Workers - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Apr 2020
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Framebridge Is Making Thousands of Face Shields for Frontline Workers

11 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers

cutting-edge company again, that would be even better. Second, Mayer should begin thinking about the organizational fallout from her decision. Some observers suggest that she may simply want many people who work from home to leave Yahoo!—a decision that tars all remote... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Publishing; Web Services

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder Stavros earned an hourly wage and... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

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Dissertation: Is the Ideal Worker Still Real? Sources and Consequences of Men's Professional Identities

My dissertation examines the implications of men's changing lives for their work identities and for gender inequality in organizations. Current theories of workplace gender inequality hinge upon the widely-shared cultural image of an "ideal worker,"... View Details

November–December 2023
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Look the Part? The Role of Profile Pictures in Online Labor Markets

By: Isamar Troncoso and Lan Luo

Profile pictures are a key component of many freelancing platforms, a design choice that can impact hiring and matching outcomes. In this paper, we examine how appearance-based perceptions of a freelancer’s fit for the job (i.e., whether a freelancer "looks the part"... View Details

Keywords: Freelancers; Gig Workers; Demographics; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Analytics and Data Science

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04 Dec 2013
News

Fast Food Workers Call for a Minimum Wage Hike

05 Aug 2022
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CEOs Blame Remote Workers for Slow Sales, Earnings Shortfalls

03 Apr 2020
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Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock

Keywords: by Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo, and Xina Li

March 2022
Article

Revealing Corruption: Firm and Worker Level Evidence from Brazil

By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Spyridon Lagaras, Jacopo Ponticelli, Mounu Prem and Margarita Tsoutsoura

We study how the disclosure of corrupt practices affects the growth of firms involved in illegal interactions with the government using randomized audits of public procurement in Brazil. On average, firms exposed by the anti-corruption program grow larger after the... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Business Growth and Maturation; Brazil

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April 13, 2020
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4 Things Workers Need from Their Companies Right Now

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Keywords: Change; Health; COVID-19

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17 Feb 2015
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Oil Plunge Sends Energy Workers Back to Business School

05 Jan 2021
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Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers

10 Feb 2022
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Guiding Low-Wage Workers on the Upward Mobility Path Is a Win for Employees and Companies

June 2025
Article

Who Benefits from Online Gig Economy Platforms?

By: Christopher T. Stanton and Catherine Thomas

Online labor platforms for short-term, remote work have many more job seekers than available jobs. Despite their relative abundance, workers capture a substantial share of the surplus from transactions. We draw this conclusion from demand estimates that imply workers'... View Details

Keywords: Gig Economy; Knowledge Workers; Online Platforms; Job Search; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Wages; Demand and Consumers

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