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Codeterminining the Future of Work: Lessons From Germany
What can we learn from the way management and labor leaders in Germany are working together to address the future impacts of technology on business and the workplace? In this article, Thomas A. Kochan, Wilma B. Liebman, and Inez von Weitershausen draw on insights from a September 2018 event on this ...
New "Work Design for Health" Framework and Toolkit Available
A new “Work Design for Health” framework and employer toolkit—developed by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Institute for Work and Employment Research at the MIT Sloan School of Management—map how to create work environments that foster worker health and well-being.
Dyer Elected to the National Academy of Public Administration
MIT Sloan Research Affiliate Barbara Dyer is one of 39 leaders in the field of public administration who have been elected to the 2021 Class of Academy Fellows of the National Academy of Public Administration.
Article on Improving Employee Well-Being Published by Harvard Business Review
“7 Strategies to Improve Your Employees’ Health and Well-Being,” a new article by MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly and three colleagues from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was published this week on the website of Harvard Business Review.
New Book "Overload" argues for Redesigning and Improving Work
Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen argue in "Overload" that, in many of today's professional and managerial jobs, "the way we work is not sustainable." The reasons include long hours, multitasking, and pressure to be always available via digital technologies yet also in the office for "face time" during th...
Ushering in a New Era for The MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
MIT Sloan Professors Emilio J. Castilla and Erin L. Kelly are the new Co-Directors of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER). Castilla and Kelly describe the transition at IWER and their plans for the future in the following note.
Can Companies Profit From Being Good Employers?
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In a recent paper, MIT Sloan’s Paul Osterman finds evidence that companies have choices about the wages they pay, and that some companies can be successful through “High Road” employment practices that result in better-quality jobs. But it's not at all clear, he concludes, that such High Road employ...
Using Staffing Platforms to Address Long-Term Care Workforce Shortages During the COVID-19 Outbreak and Beyond
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In this article, MIT Sloan Professor Katherine Kellogg and a team of coauthors describe a project they have been working on involving the use of a specialized online jobs platform to bring new job applicants to open positions at skilled nursing facilities in Massachusetts during the COVID-19 pandemi...
Anna Stansbury Wins 2021 Dissertation Award from Upjohn Institute
MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury is the first-prize winner of the Upjohn Institute’s 2021 Dissertation Awards.