Workplace - Publications - Faculty & Research

January 2003 (Revised May 2003)
Case

Heineken NV: Workplace HIV/AIDS Programs in Africa (A)

This case is the first in a three-part series that explores the multifaceted organizational and strategic choices that companies now face as a result of the global AIDS epidemic. Heineken is considering becoming one of the first companies to offer AIDS drugs... View Details

Keywords: Health Disorders; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Employees; Food and Beverage Industry; Africa

Citation

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24 Aug 2015
News

The Workplace Culture That Flying Nannies Won’t Fix

12 Sep 2024
News

Physical Proximity Has Big Effects in the Workplace

13 Dec 2023
News

Productivity, Not Presenteeism the Priority for New Workplace

05 Feb 2023
News

What Workplaces Gain When Younger Workers Take Sabbaticals

2019
Presentation

On Power, Ambiguity, and Mentoring in the Workplace

December 2024
Article

Human Bias in the Oversight of Firms: Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos and Andreya Pérez Silva

We study the effects of mood as a source of human bias on regulators’ oversight and enforcement decisions. We use weather at facilities at the time of an OSHA inspection to proxy for the OSHA compliance officers’ mood. We find that during periods of good mood due to... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Happiness; Working Conditions; Safety

22 May 2016
Video

2016 G&WS: Rachel Arnett Presents “Harnessing Cultural Identity Expression to Achieve Workplace Inclusion”

October 18, 2024
Article

Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Don’t Achieve Better Outcomes

By: Jazz Croft, Acacia Parks and Ashley Whillans

By 2026, global corporate spending on wellness programs is set to top $94.6 billion, yet anticipated improvements in well-being are not being realized, and, in fact, mental health needs are continuing to rise around the world. Drawing on a large body of recent... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employees; Well-being

Citation

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11 May 2022
Podcast

Virtually present: Meta’s vision for the hybrid workplace

The pandemic has forced businesses to reassess how, where, and when work gets done. The competition to provision this transformation is intense. Facebook parent Meta is looking to bridge the community experience of social media and the collaborative aspects of work via... View Details

27 Sep 2016
News

How Men & Women See the Workplace Differently

19 Apr 2023
News

How to Turn Around a Toxic Workplace Culture

12 Dec 2022
News

What It Takes to Be a Fair-Pay Workplace

20 Jun 2024
News

The Great AI Workplace Experiment with Iavor Bojinov

26 Feb 2021
News

How Minnesota companies can make ‘hybrid’ workplaces work

Video

Mental Illness and the Workplace – Katherine Switz

01 Sep 2020
News

How to Promote Racial Equity in the Workplace

Keywords: racism

January–February 2015
Article

Social Comparisons and Deception Across Workplace Hierarchies: Field and Experimental Evidence

By: Benjamin Edelman and Ian Larkin

We examine how unfavorable social comparisons differentially spur employees of varying hierarchical levels to engage in deception. Drawing on literatures in social psychology and workplace self-esteem, we theorize that negative comparisons with peers could cause either... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Rank and Position; Employees

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October 17, 2023
Article

10 Emotions That Are Undervalued in the Workplace

By: Frances X. Frei and Anne Morriss

In their new book, Move Fast and Fix Things, Frances Frei and Anne Morriss outline five strategies to help leaders tackle their hardest problems and quickly make change. Their fourth strategy is about telling a compelling story about the change you need to... View Details

Keywords: Emotions; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Leading Change