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The Impact of Scheduling Fairness on Employee Turnover
Employee turnover remains one of the most persistent challenges across industries, with the leisure and hospitality sector experiencing some of the highest quit rates in the United States. This issue is particularly pronounced in restaurants, where the average... View Details
- March 1996
- Case
FASB and Employee Stock Options, The
Summarizes the accounting principles governing employee stock options, including the recently issued accounting standard SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Presents the theoretical issues involved with valuation and measurement of employee stock-based... View Details
Rapier, Donella. "FASB and Employee Stock Options, The." Harvard Business School Case 196-137, March 1996.
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
according to market, QuikTrip uses the same store layout everywhere, along with limited product variety. "The reduced complexity that results from these decisions leads to higher employee productivity and fewer errors," says... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?
Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra set out to answer a basic question: "Do employees work harder when they are paid more?" As Malhotra, the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration, said in an interview, "Previous... View Details
Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette
- Article
Employee Selection as a Control System
By: Dennis Campbell
Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study... View Details
Keywords: Management Systems; Governance Controls; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Motivation and Incentives; Decision Making; Business Model
Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Journal of Accounting Research 50, no. 4 (September 2012): 931–966.
- February 2023 (Revised March 2025)
- Module Note
LCA Module Overview: Employees
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
This note provides an overview of key questions, themes, and concepts to be covered in the module and provides a brief description of each case and how it relates to these questions, themes, and concepts. View Details
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "LCA Module Overview: Employees." Harvard Business School Module Note 323-072, February 2023. (Revised March 2025.)
- 11 Aug 2022
- News
Keeping Hybrid Employees Engaged
- 2010
- Working Paper
Employee Selection as a Control System
By: Dennis Campbell
Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Decision Making; Governance Controls; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Management Systems; Financial Services Industry
Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-021, August 2010. (Revised September 2010, April 2012.)
- 19 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
What Makes Employees Trust (vs. Second-Guess) AI?
When an algorithm recommends ways to improve business outcomes, do employees trust it? Conventional wisdom suggests that understanding the inner workings of artificial intelligence (AI) can raise confidence in such programs. Yet, new... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- January 1981 (Revised June 1993)
- Background Note
Note on Why Employees Join Unions
By: Michael Beer
Provides some answers to the question of why employees join unions. Summarizes recent data on workers' perceptions of unions: their power and instrumentality. Also explores the special situation of white collar workers. View Details
Beer, Michael. "Note on Why Employees Join Unions." Harvard Business School Background Note 481-121, January 1981. (Revised June 1993.)
- July 2007 (Revised September 2007)
- Background Note
Compensating Family Employees in a Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Explores the core issues involved in compensating family employees in a family business. Explains family interests and other factors that shape family employee compensation practices. Distinguishes between achieving effective compensation practices, which help to... View Details
Davis, John A. "Compensating Family Employees in a Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 808-021, July 2007. (Revised September 2007.)
- May 13, 2021
- Article
The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership
By: Thomas Dudley and Ethan Rouen
Wealth inequality in the U.S. has been increasing for decades: The richest 1% own a majority of all business wealth, and the top 10% own more than 90%. Companies, which have played a vital role in the growth in inequality can also play one in reducing it. One place to... View Details
Keywords: Wealth; Equality and Inequality; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employee Ownership; United States
Dudley, Thomas, and Ethan Rouen. "The Big Benefits of Employee Ownership." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 13, 2021).
- 2003
- Book
The Value Profit Chain: Treat Employees Like Customers and Customers Like Employees
Heskett, James L., W. Earl Sasser Jr., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. The Value Profit Chain: Treat Employees Like Customers and Customers Like Employees. New York: Free Press, 2003.
- 17 Feb 2022
- News
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
- Article
When Every Employee Is a Risk Manager
By: Kurt Meyer, Anette Mikes and Robert S. Kaplan
Risk management needs to be part of the daily lives of all employees up, down, and across an organization. Here’s how the Swiss electricity network achieves that. View Details
Meyer, Kurt, Anette Mikes, and Robert S. Kaplan. "When Every Employee Is a Risk Manager." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 25, 2021).
- 16 Apr 2015
- News
Improving employee productivity: On your toes
- Article
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
By: Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton and Jordi Quoidbach
In three field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier... View Details
Keywords: Satisfaction; Groups and Teams; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Banking Industry; Sports Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Canada; Belgium; Australia
Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Elizabeth W. Dunn, Michael I. Norton, and Jordi Quoidbach. "Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance." PLoS ONE 8, no. 9 (September 2013): 1–8.
- 2013
- Working Paper
Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance
By: Lalin Anik, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn and Jordi Quoidbach
In two field studies, we explore the impact of providing employees and teammates with prosocial bonuses, a novel type of bonus spent on others rather than on oneself. In Experiment 1, we show that prosocial bonuses in the form of donations to charity lead to happier... View Details
Keywords: Satisfaction; Groups and Teams; Performance; Compensation and Benefits; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Banking Industry; Sports Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Canada; Belgium; Australia
Anik, Lalin, Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, Elizabeth W. Dunn, and Jordi Quoidbach. "Prosocial Bonuses Increase Employee Satisfaction and Team Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-095, May 2013.