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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
effectiveness of various legal, policy, and organizational interventions designed to reduce bias and enhance equity and inclusion. While she specializes in workplace and economic inequality, she is... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- Student-Profile
Dafna Bearson
wanted to dive into the black box of the firm to ask about management practices, the governance of the business, workplace culture, and more so that I can learn how the collection and intersection of these factors affect work and business... View Details
- 08 Sep 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing
knew the salaries of your peers, would you feel happier in a more equitable workplace? The answer to all these questions is often yes. But sometimes too much transparency can be a bad thing. Open-office designs can make workers less... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
platforms. “How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers” was the most-read story on Working Knowledge in 2016. Other popular topics among our readers included workplace communication, negotiation, white-collar crime,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 25 May 2023
- Blog Post
6 Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Interview Process
research from Harvard Business School faculty and Harvard Business Review contributors. They are designed to help organizations think through the details of their interview process to achieve their recruiting goals and create more... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Uncovering the Virtual Advantage at Humana
employees across a variety of functions worked remotely and in January 2020, Humana was ranked 15th most flexible workplace in the U.S. by FlexJobs. Humana has earned this reputation by offering remote work arrangements, using a variety... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Judith R. Haberkorn, 111th AMP, 1992
cancer survivor, she says the determination, energy, and perseverance she showed in the workplace were crucial in her successful fight against the illness. "I decided from the beginning that I was going to be upfront about it—look my... View Details
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
association, fair pay practices) and whether these codes have affected their business outcomes (e.g., staff turnover and absenteeism, product defect rates, sales growth). In this paper, we review the existing evaluations of other private codes governing View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 22 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
What's the Ideal Frequency for a Sales Quota?
from a Field Experiment, authored by Harvard Business School marketing professors Doug J. Chung and Das Narayandas. “With so many people and resources at stake, the design of the sales force compensation plan becomes of great strategic... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Aug 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs
difficult to create good in-house relationships and there were frequent changes of management, respond much as women do—by investing in external networks. Not all but some of their strategies at poorly managed firms resemble the strategies of women. Q: Are you seeing... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
volunteers “have helped the city capitalize on the innovation sprouting from Silicon Valley, through specific initiatives such as designing the structure of the city’s startup incubator, developing innovative ways to incorporate... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Drive-In Nation
repurposing, with input from everybody,” Snow notes. “But what’s really gotten the Japanese to where they are is the use of technology not only in the manufacturing process, but also in engineering and designing for ‘buildability.’ ” Down... View Details
- 19 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems
The academic study of institutions provides important insights into topics such as job design and health-care reform. But the field is a complex one, and it's not always obvious to outsiders how the intellectual tools of the trade are... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Staying the Course
workplace disruptions all companies have faced. DreamBox, which is based in metropolitan Seattle, the epicenter of the first-known US outbreak of COVID-19, was among the first wave of companies to transition to a fully work-from-home... View Details
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
A company's internal deliberations and changing beliefs about women in the workplace over the course of two decades, particularly about their role as leaders, is the subject of a recent paper that traces how fundamental societal views can... View Details
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
workplace negotiation and the way academics study negotiation are overwhelmingly masculine. But despite evidence that the game is rigged against them, women still believe they'd be better negotiators if they only tried harder. Scholars... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles of 2011
fact, this redundant communication works to get projects completed quickly, according to new research by Harvard Business School professor Tsedal B. Neeley and Northwestern University's Paul M. Leonardi and Elizabeth M. Gerber. The Most Powerful View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Videos - Advancing Racial Equity
Lecturer in Organisational Leadership and Learning at the Queen Mary University of London, presents... 2018 G&WS: Drew Carton presents "When Allies Hinder Minorities in the Effort to Fight Workplace Discrimination" 2018 G&WS: Drew Carton... View Details
- Web
2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
the Atlantic and a LinkedIn influencer. She is an author of Lean In & McKinsey Women in the Workplace reports on the status of women in corporate America. She is an expert on gender, women’s leadership, diversity and inclusion, financial... View Details