D. is associate professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD, and visiting professor of Organizational Behavior at the Harvard Business School.

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Dr. Nigel Nicholson, who teaches organizational behavior at the London Business School, explains that gossip is part of status consciousness (as is envy).

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Andre Spicer, a professor of Organizational Behavior at the Cass Business School in London, said the loss of a "great leader" such as Ferguson is similar to "enduring a death" for a company.

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The finding is important because the medical community suffers from a shortage of cadavers, explains Michel Anteby, an associate professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School who cowrote the paper with Filiz Garip of Harvard University, Paul V.

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Shlomo Ben-Hur teaches leadership, organizational behavior and corporate learning at the business school IMD.

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He also set out to identify the ingredients of Harley's past success an especially smart move when you're an outsider, says Ronald Fry, an organizational behavior professor at Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management.

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