MIT IWER

@MIT_IWER

Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT Sloan School of Management

Cambridge, MA

Joined September 2017

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jul 24

New in the @ColumbiaUP blog: Professor Emilio J Castilla of @MIT_IWER @MITSloan explains some key findings from his new book “The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them": tinyurl.com/5dtrfnm6

MIT_IWER's tweet card. In this interview, Emilio J. Castilla and Renee Bales discuss the strengths and limitations of meritocracy, the state of merit-based evaluation practices today, and more.

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Columbia University Press@ColumbiaUP · Jul 23

In this interview, Emilio J. Castilla and Renee Bales the strengths and limitations of meritocracy, the state of merit-based evaluation practices today, and why it's worth striving for the idea. buff.ly/DzwjzDa #MeritBasedEvaluation #WorkplaceEquity #FairHiring

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jul 24

New research from @MIT_IWER @MITSloan & @HarvardChanSPH finds that workplace health and well-being committees (HaWCs) can result in lower turnover & improvements in workers’ mental health. Read our new guide for managers about starting a HaWC program: tinyurl.com/yvs46sap

MIT_IWER's tweet image. New research from @MIT_IWER @MITSloan &amp;
@HarvardChanSPH finds that workplace health and well-being committees (HaWCs) can result in lower turnover &amp; improvements in workers’ mental health. Read our new guide for managers about starting a HaWC program: tinyurl.com/yvs46sap

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jul 17

Castilla is one of the best sociologists out there, IMO. I'm very excited to read this book.

MMIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jul 17

"The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them," a new book by @MITSloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla @MIT_IWER, will be published soon by @ColumbiaUP & is now available for preorder: tinyurl.com/56cvrzan

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jul 17

MIT_IWER's tweet image. "The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them," a new book by @MITSloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla @MIT_IWER, will be published soon by @ColumbiaUP &amp; is now available for preorder: tinyurl.com/56cvrzan

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MIT Sloan PhD Program@MITSloanPhD · Jul 16

Join us online next Wednesday, July 23rd at 12 PM ET to learn about getting your PhD in Management @MITSloan! Register here: applymitsloan.mit.edu/register/July2…

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Simon Jäger@simon_jaeger · Jul 11

Very excited that our paper (joint with Jarkko Harju and @Schoefer_B) on "Voice at Work" is published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics. We study what happened when workers in Finnish firms got a right to worker voice on the corporate board. @AEAjournals 👇

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Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI)@PEIglobal_org · Jul 1

📢 New blog: Breaking Through Bottlenecks: Scaling Economic Inclusion in Tough Times peiglobal.org/news/breaking-… Why do Economic Inclusion programs struggle to scale, and what can be done about it? Insights from the 2025 #SkollWF & @PEIGlobal partners #SEI2024 #EconomicInclusion

MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jun 30

Check out our new MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research compendium highlighting research on work and well-being : tinyurl.com/3wpwuydy

MIT_IWER's tweet card. This collection of links highlights some of the research and analysis on work and well-being that has been conducted in recent years by scholars affiliated with the MIT Institute for Work and...

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MIT Sloan School of Management@MITSloan · Jun 21

A new paper from MIT Sloan postdoctoral associate Loaiza and professor Roberto Rigobon finds that work that's dependent on human characteristics such as empathy, judgment, and hope is less likely to be replaced by AI. Learn more: bit.ly/4kWPgPJ

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jun 9

You might not think a committee where workers can share work-related health & well-being concerns would have all that much effect on a workplace. But it can. That’s what Professor Erin Kelly @MIT_IWER @MITSloan & colleagues found in a recent study: tinyurl.com/y4pej88v

MIT_IWER's tweet card. MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly, who is Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), found in a recent multiyear study in e-commerce warehouses that establishing Health...

MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jun 5

There’s a succession dispute at the Mass.-based family-owned supermarket chain @MarketBasket, according to @BostonGlobe. What would help? A mediator, advises @TomKochan @MIT_IWER @MITSloan. The situation needs “fewer lawyers,” according to Kochan: tinyurl.com/yhczt6mp

MIT_IWER's tweet card. A spokesperson for the CEO, Arthur T. Demoulas, says his sisters don’t want his children to take over when he retires.

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Equitable Growth@equitablegrowth · Jun 4

In our #EGEssaySeries, Erin Kelly of @MIT_IWER @MITSloan examines the job quality crisis and how improving conditions reinforces workers' well-being. She also shows how this crisis is linked to right-wing populism and offers solutions to address it. 🔗: equitablegrowth.org/americas-job-q…

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · Jun 2

A new study claims that mass deportations are not the solution to low wages and poor working conditions. Why? Undocumented immigrants aren't the reason workers' wages are low. Check out more key findings from this report on labor enforcement via #EGgrantee @JaniceFine6 ⬇️

JJanice Fine@JaniceFine6 · May 29

1/ Want to help US workers? Enforce labor law, not deportation orders. Undocumented immigrants are not the problem. The problem is the govt’s inadequate response to structural shifts in the economy that undermine worker power. NEW REPORT: smlr.rutgers.edu/sites/default/…

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MIT Sloan Alumni@MITSloanAlumni · Jun 2

The U.S. is experiencing a crisis around job quality. Emerging climate jobs can give workers a living wage, health care, and safe working conditions. bit.ly/3HgbM7R

MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · May 31

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: tinyurl.com/3uw29wsj

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MIT Sloan School of Management@MITSloan · May 30

Clean energy is a sector “where there are huge needs both for the climate issue and for our country’s workforce development,” said MIT Sloan professor Erin Kelly, co-director of @MIT_IWER. At an April event hosted by IWER and the @MITSloanSusty, Kelly and guest speaker Jenny…

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MIT Sloan School of Management@MITSloan · May 28

The U.S. is experiencing a crisis around job quality. Emerging climate jobs can give workers a living wage, health care, and safe working conditions. bit.ly/43sYvBD

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MIT Sloan School of Management@MITSloan · May 29

Facing low wages, poor working conditions, and a lack of training, a third of working Americans can’t afford their basic needs. The transition to a sustainable economy represents a unique opportunity to address those challenges and create fair, well-paying jobs — even amid…

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MIT IWER@MIT_IWER · May 21

In a new essay for @equitablegrowth, Erin Kelly of @MIT_IWER @MITSloan reflects on America's job-quality crisis, how it fuels anger & fear that right-wing populist politicians capitalize on, and how to improve working conditions: tinyurl.com/2k2v35xz

MIT_IWER's tweet card. This essay focuses on the drivers of the job-quality crisis and concrete policy responses to address those drivers.