Second Year Paper - MIT Sloan PhD Program

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Second-Year Paper

In addition to taking elective classes, students in the second year of the program are expected to complete an independent research project, also know as the Second-Year Paper. This paper is often a student's first attempt at serious independent research.

Denise Lewin Loyd, Assistant Professor of Organization Studies, Behavioral and Policy Sciences (BPS), explores the impact of expectations on group processes.