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09 Feb 2022
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What’s the Optimal Workplace for Your Organization?

December 2018
Article

Improving Resilience Among Employees High in Depression, Anxiety, and Workplace Distress

By: Allison L. Williams, Acacia C. Parks, Grace Cormier, Julia Stafford and A.V. Whillans

Depression and anxiety are costly for both employees and employers, in terms of direct medical costs as well as costs stemming from lost productive time and missed days at work. Resilience training has been shown to improve workplace functioning for employees, which... View Details

Keywords: Depression; Anxiety; Engagement; Resilience; Presenteeism; Employee Engagement; Mental Health; Employees; Emotions; Health; Internet and the Web; Performance Productivity

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26 Mar 2025
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How to Address Workplace Microaggressions: Assistant Professor Summer Jackson Reveals Strategies

2016
Working Paper

Workplace Design: The Good, the Bad, and the Productive

By: Michael Housman and Dylan Minor

We study the effects of performance spillover in the workplace-both positive and negative-on several dimensions, and find that it is pervasive and decreasing in the physical distance between workers. We also find that workers have different strengths, and that while... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Human Resource Management; Peer Effects; Productivity; Spillovers; Toxic Worker; Strategy; Working Conditions; Performance Productivity; Human Resources

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12 Nov 2019
News

Harvard Business Review Editors Talk Women and Workplace Conflict at Podcast Taping

16 Dec 2021
News

How Leaders Can Maintain Team Spirit In The Workplace

July 2020
Case

The Second City: The Future of ‘Yes, and…’

By: Francesca Gino and Jeff Huizinga

Leaders from The Second City, the legendary Improv comedy company, reflect on its broad portfolio of activities through the lens of future opportunities and growth. In particular, they discuss ways in which Second City can further invest in its professional arm, Second... View Details

Keywords: Workplace; Collaboration; Growth and Development; Opportunities; Communication; Organizational Culture

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09 Dec 2020
Blog Post

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace

may or may not follow. HOW TO INCORPORATE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY INTO RECRUITING Developing a psychologically safe workplace requires organizational leadership to adopt these values and practices so that they are not merely a message, but a... View Details

23 Jul 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Transforming the Workplace for People with Disabilities

Keywords: Re: Lakshmi Ramarajan; Consulting

2022
Conference Presentation

Workplace Competition and the Desire for Uniqueness

By: Samantha N. Smith, Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios and Katherine L. Milkman

Across four preregistered studies (n=3,202), we find that intra-group competition increases people’s willingness to join groups where they will be underrepresented along a given identity dimension (e.g., area of specialization, political affiliation). Via mediation and... View Details

Keywords: Groups and Teams; Motivation and Incentives; Organizational Culture

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August 2024
Technical Note

Managing Professional Relationships in the Modern Workplace

By: Christina R. Wing, Andrew Peddar and Dylan Torchinsky

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September 16, 2022
Article

3 Workplace Biases that Derail Mid-Career Women

By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg

Mid-career women are often surprised by the levels of bias and discrimination they encounter in the workplace, especially if they’ve successfully avoided it earlier in their careers. After speaking to 100 senior women executives, the authors identified three distinct... View Details

Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Prejudice and Bias; Gender

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September 2013 (Revised June 2014)
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Rana Plaza: Workplace Safety in Bangladesh (B)

By: John A. Quelch and Margaret L. Rodriguez

In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza building collapse, a group of international retailers and labor unions partnered to create a proposal for more stringent inspections and enforcement of safety standards in Bangladesh garment factories. The proposal was met by... View Details

Keywords: Retail Trade; Corporate Social Responsibility; Apparel; Bangladesh; Worker Safety; Government And Business; International Business; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Bangladesh

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