Ideas Made to Matter Leadership

Multiethnic networking, East Asians, and US C-suites

Researcher sheds light on why East Asians are less likely than other ethnicities to attain leadership positions in America.

Mar 28, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Machine learning developers should talk to end users

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Machine learning tools only work if people use and trust them. To achieve this, developers and end users should have a back-and-forth conversation.

Jan 26, 2022
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Multiethnic networking helps break through the “bamboo ceiling”

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Lu’s new research demonstrates that East Asians—but not South Asians—are less likely than other ethnicities to emerge as leaders in multiethnic environments partly because East Asians tend to social

Dec 22, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

The top 10 MIT Sloan news stories of 2021

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From a machine learning explainer to trends in data and artificial intelligence, here are the stories that readers needed most this year.

Dec 1, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Labor

How Phyllis Wallace tackled workplace discrimination

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Phyllis Wallace took part in a landmark 1970s AT&T discrimination case and researched the working lives of young Black women.

Sep 29, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Diversity

How to build organizational inclusion

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Use system dynamics and organizational design to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Sep 22, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Organizational Culture

A 5-part toolkit for fostering worker well-being

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The toolkit includes steps and resources for enhancing employees’ job control, taming job demands, and improving workplace social relationships.

Sep 20, 2021
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Press Health Care

Harvard/MIT Sloan develops “Work Design for Health” framework

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The framework offers new and viable directions for improving worker health and well-being while maintaining or enhancing employee engagement and productivity.

Sep 9, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

MIT Sloan researchers named to Thinkers50 shortlist

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2021 Thinkers50 award nominees include MIT Sloan professors and alumni studying social media, intelligent machines, and digital body language.

Sep 1, 2021
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Press Behavioral Science

Employees’ unethical pro-organization behavior and the harm it causes

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“Unethical pro-organizational behavior" triggers emotional ambivalence by simultaneously inducing both guilt and pride—producing a state of anxiety that can spill over into employees’ personal lives.

Aug 18, 2021
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