IWER Human Resources

Erin Kelly Wins Award from the Work and Family Researchers Network

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.

Jun 27, 2024
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Ideas Made to Matter Labor

Sharper teeth, stronger bite needed for US minimum wage laws

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New research from MIT Sloan shows stiffer penalties are needed to incentivize employers to pay workers a minimum wage.

Jun 3, 2024
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Press Labor

Companies aren’t complying with minimum wage requirements — why do they take the risk?

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A cost-benefit analysis demonstrates how minimum wage enforcement structures in the US and the UK incentivize noncompliance and quantify the policy changes needed to protect workers.

May 23, 2024
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Accelerated research about generative AI

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Emerging insights suggest road maps, policy recommendations, and calls for action regarding generative artificial intelligence.

Apr 17, 2024
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IWER Human Resources

The Link Between Worker Voice on the Job and Job Quality

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New research finds that measuring the extent to which workers have as much say on the job as they think they deserve is an important aspect of evaluating job quality. In a survey of workers, a larger "voice gap" for workers was statistically associated with their having lower levels of job satisfact...

Feb 13, 2024
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Ideas Made to Matter Organizational Culture

How Lotte Bailyn reframed workplace practices

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Lotte Bailyn’s pioneering research connecting organizational priorities and employee well-being is foundational to work practices today.

Feb 12, 2024
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Ideas Made to Matter Diversity

The stereotype keeping East Asians from leadership jobs

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New research reveals that East Asians are often perceived as less creative and are consequently under-recommended for leadership jobs.

Jan 18, 2024
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI research from MIT Sloan

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Ideas about how to best deploy generative artificial intelligence, how it will affect the workforce, and how it should be regulated.

Dec 18, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

The top 10 MIT Sloan articles of 2023

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Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But it’s humble leadership that leads our list.

Nov 27, 2023
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IWER Human Resources

Mary Rowe’s 50 Years of Service to MIT and the Organizational Ombuds Profession

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2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Mary P. Rowe’s tenure at MIT, where she began as the Special Assistant to the President and Chancellor for Women and Work—a role that evolved into an early organizational ombuds, listening to workplace concerns, from both men and women, throughout the Institute.

Nov 22, 2023
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