New research by MIT Sloan Professor Nathan Wilmers and two coauthors finds that having certain kinds of tasks in a job description allows new employees, including frontline workers, to earn more.
Thousands of graduating students, alumni, and their families came to campus at the end of May for the 2024 commencement ceremonies and Reunion celebrations. Among the returning graduates were 1,404 Sloanies and their guests who attended MIT Sloan Reunion 2024.
How will the U.S. election affect jobs and the economy? That was the topic of a panel discussion held October 29th, 2024 at the MIT Sloan School of Management. The event, which was sponsored by the MIT Sloan People and Organizations Club and the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER...
Faculty presented the latest insights from their work in corporate leadership, precision medicine, climate policy, personal finance, and deep tech during MIT Sloan Reunion 2025.
Mayor Miro Weinberger of Burlington, VT is showing how the En-ROADS climate solution simulator—a global model—can be useful to decision-makers at the local level.
MIT Sloan researchers reviewed and analyzed the findings of more than 360 academic articles to identify employer practices that have a positive effect on the economic mobility of disadvantaged workers, including those without a college degree and workers of color. Here's what they found.
MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla’s new book, "The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them," published by Columbia University Press, is now available.
New research by MIT Sloan Professor Paul Osterman finds more than one in ten U.S. workers are contract employees—and that they earn less on average than comparable employees in standard jobs and receive less company-provided training.
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.
What happens when manufacturing companies regularly incorporate worker feedback and ideas into their production processes? New research coauthored by MIT Sloan Professor Nathan Wilmers finds that productivity is generally higher—and so is production worker pay.
