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- 07 Nov 2023
- Research & Ideas
When Glasses Land the Gig: Employers Still Choose Workers Who 'Look the Part'
freelancers’ knowledge and performance, notes the study, which Troncoso conducted with Lan Luo of the University of Southern California. Troncoso stumbled into the online recruiting world in 2019 when she was trying to hire a freelancer...
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by Scott Van Voorhis
- October 2020
- Article
Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance
By: Diwas S. KC, Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki and Francesca Gino
How individuals manage, organize, and complete their tasks is central to operations management. Recent research in operations focuses on how under conditions of increasing workload individuals can decrease their service time, up to a point, in order to complete work...
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Healthcare;
Knowledge Work;
Discretion;
Workload;
Employees;
Health Care and Treatment;
Decision Making;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Productivity
KC, Diwas S., Bradley R. Staats, Maryam Kouchaki, and Francesca Gino. "Task Selection and Workload: A Focus on Completing Easy Tasks Hurts Long-Term Performance." Management Science 66, no. 10 (October 2020).
- 29 Mar 2018
- HBS Seminar
Prithwiraj Choudhury, Harvard Business School
- 01 Oct 2022
- News
Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Want Creative Workers? Loosen the Reins, Boss
- 02 Nov 2018
- News
A Strategic Contribution to the Immigration Debate
- 22 Jan 2019
- News
What Might University HR Make of 'Rebel Talent'?
- 22 Feb 2012
- News
Employee Happiness Matters More Than You Think
- 02 Dec 2013
- News
How Open Floor Plans Are Killing Employee Productivity
- 17 Mar 2021
- News
Are there enough hours in the day for hybrid work?
- 08 Jun 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy
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by William R. Kerr
- Research Summary
Working Papers
By: Dennis A. Yao
Lewis, Tracy R. and Dennis A. Yao. (2001, revised 2006). "Innovation, Knowledge Flow, and Worker... View Details
- 29 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Benefit When Employees Work Remotely
Companies that let their workers decide where and when to do their jobs—whether in another city or in the middle of the night—increase employee productivity, reduce turnover, and lower organizational costs, new research suggests....
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by Kristen Senz
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
markets. That may be in part because there’s less redundant knowledge to begin with. The effect is highest when workers at the startups socialize. When startups share common areas like kitchens, the...
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by Ben Rand
- 21 Aug 2023
- Book
You’re More Than Your Job: 3 Tips for a Healthier Work-Life Balance
The days of sticking with one job through retirement are long gone. Younger workers are prioritizing happiness over workplace loyalty, often out of necessity. Harvard Business School senior lecturer Christina Wallace offers a roadmap for...
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by Kara Baskin
- 16 Nov 2021
- HBS Case
How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves
Markets Unit at HBS. The cases hold a crucial lesson for business leaders: Tormenting workers can result in dire consequences. While the cases describe an extreme example, Montgomery wonders if the improper pressure tactics used at France...
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by Michael Blanding
- March 2021
- Article
Experimenting During the Shift to Virtual Team Work: Learnings from How Teams Adapted Their Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Past research has focused on understanding the characteristics of work that are fully virtual or fully collocated. The present study seeks to expand our understanding of team work by studying knowledge workers' experiences as they were suddenly forced to transition to...
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Team Work;
Activities;
Virtual Work;
Digital Technologies;
Groups and Teams;
Health Pandemics;
Internet and the Web;
Adaptation
Whillans, Ashley V., Leslie Perlow, and Aurora Turek. "Experimenting During the Shift to Virtual Team Work: Learnings from How Teams Adapted Their Activities During the COVID-19 Pandemic." Information and Organization 31, no. 1 (March 2021).