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- 2020
- Working Paper
Social Attachment to Place and Psychic Costs of Geographic Mobility: How Distance from Hometown and Vacation Flexibility Affect Job Performance
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Ohchan Kwon
Using a natural experiment and field interviews, this paper studies how social attachment to place imposes psychic costs on workers who experience geographic mobility. This is especially salient when workers are assigned to locations far from their hometown, which may... View Details
Keywords: Distance From Hometown; Social Attachment To Place; Psychic Costs; Worker Performance; Natural Experiment; Geographic Location; Familiarity; Employees; Performance; India
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Ohchan Kwon. "Social Attachment to Place and Psychic Costs of Geographic Mobility: How Distance from Hometown and Vacation Flexibility Affect Job Performance." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-010, August 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- 03 Apr 2020
- Working Paper Summaries
Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock
- 2020
- Working Paper
Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Wesley W. Koo and Xina Li
Prior research has documented that during mortality-related crises workers face psychic costs and are motivated to make social contributions. In addition, management practices that encourage workers to make social contributions during a crisis create value for firms.... View Details
Keywords: Crisis; Social Contributions; Work From Home (WFH); Cannot Work From Home (CWFH); Social Distancing; Online Communities; Coronavirus; COVID-19; Health Pandemics; Employees; Working Conditions; Internet and the Web; Crisis Management
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, Wesley W. Koo, and Xina Li. "Working (From Home) During a Crisis: Online Social Contributions by Workers During the Coronavirus Shock." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-096, March 2020. (Revised April 2020.)
- 24 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
How Kayak Users Built a New Industry
forms: It can be time and effort, knowledge, or money. But the cost has to be reasonably low, and the perceived psychic reward to the user has to be high enough to justify the cost. Perceived rewards are... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity
workplace friendships, firms can minimize the psychological costs of homesickness, which increase depending on how far the employee is from home, according to Choudhury’s study, Social Attachment to Place and View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 12 Jan 2004
- What Do You Think?
How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?
intrinsic value regardless of their quality. They keep people occupied and out of trouble. Crime rates historically have varied inversely with employment. The loss of any job has social costs greater than the loss of income. But do we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
have lower compensation. On the one hand, the higher level of intrinsic motivation leads founders to willingly—even eagerly—take lower compensation. This voluntary side was captured by a VC who maintained, "The Founder CEO benefits from 'soft' compensation, such... View Details
- 09 Dec 2008
- First Look
First Look: December 9, 2008
discussion of how ownership concentration constrains restructuring alternatives, how hedge fund investors might confront controlling shareholders, and how the mispricing of agency costs can give rise to ownership structures that allow for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace