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.
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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...
Susan Silbey and Lotte Bailyn, two MIT faculty members affiliated with the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly, who is Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), has received the 2024 Ellen Galinsky Generative Researcher Award from the Work and Family Researchers Network.
MIT Sloan Associate Professor Nathan Wilmers has been named an incoming Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a leading foundation supporting social science research. This prestigious ten-month fellowship, which begins in September, is awarded to 15-17 scholars in the social sciences each...
While no one can say for sure yet, it’s possible generative AI might reduce the contemporary societal problem of income inequality. That’s one of the conclusions reached by MIT Sloan School Associate Professor Nathan Wilmers in a new analysis.
Zach Tan, a first-year doctoral student in the Economic Sociology research group at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has won the 2024 Rafel Lucea Memorial Research Award.
Much has been written about the potential impact of generative AI in the workplace, but the perspective of one set of key stakeholders has often been left out: workers themselves. What’s more, research has found that incorporating the perspective of end users such as workers into the development an...
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