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."
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.
How does access to a generative AI tool affect work in a call center? That was a research question addressed by MIT Sloan Professor Danielle Li at a recent session of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) weekly seminar series.
In surveys conducted since 2018, a larger share of nonunionized U.S. workers than in previous decades report they are neither supportive of or opposed to voting for a union in their workplace. Instead, these workers are uncertain. That’s one of the key findings of a new report published by the Econ...
Distinguished scholars from across the U.S., Canada, and Europe came together at the MIT Sloan School of Management in early June for a two-day conference in honor of Professor Susan S. Silbey.
What happens to company profits, wages, and consumer prices when union membership becomes more affordable for employees? That’s a question posed in an interesting working paper by Samuel Dodini, MIT Sloan Professor Anna Stansbury, and Alexander Willén.
A recent MIT Sloan doctoral dissertation sheds light on three steps managers can take to empower workers who have ideas about improving the workplace.
The August 2024 issue of the newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is now available online.
Three scholars from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) have been interviewed on “The Work Goes On,” a podcast series hosted by Orley Ashenfelter, the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics, Emeritus at Princeton University.
MIT Sloan Professor Emerita Lotte Bailyn has published a new book, Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You, that she coauthored with four other scholars: Teresa M. Amabile, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall, and Kathy E. Kram.
