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  • June 2007
  • Article

Does Employment Protection Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

By: David H Autor, William R. Kerr and Adriana D. Kugler
Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms facing (non-Coasean) worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect... View Details
Keywords: Theory; Production; Selection and Staffing; Cost; Employment; Capital; Performance Productivity; United States
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  • 21 Oct 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Shai Bernstein, Assistant Professor of Finance, Stanford University Graduate School of Business

  • 28 Jan 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Forget Cash. Here Are Better Ways to Motivate Employees

on how best to reward their workers in ways that will bring them greater job satisfaction and motivate them to work harder. When recruiting, emphasize benefits Talking up a job’s perks, such as flexible work schedules and skill training,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

resident or temporary, and increasingly indigenous. The story provides the background for discussion of dilemmas facing policymakers, agricultural enterprises, and the workers themselves. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Apr 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Richard Freeman, Harvard University & NBER

  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

Absenteeism is so pervasive in Latin America and Asia that 10 percent of a business’ workers might not show up on any given day. This risk can create tremendous uncertainty, especially for businesses running on low margins, says Jorge... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
  • Web

Introduction – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

School, and his protégé Fritz J. Roethlisberger led a landmark study of worker behavior at Western Electric, the manufacturing arm of AT&T. Unprecedented in scale and scope, the nine-year study took place at the massive Hawthorne Works... View Details
  • 31 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 31

repetitive in nature. We introduce the concept of a restart effect—task and temporal disruptions that stimulate worker productivity—as a means of addressing challenges of repetitive work. For our empirical analyses, we use two and a half... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Research Summary

Front-Line Organizational Learning

Dr. Tucker uses operations management and organizational learning theory to understand and improve front-line work processes.  Specifically, she examines the conditions under which the problem solving routines of front-line workers are likely to result in positive... View Details
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Trusting Talent: Cross-Country Differences in Hiring

By: Letian Zhang and Shinan Wang
This article argues that a society’s social trust influences employers’ hiring strategies. In selecting workers, employers could either focus on applicants’ potential and select on foundational skills (e.g., social skills, math skills) or focus on their readiness and... View Details
Keywords: Selection and Staffing; Trust; Competency and Skills; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; European Union
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  • February 2019
  • Teaching Note

Talent@Tencent

By: Tarun Khanna
Late in 2016, two senior human resources (HR) executives at Tencent Holdings (Tencent), China’s leading Internet services firm, are assessing the effectiveness of the company’s talent management practices in responding to Tencent’s sustained hypergrowth. Over the... View Details
Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Employees; Retention; Entrepreneurship; Employee Relationship Management; Web Services Industry; China
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    Make the Most of Your Relocation

    Although the Covid-19 crisis has halted travel in recent months, geographic mobility has become critical for managers and knowledge workers hoping to advance in today’s globalized economy, and that trend is unlikely to reverse. Assignments far from headquarters can... View Details

      When the Thought Doesn’t Count: The Dynamics of Unhelpful Help in Creative Organizations

      We’ve all been there. You ask a colleague for help with something, maybe a tricky research design or a difficult student. They agree to help, but their assistance misses its mark. You wonder what happened and, if you turn to existing research and theory, you... View Details
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Does Public Ownership and Accountability Increase Diversity? Evidence from IPOs

      By: Rembrand Koning and John-Paul Ferguson
      Does public ownership improve employment diversity? Organizational researchers theorize that increased transparency to regulators and the public should lead firms to conform to legal and social norms—but that social closure and decoupling should preserve the status... View Details
      Keywords: IPO; Initial Public Offering; Employees; Diversity; Gender; Race; Entrepreneurship; United States
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      • 24 Mar 2023
      • HBS Seminar

      Geoffrey Jones, Harvard Business School

      • 27 Feb 2019
      • HBS Seminar

      David Robinson, Fuqua School of Business at Duke University

      • 02 Nov 2016
      • HBS Seminar

      Antoinette Schoar, MIT Sloan School of Management

      • 14 Feb 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      When a Vacation Isn’t Enough, a Sabbatical Can Recharge Your Life—and Your Career

      His research comes at a time when an increasing number of people report being worn out on the job, with 43 percent of middle managers reporting burnout in the US and 70 percent of C-suite workers considering quitting to search for jobs... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 05 May 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Reflecting on Work Improves Job Performance

      the sixth through the 16th days of training, workers spent the last 15 minutes of each day writing and reflecting on the lessons they had learned that day. Participants in the sharing group did the same, but spent an additional five... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
      • Web

      Illumination Studies and Relay Assembly Test Room – The Human Relations Movement – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

      tests from 1924 to 1927, set out to determine the effects of lighting on worker efficiency in three separate manufacturing departments. Accounts of the study revealed no significant correlation between productivity and light levels. The... View Details