Employees - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jan 2021
News

When Every Employee Is a Risk Manager

04 Mar 2013
Working Paper Summaries

The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field

Keywords: by Timothy Gubler, Ian Larkin & Lamar Pierce; Service

19 Mar 2018
News

Warren Buffett Is Just an Average Employee

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Business demographics: number of establishments and employees

Where can I find the number of business establishments and employment size in industries? County Business Patterns has data for the United States as a whole, by county, zip code, and major metropolitan area. Business Dynamics Statistics includes measures of... View Details

12 Oct 2022
Video

Ifeoma Ajunwa: Limitless Boundaries of Employee Surveillance

17 Jan 2019
News

Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers

30 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

How Your Employees and Customers Drive a New Value Profit Chain

It may be time to think about who really creates value in your organization, starting with customers and employees. Harvard Business School professors W. Earl Sasser and James L. Heskett discuss their book, The Value Profit Chain. Mahoney: The premise that happy View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

06 Jun 2021
News

Help Your Employees Who Are Anxious About Returning to the Office

2013
Working Paper

The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field

By: Timothy Gubler, Ian I. Larkin and Lamar Pierce

Many scholars and practitioners have recently argued that corporate awards are a "free" way to motivate employees. We use field data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants to show that awards can carry significant... View Details

Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Failure; Service Industry

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03 Jun 2020
News

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

Keywords: Rebecca Carnahan; Remote work

November 2002
Article

Expensing Employee Stock Options: The Battle Is Over

By: David F. Hawkins

Keywords: Employees; Stock Options

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21 Nov 2023
News

Employee Negativity Is Like Wildfire. Manage It Before It Spreads.

November 2000
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Note on Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) and Phantom Stock Plans

By: Dwight B. Crane and Indra Reinbergs

Provides a brief overview of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and phantom stock plans for owners of closely held companies. ESOPs can be used as a tool of corporate financing, and can provide employees with ownership interests. Phantom stock plans can reward... View Details

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Motivation and Incentives; Management Teams; Corporate Governance; Ownership Stake; Taxation

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03 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First

Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne