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  • 12 Sep 2023
  • News

Thanks to AI, Workers Are Struggling with “Fobo”—Fear of Being Obsolete

  • 15 Jun 2022
  • News

Tech Workers Would Rather Quit than Work for Big Brother Bosses

  • 11 Aug 2020
  • Blog Post

Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

work remotely during the pandemic, but for a huge swath of the population, working from home was simply not an option. This was especially true for many gig workers and small business owners – it’s tough to work from home when your... View Details
  • 30 Jan 2014
  • News

Calling All Voices

Keywords: meetings; communication; foreign workers
  • 16 Jan 2019
  • News

1 In 3 Workers With Caregiving Duties At Home Have Quit A Job Because Of It

  • 2012
  • Chapter

The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort

By: Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani
Software development occurs in a patchwork or "confederacy" of different types of institutions (universities, small start-ups, multinational enterprises, government agencies, etc.) utilizing varied work approaches. Here we speculate on one possible explanation for this... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Applications and Software; Product Development; Organizations; Employees; Behavior; Competition; Cooperation; Creativity; Information Technology Industry
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Boudreau, Kevin J., and Karim R. Lakhani. "The Confederacy of Heterogeneous Software Organizations and Heterogeneous Developers: Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting and Worker Effort." In The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited, edited by Josh Lerner and Scott Stern, 483–502. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
  • December 2, 2021
  • Article

Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: Empowering Workers to Create ‘Magic’

By: Hubert Joly and Adi Ignatius
Hubert Joly was behind an amazing turnaround at Best Buy. While everybody was saying he should lay people off to solve the company’s problems, Joly instead listened to the people working for him and found solutions that didn’t involve people losing their jobs.... View Details
Keywords: Purpose; Meaningful Work; Employee Empowerment; Mission and Purpose; Employees; Organizational Culture; Leadership
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Joly, Hubert, and Adi Ignatius. "Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly: Empowering Workers to Create ‘Magic’." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 2, 2021). (Interview with Adi Ignatius, with embedded video.)
  • March 2003 (Revised September 2004)
  • Case

Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement

Examines the political and economic dimensions of the campaign to improve workers' rights around the world through the inclusion of labor standards in international trade agreements. The U.S.-Cambodia Textile Trade Agreement was the first agreement of its kind to link... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Rights; Working Conditions; Globalization; Consumer Products Industry; Cambodia; United States
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Abrami, Regina M. "Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement." Harvard Business School Case 703-034, March 2003. (Revised September 2004.)
  • 17 Mar 2025
  • News

Federal Layoffs Couldn’t Be Coming at a Worse Time for Workers

  • 23 Oct 2024
  • News

How Job Tasks Can Contribute to Higher Pay for Frontline Workers

  • 10 Oct 2024
  • News

Millions of Workers Are Also Juggling Caregiving. Employers Need to Rethink.

  • 20 Feb 2023
  • News

Nearly 30 Percent of Work Remains Remote as Workers Dig In

  • July 28, 2021
  • Editorial

Critical Jobs Are Going Unfilled. 5 Things Workers Want from Employers Now

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter
Keywords: Labor; Flexibility; Choice; Opportunities; Belonging; Values
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Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Critical Jobs Are Going Unfilled. 5 Things Workers Want from Employers Now." CNN.com (July 28, 2021).
  • May 2019 (Revised October 2019)
  • Teaching Note

ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A) and (B)

By: Feng Zhu and Margaret Vo
Teaching Note for HBS Nos. 618-044 and 618-046. View Details
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Zhu, Feng, and Margaret Vo. "ZBJ: Building a Global Outsourcing Platform for Knowledge Workers (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 619-048, May 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
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Needs and Need Satisfaction Among Clerical Workers in Complex and Routine Jobs

By: Michael Beer
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Beer, Michael. "Needs and Need Satisfaction Among Clerical Workers in Complex and Routine Jobs." Personnel Psychology 21, no. 2 (Summer 1968): 209–222.
  • 30 Nov 2023
  • News

Workers without College Degrees Can Climb the Ladder Fastest in These Industries

  • 03 Jul 2020
  • News

Gig Workers Are Here to Stay. It’s Time to Give Them Benefits.

Keywords: Alex Rosenblat
  • May 18, 2012
  • Article

Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss

By: David I Levine, Michael W. Toffel and Matthew S. Johnson
Controversy surrounds occupational health and safety regulators, with some observers claiming that workplace regulations damage firms' competitiveness and destroy jobs and others arguing that they make workplaces safer at little cost to employers and employees. We... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Occupational Safety; Evaluation; Regression; Matching; Difference In Differences; Safety; Health; Working Conditions; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Competitive Advantage; Performance; Manufacturing Industry; California
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Levine, David I., Michael W. Toffel, and Matthew S. Johnson. "Randomized Government Safety Inspections Reduce Worker Injuries with No Detectable Job Loss." Science 336, no. 6083 (May 18, 2012): 907–911. (Online supplement (appendix). Featured in an article by the head of US OSHA, and in U.S. News & World Report and many other news outlets. Basis of U.S. Congressional testimony on promoting safe workplaces.)
  • 20 Nov 2024
  • Podcast

Beyond exit interviews: Knowing why workers quit makes for better job matches

Thinking of employees as 'hiring' their jobs opens the way to a detailed analysis of worker motivations, frustrations, and long-term goals, which can reduce costly turnover and make career development a collaborative process. Harvard Business School professor Ethan... View Details
  • 19 Dec 2012
  • News

Who Cares About Apparel Factory Workers Burned To Death? Apparently, Not You

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