Labor - Publications - Faculty & Research

2003
Book

Reader in Gender, Work and Organization

By: R. Ely, E. Foldy and M. Scully

Keywords: Gender; Organizations; Labor

Citation

17 Aug 2018
News

Worker Representation on Boards Won’t Work Without Trust

2007
Other Unpublished Work

Wage Policies and Incentives to Invest in Firm-Specific Human Capital

By: George P. Baker and Cristian Voicu

Keywords: Human Capital; Wages; Investment; Motivation and Incentives

Citation

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Paid for Success: Options for Compensating CEOs

When large public companies perform poorly, do the CEOs running them share the financial pain? That question, according to HBS associate professor Brian Hall, is not answered by looking at their salary and bonus but rather by a careful examination of their stock and... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

14 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Right Fit for Software Testing

If there is one job that many software analysts and programmers cannot stand, it is testing software on the path to launch. The grinding concentration and repetitive nature of the tasks serve to drive many techies around the bend. Testing—due in no small part to the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services; Computer

13 Sep 2006
Op-Ed

Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do

Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue will not go away. Directors are... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch

June 1988
Supplement

Bethoney Manufacturing: Interview with Plant Manager and Union President, Video

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Labor and Management Relations

Citation

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2002
Chapter

Helping Managers Assess the Value of Human Capital

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Keywords: Human Capital; Valuation

Citation

July 1991 (Revised May 1995)
Case

Work: Craft and Factory in Nineteenth-Century America

Illustrates conditions of work for two types of 19th-century workers: an itinerant craftsman and New England textile factory "operatives," most of whom were women. The contrast is between freedom and geographical and occupational mobility for the craftsman, versus... View Details

Keywords: Working Conditions; Gender; New England

Citation

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16 Dec 2014
News

H-1B work visa full of uncertainties for immigrants

13 May 2019
News

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

05 Nov 2013
First Look

First Look: November 5

accountants, and lawyers are significantly more active in voicing dissent. Lastly, we show that dissent is consequential to both the director and the firm. For directors, dissent significantly increases one's likelihood of exiting the director View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

December 16, 2020. Summing up last month’s column My column last month about job training inequality and economic growth sparked many insightful comments about the role of markets as arbiters of fairness and the nature of competition for factors of production. Some... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Jun 2015
News

Special Presentation: Karen Gordon Mills

23 Nov 2013
News

Are American Workers the Best?

28 Oct 2020
News

Here’s what workers lose by working from home for long periods—or permanently

25 Jun 2020
News

How to Start a New Job Remotely, According to Experts

Portrait Project

Chirag Shah

A single, impoverished mother, only 15 years old, gave birth to the first baby I delivered in medical school. Bringing a new life into the world was nothing short of a miracle. However, caring for this young woman, all alone, through the challenge of View Details