Andrew Palmer discusses what to do when others take credit for your ideas.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why no one benefits from credit stealing—including the stealer

2) The unintentional ways people steal credit

3) Why crediting others makes you more credible

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— ABOUT ANDREW —

Andrew Palmer writes the Bartleby column on the workplace, and is the host of “Boss Class”, The Economist’s limited-season podcast on management. He was formerly Britain editor, executive editor, business-affairs editor, head of the data team, Americas editor, finance editor and banking correspondent, having joined The Economist as management correspondent in February 2007.

• Article: "The Behavior That Annoyed His Colleagues More Than Any Other"

• Podcast: Boss Class

• Website: The Economist

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “Hey, Boss, Please Share! An Exploitative Perspective on Supervisor Idea Credit Taking and Employees’ Reactions” by Dan Ni et al.

• Study: “Dual-promotion: Bragging Better by Promoting Peers” by Eric VanEpps, Einav Hart, and Maurice E. Schweitzer

• Study: “When expressing pride makes people seem less competent” by Rebecca Schaumberg

• Study: “How damaging is shouting ‘Fire’ in a crowded theatre?” by Joshua S. Gans

• Book: Middlemarch by George Eliot

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1081: How to Deal with Credit Stealers at Work with Andrew Palmer

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