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Updated “Work Design for Health” Toolkit Launched
An updated and expanded version of the “Work Design for Health” employer toolkit—developed by researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the MIT Sloan School of Management—has been launched.
Dec 19, 2024
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Human Resources
The Surprising Potential of Health and Well-Being Committees
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MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly, who is Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), found in a recent multiyear study in e-commerce warehouses that establishing Health and Well-Being Committees that allow employees to give input on workplace issues significantly reduc...
May 15, 2025
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PayPal and the Financial Wellness Initiative
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In 2015, when Dan Schulman became CEO of PayPal, a digital payments company, many people thought of it as the button they clicked when paying for online purchases. In 2015, PayPal embarked on a new mission: using technology to democratize financial services. In Schulman’s words, it would “turn the ...
Nov 8, 2022
IWER
Research
Selected Journal Articles by Erin L. Kelly Related to Workplace Well-Being
MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly, who is Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), has coauthored dozens of scholarly articles related to well-being in the workplace, with a particular focus on examining the effects of flexible scheduling initiatives on various measu...
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Operations Management
Managed by Q
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In July 2015, Managed by Q co-founder and CEO Dan Teran was trying to decide how best to grow the 15-month old on-demand office cleaning and maintenance company. As Teran saw it, Q, which differentiated itself from the competition by leveraging people and technology, could grow by acquiring customer...
May 24, 2016
IWER
Career
Wilmers Becomes Fourth IWER Faculty Member to Receive Award for Mentoring Graduate Students
MIT Sloan School of Management Associate Professor Nathan Wilmers is one of 23 members of the MIT faculty who recently received MIT’s Committed to Caring award for 2023-25. The Committed to Caring program recognizes MIT faculty members who are exceptional mentors to graduate students.
Jul 8, 2024
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Human Resources
Three Steps Managers Can Take to Empower Workers
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A recent MIT Sloan doctoral dissertation sheds light on three steps managers can take to empower workers who have ideas about improving the workplace.
Aug 23, 2024