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Great article about Nate Wilmers of MIT IWER:

Nathan Wilmers, the Erwin H. Schell Associate Professor of Management, is one of two professors named to the 2023–25 Committed to Caring cohort by MIT graduate students.

Learn more at the link in the comments.

📷: Kelly Davidson

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research - IWER

What is a workplace health and well-being committee--and why do you need one? Learn about the benefits of health and well-being committees in this new article from the MIT Sloan School of Management:

What is a workplace health and well-being committee — and why do you need one? | MIT Sloan Through intellectual rigor and experiential learning, this full-time, two-year MBA program develops leaders who make a difference in the world.

The August 2025 issue of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter is now available. Read it here:

"The Meritocracy Paradox" and more Dear Colleagues and Friends of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER): August is traditionally the perfect month to catch up on reading—and I am thrilled to alert you to a fascinating new book for your reading pleasure and edification. IWER Co-Director Emilio J. Castilla’s ...

MIT Sloan research explores how employee input can improve workplace conditions in fulfillment centers, where jobs offer decent wages and don’t require college degrees. “The human element here is the signal of being respected, of being heard,” Erin Kelly says. https://betterworld.mit.edu/spectrum/issues/spring-2025/listening-to-frontline-workers/

The Spring 2025 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is now available online. The theme of this issue is "Exploring the Connections Between Work and Well-Being." Read it here: https://tinyurl.com/3uw29wsj

"How do you transition from a life that's centered around your work…to one that isn’t?”
That, Lotte Bailyn of the MIT Sloan School of Management explained at a recent presentation, is the research question that motivated a new book she coauthored on the process of retiring: https://tinyurl.com/bd73ncne

FMLA may be weak, but it does help women advance in the workforce | MIT Sloan Through intellectual rigor and experiential learning, this full-time, two-year MBA program develops leaders who make a difference in the world.

The January 2025 edition of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) newsletter is now available online. The theme is "Building an Economy That Works for Everyone." Read the newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/mit/building-an-economy-that-works-for-everyone-jan-2025

Read the Fall IWER newsletter online. The theme is "What Helps—or Hinders—Career Progress": https://mailchi.mp/mit/iwer-october-2024-newsletter-12829181

The MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is delighted to offer a warm welcome home to Richard M. Locke, newly announced as the incoming Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management:

Richard Locke PhD ’89 named dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management Richard Locke, a prominent scholar and academic administrator with a wide range of leadership experience, has been named the new dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Read the new issue of IWER's newsletter, available online: https://mailchi.mp/f92ce9402716/worker-voice-and-empowerment

New article from The Boston Globe explores the 10-year anniversary of the successful employee protests at Market Basket supermarkets. “It’s still the most unprecedented worker action that we’ve seen in our century,” said Tom Kochan of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research - IWER at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

‘Part of something bigger than yourself’: Shoppers, employees remember the Market Basket summer of 2014 - The Boston Globe From climbing atop barren shelves to rival grocers' receipts taped to windows, the demonstrations at the New England grocer 10 years ago have become the stuff of folklore.