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- 27 Nov 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
No Margin, No Mission? A Field Experiment on Incentives for Pro-Social Tasks
- 07 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
Supervisor of Sandwiches? More Companies Inflate Titles to Avoid Extra Pay
see it happening at the Gap and Pizza Hut, but we also see it happening at Facebook, JPMorgan, and health care firms.” There are now hundreds of thousands of workers across the US with dubious managerial titles doing jobs that would... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 16 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Kids of Working Moms Grow into Happy Adults
work themselves, hold more supervisory responsibilities, and earn higher wages than women whose mothers stayed home full time. “Some asked if children of stay-at-home moms were happier,” McGinn says. “Many decried the research as another... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All
trajectories. Before founding their start-ups, founders attain jobs with wages up to 40 percent higher than those of similar non-founders. This wage gap between founders and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Dec 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for Strategic Compensation
- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 18 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Leaning In
Last summer, Christine Exley polled 200 American adults with a simple yes/no question: Do you think women should negotiate their salaries more often? Seventy percent of respondents answered in the affirmative. She wasn’t surprised by the response. Just as there’s a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 9, 2010
channels instead persist, with strong odds against upstream suppliers waging a successful defense of material interests. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-042.pdf Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations Authors:Ufuk... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
savings to drive growth. What actually results, however, is something of a surprise, according to a new study. Corporate tax cuts end up widening the income gap between those at the top of the pay scale and those at the bottom, and they... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
play in inequality as well.” You Might Also Like: The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick What If Closing the Wage Gap Means... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
kutaytanir It’s no surprise that business executives make more money than lower-level employees. But when that pay disparity between a CEO and the average worker is perceived as unfair, the result may be more than unhappy workers: A firm’s performance can deteriorate.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Nov 2022
- Research & Ideas
A Penny for Your Thoughts? For Big-Picture Ideas, the Right Pay Structure Matters
who want to push performance very strongly shouldn’t expect employees to engage in extra-role behavior as much,” Gallani says. “There is a little bit of a tradeoff between pay for performance and extra-role behaviors, such as innovation.” You Might Also Like: What If... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
problem, the researchers say. Despite growing awareness and activism, the wage gap has remained largely unchanged for the last 15 years, according to a recent study by the Pew Research Center, which found... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 25 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done
terms of quality,” says Kerr. Thus, immigrants may find going into business for themselves the best option. In their study, Kerr and Pekkala Kerr also found that wages and benefits for jobs created by immigrant-led firms were lower than... View Details
- 08 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Knowing What Your Boss Earns Can Make You Work Harder
leave the company. The researchers made other discoveries as well, which might have something to say about wage inequality and widening pay gaps in corporations. The findings suggest: “Female employees may... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 28 Mar 2012
- What Do You Think?
Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?
for many years, warns that R&D and product development capabilities will be lost along with the loss of such jobs. While examining the closing gap between developed and developing economies, Nobel Prize economist Michael Spence has... View Details
- 16 Dec 2019
- Research & Ideas
Taking on the Taboos That Keep Women Out of India's Workforce
their wages increased rates of female labor force participation and decreased negative perceptions around women working outside the home. “What we found is counterintuitive,” says Rigol, noting that traditional economic models assume that... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Four Strategies for Making Concessions
wage increase. The union was asking for a 4 percent increase, while management wanted to raise salaries by only 1 percent. The executive considered the situation. During past negotiations, weeks were lost as each side jockeyed for... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
exports instead of adding to global trade (Atkinson, 2009). There is some evidence of this tension emerging in recent years, for example in Europe as German wage restraint improved its relative cost position on export markets. In... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 01 Dec 2020
- What Do You Think?
How Can We Get Companies to Invest More in Low-Wage Workers?
Inequality in society has been studied from almost every angle. Among others, French economist Thomas Piketty has provided ample evidence of trends in inequality, their causes, and their consequences. We’re reminded constantly of the growing compensation View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett