It offers tips for increasing visibility, such as regular progress updates and public recognition, to boost motivation and accountability.
Doyle joined the Eller College of Management in 2017 after earning her PhD in Management and Human Resources from The Ohio State University. Her research focuses on status, social hierarchy, interpersonal and intergroup relations, cooperation and competition and interpersonal helping. Sarah is currently Co-coordinator of the M&O department's PhD program.