Health

Ineffective Workplace Wellness

By Marilyn Harris

A University of Illinois workplace wellness program reveals the central role of self-selection by participants. A Research article from the Spring 2020 issue.

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Other People’s Money

By Anat R. Admati 2

When corporate engagement with governments serves narrow interests and money is critical for campaigns and influence, the system causes “corruptive dependencies,” exacerbates inequality, and leads to the perception that our “captured economy” is rigged and unjust. Part of the Winter 2020 issue's Realizing Democracy supplement funded by the Ford Foundation.

Education

The United States Needs Career-Connected Learning

By Gov. Jay Inslee & Abigail Smith 1

With a study-and-work approach, we can create more opportunities for more students beyond high school. A Viewpoint from the Fall 2019 issue.

Business

The Company You Keep

Review By Marina Gorbis 1

Management scholar Sarah Kaplan argues in The 360° Corporation: From Stakeholder Trade-offs to Transformation that the trade-offs businesses confront in dealing with multiple stakeholders present opportunities for growth and innovation. A book review from the Fall 2019 issue.

Fall 2019

Business

The Roots of Workplace Gender Inequality

By Marilyn Harris

Executives who cite work-family conflict to explain lack of female advancement in firms embrace a myth to preserve the status quo. A research report from the Summer 2019 issue.

Health

Pay, Productivity, and Depression

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Performance-based pay forces many employees to choose between leaving or suffering mental illness. A research report from the Summer 2019 issue.

Business

The Cost of Financial Precarity

By Carrie Leana 1

Anxiety about debt and financial stability can severely reduce the productivity and health of employees, which can hurt a company’s bottom line. Businesses, government, and philanthropic organizations should embrace the case for improving the financial well-being of workers.