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- 30 Jan 2018
- News
The Erosion of Worker Compensation
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Fidelity invests in worker delight
- 11 Jan 2022
- News
A New Era for the American Worker
- 16 Jun 2016
- News
IBM Refused to Lay Off Workers for Decades
- 24 Apr 2019
- News
Workers are revolting against the open office concept
- 2022
- White Paper
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement
By: Matt Sigelman, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson and Gad Levanon
The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement is a new effort to give companies and other stakeholders a set of robust tools that measure how well major employers are doing in fostering economic mobility for workers and how they could do...
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Upward Mobility;
Career Advancement;
Personal Development and Career;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employees;
Wages;
Human Capital;
Recruitment
Sigelman, Matt, Joseph Fuller, Nik Dawson, and Gad Levanon. "The American Opportunity Index: A Corporate Scorecard of Worker Advancement." White Paper, Burning Glass Institute, October 2022 (A joint project with Harvard Business School Project on Managing the Future of Work and Schultz Family Foundation.)
- March 2010 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management
By: Nava Ashraf and Natalie Kindred
This case examines the various considerations relevant to selecting and compensating workers in a context where their work involves a pro-social component. This is relevant to not only health care in Zambia, but to NGO and public sector workers who are both motivated...
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Developing Countries and Economies;
Training;
Health Care and Treatment;
Compensation and Benefits;
Recruitment;
Selection and Staffing;
Mission and Purpose;
Non-Governmental Organizations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Health Industry;
Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, and Natalie Kindred. "Community Health Workers in Zambia: Incentive Design and Management." Harvard Business School Case 910-030, March 2010. (Revised February 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
- 07 Aug 2015
- News
America's persistent problem: Unskilled workers
- 26 Aug 2011
- News
Stop Ignoring the Stalwart Worker
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
Don't Focus on Hiring a Superstar. Just Avoid Toxic Workers
- 06 May 2021
- News
"Hybrid" Return-to-Office Models Could Create Subcaste of Workers
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The Singing, Dancing, Beatifically Happy Workers Of The World
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
How The Pandemic Could Give Workers More Leverage
- 2021
- Working Paper
Being the Boss: Gig Workers' Value of Flexible Work
By: Laura Katsnelson and Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Workers who join the gig economy face a challenging trade-off. Gig work provides worktime flexibility and a sense of being one’s own boss, but gig workers forgo certain protections that employees enjoy. In this paper, we study the work patterns of a large sample of...
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Gig Workers;
Flexible Work Arrangements;
Worker Welfare;
Labor;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Katsnelson, Laura, and Felix Oberholzer-Gee. "Being the Boss: Gig Workers' Value of Flexible Work." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-124, May 2021.
- 28 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
Remote Workers Spend More on Housing. Do They Deserve Higher Pay?
To executives expecting to save on office space when some employees continue working remotely post-pandemic: Not so fast. Makeshift desks and kitchen tables have sufficed for many people working from home to avoid COVID-19. However, permanently remote workers tend to...
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by Kristen Senz
- 05 Jan 2021
- News
Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers
- 26 Jul 2021
- News
Communities Lure Remote Workers with Cash and Perks
- 16 Dec 2015
- News
Harvard Business School Study Highlights Costs Of Toxic Workers
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
continue working from home; this can lead to rival subcultures. Onboarding and integrating new employees is also especially difficult. The major issue with remote workers and motivation appears to be feeling isolated and second-class...
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by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 19 Oct 2021
- Research & Ideas
Fed Up Workers and Supply Woes: What's Next for Dollar Stores?
South China to Los Angeles and Long Beach has gone from $2,500 to $20,000 in the last 18 months. That’s a huge jump. Vietnam right now has a terrible COVID outbreak. They’re locking down places, and that means shutting down factories unless the View Details