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- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Fidelity invests in worker delight
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
Workers are revolting against the open office concept
- 2022
- White Paper
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement
By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson and Gad Levanon
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement is a new effort to give companies and other stakeholders a set of robust tools that measure how well major employers are doing in fostering economic mobility for workers and how they could do... View Details
Keywords: Upward Mobility; Career Advancement; Personal Development and Career; Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Wages; Human Capital; Recruitment
Sigelman, Matt, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson, and Gad Levanon. "The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement." White Paper, Burning Glass Institute, October 2022 (A joint project with Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work and Schultz Family Foundation.)
- 08 Jan 2022
- News
Why Workers Are Fleeing the Hospitality Sector
- 28 Oct 2020
- Podcast
Glint-LinkedIn: Worker sentiment informs management
Polling fatigue is normal in the runup to a presidential election. Employers are finding ways to tap into worker sentiment less obtrusively. Glint-LinkedIn equips firms with survey tools and AI analytics to keep tabs on the collective mental state of their employees.... View Details
- 07 Aug 2015
- News
America's persistent problem: Unskilled workers
- 24 Oct 2024
- News
Good Jobs and Skilled Workers
- 26 Aug 2011
- News
Stop Ignoring the Stalwart Worker
- March 2010 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management
By: Nava Ashraf and Natalie Kindred
This case examines the various considerations relevant to selecting and compensating workers in a context where their work involves a pro-social component. This is relevant to not only health care in Zambia, but to NGO and public sector workers who are both motivated... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Training; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Mission and Purpose; Non-Governmental Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, and Natalie Kindred. "Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management." Harvard Business School Case 910-030, March 2010. (Revised February 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
- 06 May 2021
- News
"Hybrid" Return-to-Office Models Could Create Subcaste of Workers
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The Singing, Dancing, Beatifically Happy Workers Of The World
- 12 Sep 2014
- News
Survey: Companies Hold Back On Hiring Full-Time Workers
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
How The Pandemic Could Give Workers More Leverage
- 28 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?
To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
difficult. The major issue with remote workers and motivation appears to be feeling isolated and second-class relative to the onsite workers. Encourage sharing of best practices. Encourage employees to tell you what they are doing well... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
difficult. The major issue with remote workers and motivation appears to be feeling isolated and second-class relative to the onsite workers. Encourage sharing of best practices. Encourage employees to tell you what they are doing well... View Details
- 26 Jul 2021
- News
Communities Lure Remote Workers with Cash and Perks
- 2021
- Working Paper
Being the Boss: Gig Workers' Value of Flexible Work
By: Laura Katsnelson and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Workers who join the gig economy face a challenging trade-off. Gig work provides worktime flexibility and a sense of being one’s own boss, but gig workers forgo certain protections that employees enjoy. In this paper, we study the work patterns of a large sample of... View Details
Keywords: Gig Workers; Flexible Work Arrangements; Worker Welfare; Labor; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Katsnelson, Laura, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Being the Boss: Gig Workers' Value of Flexible Work." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-124, May 2021.
- 05 Jan 2021
- News
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers
- 16 Dec 2015
- News