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  • 01 Nov 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness

Decision-Making in Your Organization What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated According to a recent Gallup survey, less than half of employees (45... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Susan Seligson
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Governing the Family-Run Business

and recommends policy that concerns the family to the board (e.g. policy about family employment in the business). The board of directors sets policy for the business and may also make recommendations to the family council in matters that... View Details
  • 14 Feb 2023
  • HBS Case

Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

labor continue to manage the economy together. “It’s not the government regulating the market,” she notes. “It’s the strong union of employers and strong unions of labor who manage it, and they have driven growth in the country.” So, she... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 13 Mar 2023
  • Op-Ed

How Leaders Should Leave

And don’t expect the boss to respond with a competing offer overnight; she’ll need some time to check with human resources and more senior executives. Prepare your departure announcement. Assuming your employer was unable to resolve your... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
  • 2021
  • Book

Remote Work Revolution: Succeeding from Anywhere

By: Tsedal Neeley
The rapid and unprecedented changes brought on by COVID-19 have accelerated the transition to remote working, requiring the wholesale migration of nearly entire companies to virtual work in just weeks, leaving managers and employees scrambling to adjust. This massive... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Health Pandemics; Employment; Disruption; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Management
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  • Forthcoming
  • Article

Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure

By: Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile and Lotte Bailyn
This paper explores the psychological, social, and behavioral ways in which professionals end their corporate careers and reorient themselves and their lives in the transition from employment to retirement. Framed within life course theory, specifically the adult... View Details
Keywords: Retirement; Behavior; Transition; Identity
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  • May 2018
  • Article

The Downside of Downtime: The Prevalence and Work Pacing Consequences of Idle Time at Work

By: Andrew Brodsky and Teresa M. Amabile
Although both media commentary and academic research have focused much attention on the dilemma of employees being too busy, this paper presents evidence of the opposite phenomenon, in which employees do not have enough work to fill their time and are left with hours... View Details
Keywords: Employees; Working Conditions; Performance Consistency; Performance Productivity
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    Controlling Versus Enabling

    Many firms can choose between an employment mode, in which the firm controls service provision by employing professionals, sales representatives or other types of agents, and an agency (or platform) mode, in which these agents take control... View Details

    • 2009
    • Working Paper

    Securing Jobs or the New Protectionism?: Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms

    By: Mihir A. Desai
    Tax policy toward American multinational firms would appear to be approaching a crossroads. The presumed linkages between domestic employment conditions and the growth of foreign operations by American firms have led to calls for increased taxation on foreign... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Taxation; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; United States
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    • 15 May 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Kids Benefit From Having a Working Mom

    supplemented these data with data on employment opportunities and gender inequality across countries. The survey included several pages of questions related to gender attitudes, home life, and career path. The researchers were primarily... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 04 Jan 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: January 4

    this specific institutional framework. The analysis shows that up to 17% of the independents' employment decline between 1998 and 2004 can be attributed to the regulatory reform. Download the paper:... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 01 Dec 2023
    • News

    Thinking Ahead

    employers to go beyond the obvious cost-saving benefits to determine technology’s impact on workers. In other words, is the innovation making the job more, or less, engaging for employees? “You don’t want to automate the part of work that... View Details
    Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information
    • May 2022
    • Case

    Timnit Gebru: 'SILENCED No More' on AI Bias and The Harms of Large Language Models

    By: Tsedal Neeley and Stefani Ruper
    Dr. Timnit Gebru—a leading artificial intelligence (AI) computer scientist and co-lead of Google’s Ethical AI team—was messaging with one of her colleagues when she saw the words: “Did you resign?? Megan sent an email saying that she accepted your resignation.” Heart... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Employment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technological Innovation
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    Recruiting Calendars - Recruiting

    Recruiting 06-12 Dec Exams 2nd Year Academic 09-17 Dec Exams 1st Year Academic 12 Dec HBS-Coordinated Interviews Employer Decision Deadline (January 6-17 interviews); 5:00 p.m. ET 1st Year Recruiting 13 Dec Winter Holiday begins (no... View Details
    • 28 Mar 2012
    • What Do You Think?

    Are Factory Jobs Important to the Economy?

    manufacturing jobs as a share of total non-farm employment have fallen from 20% to 10% over the same time frame." Worse yet, there is the possibility that the jobs created today and tomorrow may not be as good as the factory jobs of the... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing
    • 08 Dec 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

    to use social media platforms to proactively seek out talent. This is especially true for technology-focused firms. This trend doesn’t seem to be slowing. Digital employment platforms have emerged that allow companies to pinpoint... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment
    • 01 Oct 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: October 1

      Publications August 2013 Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 21, 2020
    • Editorial

    Primary Care Is Hurting: Why Aren't Private Insurers Pitching In?

    By: Leemore S. Dafny and J. Michael McWilliams
    Primary care clinicians are the front line for patients with suspected infection. We rely on them to diagnose, triage, and manage patients with potential or confirmed COVID infections. They are also responsible for keeping non-COVID medical conditions under control... View Details
    Keywords: COVID-19; Primary Care; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Financial Condition; Insurance
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    • Web

    The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

    Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online . Tables Dc826–827 and Dc828. Historical Statistics of the United States Millennial Edition Online . Tables Dc1555 and Dc1557. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard... View Details
    • 07 Jul 2019
    • HBS Case

    Walmart's Workforce of the Future

    private employer in the United States, with 1.5 million workers (2.2 million worldwide). But that size and dominance doesn’t make Walmart immune to pressures faced by any other retail operation. In the second-year Harvard Business School... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail