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- 11 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Marissa Mayer Should Bridge Distance Gap with Remote Workers
cutting-edge company again, that would be even better. Second, Mayer should begin thinking about the organizational fallout from her decision. Some observers suggest that she may simply want many people who work from home to leave Yahoo!—a decision that tars all remote... View Details
- 29 Oct 2021
- News
Ask Help Desk: How Remote Workers Can Separate Work and Home Lives
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock
Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder Stavros earned an hourly wage and... View Details
- June 2002
- Article
Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success
By: M. G. Alles and S. Datar
Alles, M. G., and S. Datar. "Control Implications of Worker Identification with Firm Sales Success." Management Accounting Research 13, no. 2 (June 2002): 173–190.
- 29 Nov 2023
- Podcast
Why employers need to tune in to worker preferences
Sander van’t Noordende, CEO of HR services giant Randstad, on navigating the new normal of talent scarcity, an aging workforce, and AI. View Details
- 28 Jan 2023
- News
See Workers as Workers, Not as a College Credential
- 25 Nov 2011
- News
The Hotel Workers Who Saved Lives During Mumbai Attacks
- February 2023
- Article
Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record
By: Zoë Cullen, Will Dobbie and Mitchell Hoffman
State and local policies increasingly restrict employers’ access to criminal records, but without
addressing the underlying reasons that employers may conduct criminal background checks.
Employers may thus still want to ask about a job applicant’s criminal record... View Details
Cullen, Zoë, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. "Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record." Quarterly Journal of Economics 138, no. 1 (February 2023): 103–150.
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management
By: Nava Ashraf and Kristin Johnson
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Training; Health Care and Treatment; Compensation and Benefits; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Mission and Purpose; Non-Governmental Organizations; Motivation and Incentives; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, and Kristin Johnson. "Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 914-024, February 2014. (Request a courtesy copy.)
- 05 Mar 2014
- News
How A Sense Of Community Could Transform Selfish Workers
- 27 Jun 2022
- News
Abortion Travel Benefit Unlikely to Reach Many Low-Wage Workers
- 24 Jun 2021
- News
Study Shows CEO and Worker Pay Gap Is Widening
- 18 Feb 2019
- News
The quest for affordable childcare is crippling U.S. workers
- March 2022
- Article
Revealing Corruption: Firm and Worker Level Evidence from Brazil
By: Emanuele Colonnelli, Spyridon Lagaras, Jacopo Ponticelli, Mounu Prem and Margarita Tsoutsoura
We study how the disclosure of corrupt practices affects the growth of firms involved in illegal interactions with the government using randomized audits of public procurement in Brazil. On average, firms exposed by the anti-corruption program grow larger after the... View Details
Colonnelli, Emanuele, Spyridon Lagaras, Jacopo Ponticelli, Mounu Prem, and Margarita Tsoutsoura. "Revealing Corruption: Firm and Worker Level Evidence from Brazil." Journal of Financial Economics 143, no. 3 (March 2022): 1097–1119.
- April 13, 2020
- Article
4 Things Workers Need from Their Companies Right Now
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "4 Things Workers Need from Their Companies Right Now." CNN.com (April 13, 2020).
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
Oil Plunge Sends Energy Workers Back to Business School
- 05 Jan 2021
- News
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers
- November 2022
- Case
Para: Pay Transparency and Gig Drivers' Rights
By: Christopher Stanton and George Gonzalez
The case presents the founding vision and early days of a young startup that seeks to empower delivery drivers with tools and transparency. The company's flagship mobile app has been taken up by tens of thousands of delivery drivers across major U.S. cities who use it... View Details
Keywords: Gig Workers; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Applications and Software; Disruptive Innovation; Compensation and Benefits; Technology Industry; San Francisco
Stanton, Christopher, and George Gonzalez. "Para: Pay Transparency and Gig Drivers' Rights." Harvard Business School Case 823-072, November 2022.
- 04 Dec 2013
- News