Work - Publications - Faculty & Research

1996
Working Paper

Understanding Self-Managing Work Systems

By: D. A. Garvin

13 Jan 2020
News

Rethinking How We Work

Q&A with Julie Battilana following the op-ed she coauthored with Isabelle Ferreras and Dominique Méda in response to... View Details

Over a billion people use social platforms on the Internet, making them the most frequently visited category of sites. Some platforms, such as eHarmony, MeetUp, and Twitter, allow us to connect to strangers. eHarmony alone is estimated to account for one in six new... View Details

16 Jul 2021
News

Becoming a Working Dad

Research Summary

Managers and Employees: Justice at Work

By: Nien-he Hsieh

The employment relationship represents another significant area for managerial decision making. While much of what managers and employees owe one another depends upon mutual agreement, not all of the terms can be specified in advance. Given these conditions, what... View Details

28 Aug 2020
News

Rethinking Work During and After Lockdown

06 Mar 2013
What Do You Think?

Who Should Manage Our Work Time?

Summing Up Who Will Save Us From Our Work Habits? We have a problem in the workplace. Some of it is being forced upon us by forces in society. Some of it is of our own making. But we face increasing challenges in managing our View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 PM – 1 PM EST, 16 Nov 2017
Webinars: Career

How to Be Happy at Work

Are you truly happy at work? Or, like most people, do you have some good days but most of the time work is stressful, all-consuming, and not as fulfilling as you'd like? Annie McKee will share that outdated myths and mindsets are a big part of the reason so many of us... View Details

01 Mar 2007
News

The Joy of Work

services, or business initiatives in the chemicals, technology, and consumer products industries. Amabile is working on a book based on the data from the ten-year study, which includes questionnaires, interviews, independent creativity... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

2009
Working Paper

Integrity: Without It Nothing Works

By: Michael C. Jensen

There is confusion between integrity, morality and ethics. In our much longer paper on the topic (see "Integrity: A Positive Model that Incorporates the Normative Phenomena of Morality, Ethics and Legality" (available at http://ssrn.com/abstract=920625)) my co-authors,... View Details

Keywords: Trust; Moral Sensibility; Legal Liability; Behavior

Citation

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

dress for success evolves over time. Harvard Business School professor Myra Hart, an expert in high potential entrepreneurship, has offered several programs over the years to help HBS alumnae quickly regain the skills they need to re-enter the View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

04 Jun 2008
News

Whistle While You Work

court press,” “Slam dunk,” “Going for the gold, “Hit a home run” your favorite here). It’s a cooptation with a curious side. To me, music and sports convey transcendence: the mind and body at play, freed from the constraints and demands of View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

June 2012 working paper, Key Drivers of Successful Implementation of an Employee Suggestion-Driven Improvement Program. Tucker is an associate professor in the Technology and Operations Management unit, and the Marvin Bower Fellow at HBS.... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

27 Oct 2015
News

Pay-For-Success is Working in Utah

08 Mar 2016
News

More Work to Do

that it’s a very dangerous thing to put all our faith in a savior who’s going to solve all our problems. So by shutting down a successful organization, I’m hoping to spark a conversation about the larger work that needs to happen.” READ... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 16 Sep 2014
Career Events

Returning to Work After a Break

As a "relauncher" herself, Carol Cohen (MBA 1985) understands the challenges of returning to work after multi-year career breaks. She has also engaged with hundreds of hiring managers to understand their biases and the risk they associate with hiring people who are... View Details

09 May 2017
News

Why You Can’t Concentrate at Work

17 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Why Global Brands Work

Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge.Ford has finally woken up to what Toyota knew a long time... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Auto

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