In an effort to attract a diverse pool of talented candidates, many contemporary U.S. employers seek to craft gender-neutral job postings by editing language in the postings that may have masculine or feminine connotations. But how much difference do such practices make in reality? Not that much, su...

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.

During an event at the MIT Sloan School, MIT Sloan Professor of the Practice Zeynep Ton spoke about her recent book, “The Case for Good Jobs."

The Fall 2024 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is available online. The theme is “What Helps—Or Hinders—Career Progress.”

The January 2025 edition of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter is now available online. The theme is "Building an Economy That Works for Everyone."

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...