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- 1985
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The Riskiness of Private Pensions
By: Jerry R. Green
Keywords:
Retirement;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employee Relationship Management;
Risk and Uncertainty
Green, Jerry R. "The Riskiness of Private Pensions." Chap. 12 in Pensions, Labor and Individual Choice, edited by David A. Wise, 357–378. University of Chicago Press, 1985.
- Article
Does Financial Misconduct Affect the Future Compensation of Alumni Managers?
By: Boris Groysberg, Eric Lin and George Serafeim
We explore how an organization’s financial misconduct may affect pay for former employees not implicated in wrongdoing. Drawing on stigma theory we hypothesize that although such alumni did not participate in the financial misconduct, and they had left the organization...
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Keywords:
Financial Misconduct;
Stigma;
Finance;
Crime and Corruption;
Executive Compensation;
Employees;
Compensation and Benefits
Groysberg, Boris, Eric Lin, and George Serafeim. "Does Financial Misconduct Affect the Future Compensation of Alumni Managers?" Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (December 6, 2017).
- Article
The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for the Strategic Compensation of Employees
By: Ian Larkin, L. Pierce and F. Gino
Larkin, Ian, L. Pierce, and F. Gino. "The Psychological Costs of Pay-for-Performance: Implications for the Strategic Compensation of Employees." Strategic Management Journal 33, no. 10 (October 2012): 1194–1214.
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Gender and Free Speech at Google (A), (B), & (C)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-085, 319-095, and 319-097.
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- October 1998
- Case
"Pathways to Independence": Welfare-to-Work at Marriott International
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
In 1991 Marriott International established a program called Pathways to Independence to recruit and train people from the welfare rolls. The program graduated over 1,000 people in eight years and retained about 20% more of its participants than regular hires. Now the...
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Pathways to Independence": Welfare-to-Work at Marriott International. Harvard Business School Case 399-067, October 1998.
- 2023
- Working Paper
Should Workplace Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Mentorship
By: Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert and Christopher Stanton
In a field experiment, we find large differences in productivity treatment effects between voluntary and mandatory workplace mentorship programs. A significant portion of this difference is due to the best employees opting into the program when it is voluntary and...
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Keywords:
Mentoring;
Mentorship Programs;
Randomized Controlled Trial;
Employees;
Relationships;
Programs;
Performance
Sandvik, Jason, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton. "Should Workplace Programs Be Voluntary or Mandatory? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Mentorship." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29148, August 2021. (Revised October 2023.)
- August 2013
- Teaching Note
Atento: Managing the Employee Lifecycle in Brazil
By: F. Asis Martinez-Jerez, Pablo Casas-Arce and Christopher D. Ittner
- January 1990 (Revised October 1999)
- Teaching Note
RKO Warner Video, Inc.: Incentive Compensation Plan TN
By: George P. Baker III
Teaching Note for (9-190-067).
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- September 2005 (Revised July 2006)
- Case
Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota
Uses Ford's and Toyota's financial statements to familiarize students with the information provided in pension footnotes. Allows students to combine that information with other financial statement information to create a greater understanding of the costs of each...
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Miller, Gregory S., Douglas Skinner, and Laura Donohue. "Accounting for Pensions and Employee Benefits at Ford and Toyota." Harvard Business School Case 106-021, September 2005. (Revised July 2006.)
- spring 2004
- Article
Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay-for-Performance
By: Michael Beer and Mark D. Cannon
Beer, Michael, and Mark D. Cannon. "Promise and Peril in Implementing Pay-for-Performance." Human Resource Management 43, no. 1 (spring 2004): 3–48.
- May 1992
- Teaching Note
Jim Sawyer (A), (B), and (C), Teaching Note
Teaching Note for (9-383-029), (9-383-030), and (9-383-031).
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- spring 1986
- Article
Delegating Pricing Responsibility to the Salesforce
By: R. Lal
Lal, R. "Delegating Pricing Responsibility to the Salesforce." Marketing Science (spring 1986).
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
(Image credit: iStockphoto/golero) Uncertainty about the future is always on the minds of leaders. Concern about change defines their primary role. It’s up to others to manage, set and meet goals, etc. Recent polls have shown that many leaders are most uncertain about...
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by James Heskett
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
Hroe Large American companies are less racially integrated today than a generation ago—in fact, businesses have returned to the bleaker segregation levels of the 1970s, new research shows. This racial division among companies was a startling, unexpected finding—one...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Feb 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?
In Hiring, Should We Give Self-Confidence a Greater Weight Than Humility? Summing Up A respondent to this month’s column, Joel, provided the question for this summary. As he asked, "should we be focusing on hiring people who exude more confidence than their...
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by James Heskett
- 18 Mar 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Matching Firms, Managers, and Incentives
- 30 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Fluid Teams and Fluid Tasks: The Impact of Team Familiarity and Variation in Experience
- April 24, 2023
- Article
In the COVID Era, Why Corporate Benefits Demand CEO/CFO Leadership
The expectation that employers provide their employees’ health benefits has been around since World War II. Unfortunately, although today’s employees expect employers to treat them as individuals, ease their experiences, prioritize their wellbeing, and control cost,...
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Keywords:
COVID;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
CEO;
Leadership;
Health Insurance;
Benefits;
CFO;
Compensation and Benefits
Herzlinger, Regina E. "In the COVID Era, Why Corporate Benefits Demand CEO/CFO Leadership." CMR Insights (April 24, 2023).
- February 2023
- Article
Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record
By: Zoë Cullen, Will Dobbie and Mitchell Hoffman
State and local policies increasingly restrict employers’ access to criminal records, but without
addressing the underlying reasons that employers may conduct criminal background checks.
Employers may thus still want to ask about a job applicant’s criminal record...
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Cullen, Zoë, Will Dobbie, and Mitchell Hoffman. "Increasing the Demand for Workers with a Criminal Record." Quarterly Journal of Economics 138, no. 1 (February 2023): 103–150.
- August 22, 2010
- Editorial
For Social Security, a Birthday Makeover: Cut Benefits, but Do It Fairly
By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords:
Compensation and Benefits
Pozen, Robert C. "For Social Security, a Birthday Makeover: Cut Benefits, but Do It Fairly." New York Times (August 22, 2010).