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- 2016
- Article
Does volunteering improve well-being?
By: A.V. Whillans, Scott C. Seider, Lihan Chen, Ryan J. Dwyer, Sarah Novick, Kathryn J. Gramigna, Brittany A. Mitchell, Victoria Savalei, Sally S. Dickerson and Elizabeth W. Dunn
Does volunteering causally improve well-being? To empirically test this question, we examined one instantiation of volunteering that is common at post-secondary institutions across North America: community service learning (CSL). CSL is a form of experiential learning... View Details
Whillans, A.V., Scott C. Seider, Lihan Chen, Ryan J. Dwyer, Sarah Novick, Kathryn J. Gramigna, Brittany A. Mitchell, Victoria Savalei, Sally S. Dickerson, and Elizabeth W. Dunn. "Does volunteering improve well-being?" Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology 1, nos. 1-3 (2016): 35–50.
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Alumni Volunteers Work and Socialize at HBS Conference
During the first weekend in November, some 120 fund and class agents, class secretaries and correspondents, and reunion program committee members gathered at HBS. Participants were briefed by several HBS faculty members on developments at the School, attended break-out... View Details
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Volunteer - Alumni
and ethnic backgrounds. Get Involved with a Club Volunteers play a critical role in the work of regional clubs, associations, and shared interest groups. Your expertise and leadership can help connect and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Recognizing Volunteers and Donors
International Reach Class of 1992, Section G For its 20th Reunion, the Class of 1992 reached 74 percent participation, surpassing the previous record by 4 percentage points and raising more than $7 million. Among the fundraising View Details
- 20 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
Introducing LivelyHood, A Volunteer Nonprofit Founded in Response to COVID-19
Justin Crist Lee (MBA 2021) is working to help launch LivelyHood, a COVID-19 volunteer response effort. LivelyHood is a platform that connects healthy, young volunteers with... View Details
- 31 Jan 2025
- News
New York, Boston Alumni Volunteer to Boost Small Businesses
When the HBS Club of New York (HBSCNY) launched its Small Business Partnership Initiative (SBPI) in 2020, its goal was to simply help small businesses survive the COVID pandemic with guidance from a small group of volunteer alumni advisors. Now, nearly five years on,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 12 Nov 2020
- News
All in the Neighborhood
Photo courtesy of Angela Hicks Photo courtesy of Angela Hicks As native Hoosiers, Angie’s List cofounders Angela Hicks (MBA 2000) and Bill Oesterle (MBA 1992) knew they wanted to ground themselves in a community where their business could not only grow, but foster... View Details
- January 2019
- Article
Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study
By: Christine L. Exley and Stephen J. Terry
We experimentally test how effort responds to wages—randomly assigned to accrue to individuals or to a charity—in the presence of expectations-based reference points or targets. When individuals earn money for themselves, higher wages lead to higher effort with... View Details
Keywords: Reference Points; Wage Elasticities; Labor Supply; Effor; Volunteering; Prosocial Behavior; Wages; Motivation and Incentives; Nonprofit Organizations; Behavior
Exley, Christine L., and Stephen J. Terry. "Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study." Management Science 65, no. 1 (January 2019): 413–425.
- August 1993 (Revised August 2002)
- Exercise
Work Methods Design Exercise
Teams of students receive identical product design specifications, a sample unit of the product, and a series of assignment questions that entail time and motion studies, which they must both understand and perform before class discussion. In class, teams explain how... View Details
"Work Methods Design Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 694-026, August 1993. (Revised August 2002.)
- 25 May 2016
- News
Backing Harvard’s Work for Children
Robert Tichio (MBA 2005) and Maya Tichio When some of Robert Tichio’s (MBA 2005) HBS friends seem surprised to hear that he recently made a gift to support Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child, he simply explains that he believes in the center’s approach... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
Limbaugh," Scher laughs. Through various Web sites, the company also helps coordinate volunteers with hundreds of nonprofit groups. Moreover, the Working Assets phone bill (which, Scher proudly points out,... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
social conflicts. We also observed that when people are experiencing higher levels of nostalgia, they’re more interested in working on tasks with others, and nostalgia has been shown to increase empathy for others and prosocial behavior... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 21 Dec 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Wage Elasticities in Working and Volunteering: The Role of Reference Points in a Laboratory Study
Keywords: by Christine Exley & Stephen Terry
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Personal crises inform a life’s work
One of the youngest women to attend HBS, Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA 1977) was building a successful investment banking career when a cancer diagnosis at age 29 spurred her to volunteer at the National Alliance of Breast Cancer... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
Nearly half of HBS’s 82 clubs and associations sponsor social enterprise programs that put alumni management and leadership skills to work on behalf of local communities and the School, according to a recent survey. Club activities fall... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Working to improve California's public education system
time working on repairing California’s broken public education system. That’s where I’ve finally found my passion,” Welch says. “I’ve always been interested in education at some level—as a volunteer and then... View Details
- 23 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)
concept of "Enterprise 2.0"—a term coined by McAfee on the general idea of how Web 2.0 technologies can be used in business—popped up on Wikipedia, McAfee beamed. "I was bizarrely proud when my work rose to the level of inclusion in... View Details
- 11 Apr 2016
- Blog Post
Working With Organizations That Recruit at HBS: An Interview with Casey O'Connor
working on the HBS Leadership Fellows Program, which is a great opportunity for both organizations and students. What is your favorite city? It is a tie between Cape Town, South Africa and Istanbul, Turkey. I traveled throughout South... View Details