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Feb 2025
9m 41s

When Colleagues Compete Outside the Firm

WHARTON BUSINESS DAILY
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Wharton management professor Henning Piezunka discusses his new research that looks at how competing outside the workplace, such as in sports or board memberships, can hinder collaboration back at the office.

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