Why do many U.S. colleges give preference to applicants who are relatives of alumni? A new paper coauthored by MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla sheds light on this question.
As a prominent thought leader in industrial relations and negotiations, McKersie often has ventured beyond the bounds of classrooms and scholarly publications to engage in direct action campaigns.
Phyllis Wallace spearheaded a precedent-setting legal decision in the federal case against American Telephone and Telegraph Co., then the largest private employer in the United States.
MIT Sloan has hundreds of seminars every semester bringing in the world’s leading experts on topics from sustainability to finance. Find out more.
Graduates of the IWER PhD program have gone on to take up faculty positions in universities all over the world.
MIT Sloan Professor Douglas McGregor was an influential management scholar whose book "The Human Side of Enterprise" had an enormous impact on management theory.
IWER hosts a weekly seminar on Tuesdays during the academic year. One of the longest-running seminar series at MIT, it features presentations by work and employment researchers from around the world.
A panel of practitioners explores how to solve worker shortages and offers three best practices for success.
Led by MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly, a team of researchers recently completed a multiyear study of how working conditions and worker voice affect worker well-being in e-commerce warehouses.
MIT Sloan School of Management Professor Erin L. Kelly is one of three winners of the 2025 Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) Academic Fellows Award; in addition, two alumni of the IWER PhD program, Janice R. Fine and Andrew Weaver, also won LERA awards this year.
