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- 31 Jul 2014
- News
Grocery Chain Workers Want Their CEO Back
- 22 Jan 2014
- News
High-Tech Immigrant Workers Don’t Cost US Jobs
- 30 Sep 2014
- News
Why are US workers being left behind?
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
Young workers change jobs frequently, study shows
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How to manage Slack and email for laid-off and furloughed workers
- 25 Feb 2015
- News
Why the Gap Between Worker Pay and Productivity Is So Problematic
- 2023
- Article
Conduit Incentives: Eliciting Cooperation from Workers Outside of Managers' Control
By: Susanna Gallani
Can managers use monetary incentives to elicit cooperation from workers they cannot reward for their efforts? I study “conduit incentives,” an innovative incentive design, whereby managers influence bonus-ineligible workers’ effort by offering bonus-eligible employees... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Behavior Modification; Peer Monitoring; Persistence Of Performance Improvements; Crowding Out; Implicit Incentives; Compensation; Healthcare; Social Pressure; Image Motivation; Incentives; Motivation; Performance; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Compensation and Benefits; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Organizational Culture; Health Industry; California
Gallani, Susanna. "Conduit Incentives: Eliciting Cooperation from Workers Outside of Managers' Control." Accounting Review 93, no. 3 (2023): 1–28.
- 25 Aug 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers
- 14 Dec 2021
- News
At This Tech Company, Workers Vote on Each Other’s Pay Raises
- 03 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?
digital nomad visas to attract a global workforce. Digital nomad visas allow tourists to legally work in a foreign country, creating a boon for areas trying to attract remote workers and for companies looking to entice talent,... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- Article
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
By: Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
Groysberg, Boris, and Robin Abrahams. "Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (October 8, 2020).
- Book Review
Looking at How Managers Work with Workers
By: Amar Bhide
Bhide, Amar. "Looking at How Managers Work with Workers." Wall Street Journal (October 20, 1981).
- 21 Dec 2022
- Podcast
Amplifying frontline worker voice to boost productivity
When workers can vote with their feet polling their views can reduce turnover and increase engagement. WorkStep co-founder and CEO, Dan Johnston on making frontline work a better proposition for both employees and businesses. View Details
- 22 Mar 2018
- News
More Companies Teach Workers What Colleges Don’t
- 16 Nov 2021
- News
Shift Hidden Workers to Human Assets to Meet Talent Needs Now
- 15 Feb 2018
- News
Young workers love cities. So what’s a suburban company to do?
- 2011
- Working Paper
Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers
By: Julia Adler-Milstein, Sara J. Singer and Michael W. Toffel
Process-improvement ideas often come from frontline workers who speak up by voicing concerns about problems and by taking charge to resolve them. We hypothesize that organization-wide process-improvement campaigns encourage both forms of speaking up, especially voicing... View Details
Keywords: Communication; Employees; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Management Practices and Processes; Operations; Business Processes; Performance Improvement
Adler-Milstein, Julia, Sara J. Singer, and Michael W. Toffel. "Managerial Practices That Promote Voice and Taking Charge among Frontline Workers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-005, July 2010. (Revised Sept. 2011. Best Theory-to-Practice Paper Award by Academy of Management's Health Care Management Division. Selected for Best Paper Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Management Meeting.)
- February 2021
- Article
Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession
By: S. Bernstein, T. McQuade and R. Townsend
We investigate how the deterioration of household balance sheets affects worker productivity, and, in turn, economic downturns. Specifically, we compare the output of innovative workers who experienced differential declines in housing wealth during the financial crisis... View Details
Keywords: Great Recession; Household; Financial Condition; System Shocks; Employees; Performance Productivity
Bernstein, S., T. McQuade, and R. Townsend. "Do Household Wealth Shocks Affect Productivity? Evidence from Innovative Workers During the Great Recession." Journal of Finance 76, no. 1 (February 2021): 57–111.