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Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of the India-based software company Infosys, discusses how he attracted talent to his start-up by pioneering the concept of employee stock options, and providing excellent career... View Details

20 Nov 2019
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Shinta Widjaja Kamdani

Shinta Kamdani, owner of Indonesian-based consumer products and energy company Sintesa Group, describes the changes she made to the organizational structure and culture of the company when she took over leadership from her father. View Details

December 2021
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Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm

By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton

What are the long-term consequences of compensation changes? Using data from an inbound sales call center, we study employee responses to a compensation change that ultimately reduced take-home pay by 7% for the average affected worker. The change caused a significant... View Details

Keywords: Employees; Wages; Compensation and Benefits; Change; Performance; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Analysis

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01 Jun 2021
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Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

(Image credit: iStockphoto/golero) Uncertainty about the future is always on the minds of leaders. Concern about change defines their primary role. It’s up to others to manage, set and meet goals, etc. Recent polls have shown that many leaders are most uncertain about... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

25 Apr 2018
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We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation

Hroe Large American companies are less racially integrated today than a generation ago—in fact, businesses have returned to the bleaker segregation levels of the 1970s, new research shows. This racial division among companies was a startling, unexpected finding—one... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Narayana Murthy

Shinta Widjaja Kamdani

Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation