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Diversity
Identifying the U.S. Locations that Most Facilitate Cross-Class Mingling
Hint: They Involve food.
Aug 24, 2023
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Highlighting Management Practices That Benefit Disadvantaged Workers
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.
Sep 2, 2023
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Emilio Castilla Reflects on the Promise of People Analytics
MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla sees tremendous potential in people analytics, which he defines as a data-driven approach to improving people-related decisions in organizations.
Sep 2, 2023
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Understanding South Korea’s Gender Gaps in Employment and Wages
What factors explain the large differences in employment rates and wages between men and women in South Korea? That’s a question explored in a paper by MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Anna Stansbury, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard of the German Marshall Fund, and Harvard University Professor Karen Dynan that w...
Oct 4, 2023
Alumni
Leadership
Frank & Eileen Founder and CEO on Values and Vision in Entrepreneurship
Frank & Eileen Founder and CEO Audrey McLoghlin shared her experiences with entrepreneurship and philanthropy during an October iLead Speaker Series event.
Jan 14, 2026
Alumni
Climate Change
MIT Sloan's Climate Catalysts Thrive on Collaboration
The MIT Sloan Climate Catalysts event included lightning talks by three community members making a difference in the climate space.
Apr 22, 2024
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Career
What Facilitates—or Impedes—Upward Economic Mobility: An IWER Research Compendium
What factors make it easier—or harder—for workers, particularly those in low-wage jobs, to achieve upward economic mobility and better employment opportunities? The following collection of links highlights some of the research and analysis related to this topic that has been conducted in recent ye...
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Labor
Trends in Worker Voice and Worker Activism: An IWER Research Compendium
The past several years have seen an upsurge of worker activism in the United States and with it, an increasing interest in the concept of worker voice—that is, efforts by workers, either individually or collectively, to have a say on workplace issues that matter to them. This collection of links hi...
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Human Resources
Work and Well-Being: An IWER Research Compendium
This collection of links highlights some of the research and analysis on work and well-being that has been conducted in recent years by scholars affiliated with the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) and their colleagues at other universities.
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Human Resources
Starting a Workplace Health and Well-Being Committee: A Step-By-Step Guide for Managers
A Health and Well-being Committee, or HaWC, is a new form of participatory program that gives employees a chance to voice concerns and ideas for improving the workplace. Developed by researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, the HaWC model ...