Companies can redesign work to make it healthier for employees and, in the process, help decrease employee turnover.
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How do women in low-wage service-sector jobs respond to unemployment? That's a question Claire C. McKenna explored in her recent doctoral dissertation in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) PhD program.
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Will Blodgett, MBA ’12, channels his empathy in his work creating sustainable, high quality, and high opportunity affordable housing.
The stakes are high. Post-harvest losses disproportionately afflict not only Africa but also South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America—regions with a combined GDP of USD 16 Trillion and home to over 60% of humanity. As we navigate the complexities of the global food system, Freeze...
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Club Demonstration Services (CDS), the powerhouse partner behind retail giant Costco, provides product samples and demos in more than 800 Costco warehouses across 12 countries, with a strong focus on food. There’s just one problem: Demonstrations, food especially, appeal to in-person customers. The ...
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For Yannik Birkhahn, MFin ’20, the MIT Sloan Master of Finance program was a watershed moment. Diving into amazing opportunities the program has to offer, Yannik realized that he could help make the world a better place through his role in finance.
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Bridget Akinc, EMBA ’13, is CEO of Building Impact, a nonprofit organization in Boston, MA.
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.
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Two big shocks, rapid technological change and COVID-19, have recently rocked retail. But the effects on workers have not been uniform.
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Entrepreneur and MIT Sloan MBA Student, Britt Chong, is building an innovative tool to help communities take action against climate change.
