Coworker Effect - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

United States. In recent years, however, this centralized approach to the collection and analysis of adverse events through doctor-initiated case reports has been superseded by innovative, though episodic, pharmacoepidemiological studies of large databases that... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Sep 2019
News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

and commercialize medical diagnostic tools that will, ultimately, improve health outcomes. Lee’s DZD was one of the inaugural startups in 2016 at the Life Lab, a state-of-the-art wet lab and coworking space in Allston for Harvard... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

25 May 2021
Blog Post

The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work

importance of positive relationships and effective teams for both the health of individual employees and the organization, managers should explore ways to incorporate nostalgia into team-building activities, as well as social events like... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

20 Feb 2006
Research & Ideas

Are Company Founders Underpaid?

his argument that he was being underpaid because he could not credibly threaten to leave the company if he didn't get his way, in contrast to a non-founder who could effectively do so. From an academic perspective, past studies assumed... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Financial Services; Technology

11 Aug 2014
HBS Case

The Business of Behavioral Economics

they put skin in the game, it rises to 80 percent. Those findings resonate with John and Norton's research, which demonstrates similarly powerful effects from applying behavioral economics principles to behavior change. In a study that... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Health

03 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 3

Publications February 2015 Journal of Finance The Effect of Providing Peer Information on Retirement Savings Decisions By: Beshears, John, James J. Choi, David Laibson, Brigitte C. Madrian, and Katherine L. Milkman Abstract—Using a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

With Millions of Workers Juggling Caregiving, Employers Need to Rethink Support

seniors—a parent, an in-law. Well over 50 percent of workers report they have some caregiving obligation. The question becomes: Do the terms and conditions of their employment and the nature of that obligation mesh? A lot of traditional expectations of employers, but... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

01 Jun 2009
News

Letters to the Editor

some were not. I have seen firsthand union threats and violence against employers and their property. Worse yet, I have seen unbridled coworker intimidation to and by union wage earners. In my opinion, if ever there was a group that must... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

employers make an investment in you," and it behooves them to be accommodating so they can realize the value on that investment. She attributes her success to having excellent support. "I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a nanny. I have supportive View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

10 Mar 2021
News

Next Normal

However, the effects of professional isolation on job performance decrease with some face-to-face interactions and access to more communication technologies, such as video conferencing and dedicated voiceover IP lines. Even the perception... View Details

12 Apr 2023
News

Step Change

"Step Change" by Julia Hanna. At Consoleya, a coworking space in Cairo's former French Consulate, multiple levels of meeting rooms and workspaces operate at capacity, from a ground-floor café to a rooftop deck. The scene—coders bent over... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

02 Sep 2018
News

Havana Rising

Castlight coworker about this issue, would I be as enraged? “Then that makes me realize, ‘Oh, I’m getting angry here because I’m talking to my husband right now, and I need to take that off and realize I’m actually just talking to my... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

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