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Matt Phillips
Silverman (1968) Family Career Development Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Accounting
Identifying the U.S. Locations that Most Facilitate Cross-Class Mingling
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Hint: They Involve food.
When Managerial Discretion about Compensation Brings Lower Pay
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New research finds that when U.S. companies switched away from standardized pay rates for blue-collar jobs in the late 1970s and 1980s, workers’ real wages declined.
Stansbury Named One of 40 Best MBA Professors Under 40
MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury has been named to the “40-Under-40 Best MBA Professors” list for 2023 by Poets & Quants, an online publication focused on graduate business education.
Spring 2023 IWER Newsletter Available Online
Read the Spring 2023 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
Journal Plans Special Issue Honoring Mary Rowe’s Contributions to Ombuds Field
The Journal of the International Ombuds Association (JIOA) has announced plans for a special issue focused on the scholarly contributions of MIT Sloan Adjunct Professor Mary P. Rowe and their impact on our understanding of the ombuds profession.
Gendered Language in Job Postings Has Little Effect on Applicant Behavior, New Research Finds
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In an effort to attract a diverse pool of talented candidates, many contemporary U.S. employers seek to craft gender-neutral job postings by editing language in the postings that may have masculine or feminine connotations. But how much difference do such practices make in reality? Not that much, su...
Shedding New Light on Contract Employment
New research by MIT Sloan Professor Paul Osterman finds more than one in ten U.S. workers are contract employees—and that they earn less on average than comparable employees in standard jobs and receive less company-provided training.
When Working From Home Benefits Employees—and When It Doesn’t
Is working from home good for employees? New research finds that the answer depends on the circumstances—and in particular, whether at-home work is replacing time in the office or adding to it.