Tag: Work
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Nation & World
Nobel winner sees an unfinished quiet revolution
Claudia Goldin says women have new professional power, but it’s often undercut by unequal ‘hidden work’
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‘Those inequalities are inequalities that occur within households’
The Henry Lee Professor was honored for her research on women in the workplace
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‘I quit’ is all the rage. Blip or sea change?
Lawrence Katz answers questions about the historic wave of workers quitting their jobs during the pandemic.
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Disruption of work relationships adds to mental-health concerns during pandemic
COVID-related workplace interventions have focused on workers’ physical health, but a new study shows that attention should be paid to replacing workplace social networks also disrupted by the virus.
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Democratizing work for the people and the planet
An op-ed that was cosigned by more than 5,000 researchers from universities around the globe, issued an urgent plea: We need to transform the way we work.
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No rest for the graying
With the elderly beginning to outnumber the young around the world, workers, employers, and policymakers are rethinking retirement — what work we do, when to stop, and how to spend our later years.
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Beware of those toxic co-workers
New HBS research finds that avoiding a toxic employee realizes twice the savings of hiring a superstar.
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An author finds her voice
Addressing a diversity dialogue session, author Esmeralda Santiago, who was born in Puerto Rico, recalls how she grew up living in two ethnic worlds, and how she embraced her roots, in life and literature.
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Explaining the baby bust
Postindustrial countries from Japan to Italy are experiencing startling low birthrates, but the entry of women into the workforce isn’t to blame, according to Sociology Professor Mary Brinton, whose research looks at more subtle factors, including attitudes toward men’s and women’s roles in the workplace and the home.
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Rethinking work, beyond the paycheck
Eighty years ago, the idea that workers were purely rational beings motivated solely by money dominated American business. But a famous study known as the Hawthorne Experiments, led by two men at Harvard Business School, helped to found the human relations movement.
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Miss Conduct to conduct online chat
Harvard will host an online chat with Robin Abrahams, the Boston Globe’s Miss Conduct, who also works as a research associate at Harvard Business School, on Jan. 18 at noon. The chat is part of a HARVie series that offers Harvard community members the opportunity to learn from experts across campus.
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Learning the streets, scene by scene
The acclaimed TV series “The Wire” is at the center of “HBO’s The Wire and Its Contribution to Understanding Urban Inequality,” a new course aimed at teaching Harvard undergraduates about inner-city life.