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MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
At the Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), faculty from MIT Sloan and other departments across the Institute are educating a new generation of researchers to reinvent the ways we work.
The Wisdom of Lotte Bailyn: Envisioning a New World of Work
For decades, MIT Sloan Professor Lotte Bailyn has been calling for changes in the way work is organized -- often in ways that have proven prescient.
The purpose of this paper is to identify ways to bring workers’ voices into the development and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
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In this December 2023 working paper, MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Thomas A. Kochan and five additional co-authors from MIT identify ways to bring workers’ voices into the development and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI).
IWER Newsletter: Women and Work
The December 2023 issue of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter includes a special focus on women and work.
Bridging the Gap: Measuring the Impact of Worker Voice on Job-Related Outcomes
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In this study, the authors reviewed the contemporary literature on working voice measures, conducted two different surveys of U.S. workers, and tested different voice measures to understand their associations with various job-related outcomes. The authors develop a framework that captures important ...
Exploring entrepreneurship in Africa
MIT Sloan students visited startups in Ghana and Kenya to learn from founders.
A Dance with Technology: Recent research on the transformative effects of artificial intelligence and automation on jobs.
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The executive director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at the MIT Sloan School of Management cuts through the hype about the “future of work” — and explains recent research on the transformative effects of artificial intelligence and automation on jobs.
Worker Voice in America's Working Future
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The executive director of the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at the MIT Sloan School of Management explains recent research on what’s gone wrong for U.S. workers — and what can be done about it.
The Link Between Worker Voice on the Job and Job Quality
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New research finds that measuring the extent to which workers have as much say on the job as they think they deserve is an important aspect of evaluating job quality. In a survey of workers, a larger "voice gap" for workers was statistically associated with their having lower levels of job satisfact...