MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER)
@mitiwer.bsky.social
IWER is a multidisciplinary hub for the study of work & employment, housed at the MIT Sloan School of Management but including researchers from other parts of MIT. Learn more: https://mitsloan.mit.edu/institute-work-and-employment-research/about-iwer
IWER's August 2025 newsletter is now available online. The title of this issue is "'The Meritocracy Paradox' and More: New Works from IWER Researchers.” Read the August newsletter here: tinyurl.com/yk7bbc9p
August 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
IWER's August 2025 newsletter is now available online. The title of this issue is "'The Meritocracy Paradox' and More: New Works from IWER Researchers.” Read the August newsletter here: tinyurl.com/yk7bbc9p
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
May 31, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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
A new edition of the @mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter is now available online. The theme is "Building an Economy that Works for Everyone." Read it here: mailchi.mp/mit/building...
January 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A new edition of the @mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter is now available online. The theme is "Building an Economy that Works for Everyone." Read it here: mailchi.mp/mit/building...
“I am dreadfully worried about the deep, deep divisions in our society,” said Tom Kochan of @mitiwer.bsky.social at a recent faculty panel discussion @mitsloan.bsky.social about the potential impacts of the U.S. election on jobs and the economy: tinyurl.com/yc77ek59
November 6, 2024 at 1:03 AM
“I am dreadfully worried about the deep, deep divisions in our society,” said Tom Kochan of @mitiwer.bsky.social at a recent faculty panel discussion @mitsloan.bsky.social about the potential impacts of the U.S. election on jobs and the economy: tinyurl.com/yc77ek59
Read the new issue of IWER's newsletter, available online: mailchi.mp/f92ce9402716...
August 28, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Read the new issue of IWER's newsletter, available online: mailchi.mp/f92ce9402716...
IWER’s April newsletter is now available online. This issue’s theme is “Generative AI and the Future of Work”: mailchi.mp/dd82ba1d0b55...
April 23, 2024 at 9:47 PM
IWER’s April newsletter is now available online. This issue’s theme is “Generative AI and the Future of Work”: mailchi.mp/dd82ba1d0b55...
Congratulations to MIT Sloan Professor Tom Kochan @mitiwer.bsky.social! He has just been named one of the Charter 30—a list of “30 cutting-edge researchers, visionary leaders, and outside-the-box innovators who are helping us understand and reimagine the modern workplace.” tinyurl.com/3j5b54t8
March 22, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Congratulations to MIT Sloan Professor Tom Kochan @mitiwer.bsky.social! He has just been named one of the Charter 30—a list of “30 cutting-edge researchers, visionary leaders, and outside-the-box innovators who are helping us understand and reimagine the modern workplace.” tinyurl.com/3j5b54t8
The Link Between Worker Voice on the Job and Job Quality: New research from @yaminette.bsky.social, Arrow Minster & Tom Kochan of @mitiwer.bsky.social at MIT and Duanyi Yang & Dongwoo Park of Cornell ILR School: tinyurl.com/ymc7pnmy
February 15, 2024 at 8:44 PM
The Link Between Worker Voice on the Job and Job Quality: New research from @yaminette.bsky.social, Arrow Minster & Tom Kochan of @mitiwer.bsky.social at MIT and Duanyi Yang & Dongwoo Park of Cornell ILR School: tinyurl.com/ymc7pnmy
Could private equity improve workers' job quality? Not without “a massive shift in what private equity firms have traditionally done,” Tom Kochan of MIT IWER and MIT Sloan
told The Job newsletter; he noted private equity's “track record of negative effects.” tinyurl.com/3vrf5syk
told The Job newsletter; he noted private equity's “track record of negative effects.” tinyurl.com/3vrf5syk
January 12, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Could private equity improve workers' job quality? Not without “a massive shift in what private equity firms have traditionally done,” Tom Kochan of MIT IWER and MIT Sloan
told The Job newsletter; he noted private equity's “track record of negative effects.” tinyurl.com/3vrf5syk
told The Job newsletter; he noted private equity's “track record of negative effects.” tinyurl.com/3vrf5syk
Today is the birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards, who 150 years ago became the first woman to graduate from
MIT. She was a pioneer in water quality testing and human ecology; read about her in this month's
@mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter: tinyurl.com/597w6vja
MIT. She was a pioneer in water quality testing and human ecology; read about her in this month's
@mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter: tinyurl.com/597w6vja
December 3, 2023 at 1:15 PM
Today is the birthday of Ellen Swallow Richards, who 150 years ago became the first woman to graduate from
MIT. She was a pioneer in water quality testing and human ecology; read about her in this month's
@mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter: tinyurl.com/597w6vja
MIT. She was a pioneer in water quality testing and human ecology; read about her in this month's
@mitiwer.bsky.social newsletter: tinyurl.com/597w6vja
The December IWER newsletter is now available online; this month's theme is "Women and Work." Read the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/597w6vja
December 2, 2023 at 6:07 PM
The December IWER newsletter is now available online; this month's theme is "Women and Work." Read the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/597w6vja