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The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field

By: Timothy Gubler, Ian I. Larkin and Lamar Pierce
Many scholars and practitioners have recently argued that corporate awards are a "free" way to motivate employees. We use field data from an attendance award program implemented at one of five industrial laundry plants to show that awards can carry significant... View Details
Keywords: Motivation and Incentives; Service Delivery; Performance Productivity; Failure; Service Industry
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Gubler, Timothy, Ian I. Larkin, and Lamar Pierce. "The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-069, February 2013.

    Cutting the Gordian Knot of Employee Health Care

    President Joe Biden’s promise to give every American access to affordable health insurance is well-intentioned, but his plan’s policy elements—a public option, a permanent expanded tax credit—require congressional approval and would expend significant political and... View Details
    • 29 Oct 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Do Employees Work Harder for Higher Pay?

    Harvard Business School Professor Deepak Malhotra set out to answer a basic question: "Do employees work harder when they are paid more?" As Malhotra, the Eli Goldston Professor of Business Administration,... View Details
    Keywords: by Chuck Leddy & Harvard Gazette
    • 04 Mar 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Dirty Laundry of Employee Award Programs: Evidence from the Field

    Keywords: by Timothy Gubler, Ian Larkin & Lamar Pierce; Service
    • January 2018
    • Case

    Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (A)

    By: William R. Kerr and Gamze Yucaoglu
    Sidar Şahin, founder and CEO of Peak Games, a Turkey-based global mobile gaming company, must decide on the final list of candidates for the critical global marketing director position the company has been trying to fill for over a year. Since its founding in 2010,... View Details
    Keywords: Recruiting; Staffing; Emergent Countries; Entrepreneurial Management; Private Sector; Business Strategy; Decision; Growth Management; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Selection and Staffing; Talent and Talent Management; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Value Creation; Organizational Culture; Decision Choices and Conditions; Technology Industry; Turkey
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    Kerr, William R., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Peak Games: Hiring Priorities in Times of Rapid Growth (A)." Harvard Business School Case 818-083, January 2018.
    • 03 Oct 2016
    • News

    How to Manage a Toxic Employee

    • 11 Jul 2016
    • HBS Case

    Neurodiversity: The Benefits of Recruiting Employees with Cognitive Disabilities

    the thinking on this idea of neurodiversity; that we do better when we mix people who think differently or are wired a bit differently.” Social difficulties are one of the hallmarks View Details
    Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Technology
    • 29 Jul 2024
    • News

    Skill-Based Hiring and the Impact of AI on the Workforce

    • 30 Aug 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Turning Employees Into Problem Solvers

    research has focused on the underuse of incident-reporting systems. After all, the thinking went, a system used to collect and report incidents will only help an organization learn from its mistakes and lead to better safety results—to... View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
    • 05 Mar 2015
    • News

    Wearable Tech Enables New Era of Employee Monitoring

    • 13 Aug 2020
    • Research & Ideas

    6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees

    accommodating high-risk workers. They offered the following advice, based on recent research: Encourage sick employees to stay home with paid time off Gary Johns, professor of management at Concordia... View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
    • March 1996
    • Case

    FASB and Employee Stock Options, The

    Summarizes the accounting principles governing employee stock options, including the recently issued accounting standard SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Presents the theoretical issues involved with valuation and measurement of employee stock-based... View Details
    Keywords: Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Accounting
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    Rapier, Donella. "FASB and Employee Stock Options, The." Harvard Business School Case 196-137, March 1996.
    • 02 Sep 2021
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    The Balance of Power Between Employees and Employers

    • 03 Oct 2023
    • Blog Post

    Hire an MBA: The Benefits and Misconceptions for Startups

    marketing, leadership, negotiation, operations, strategy, and more. In the second year, a student may focus on a particular area to deepen their knowledge of that space. Students can help complete short-term projects Not sure how an MBA... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries; Entrepreneurship
    • June 2014 (Revised September 2014)
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    Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness

    By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    To create the world's healthiest workforce, diversified health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) mandated participation in its "Culture of Health" program globally, customized by location, culture, and specific health needs to offer prevention-focused education,... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare; Employee Motivation; Transformation; Ethics; Health; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North and Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe; Asia
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    Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness." Harvard Business School Case 514-112, June 2014. (Revised September 2014.)
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    Employee Selection as a Control System

    By: Dennis Campbell
    Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior literatures predict that when it is difficult to align incentives by contracting on output, aligning preferences via employee selection may provide a useful alternative. This study... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Decision Making; Governance Controls; Employees; Selection and Staffing; Management Systems; Financial Services Industry
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    Campbell, Dennis. "Employee Selection as a Control System." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-021, August 2010. (Revised September 2010, April 2012.)
    • 11 Aug 2021
    • News

    How to Make Hiring More Equitable

    • 04 Oct 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees

    study with professors Adam M. Grant of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and David A. Hofmann of UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School. Their article, "Reversing... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
    • 29 Mar 2017
    • News

    Effie Epstein Hired As COO of Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures

    • 30 May 2017
    • News

    A change of power: Ford’s outside hire heralds electric era

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