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Thanks to the generous support of The Moh Foundation, The Moh Foundation Applied Insights Lab provides opportunities for students, researchers, and organizations to work together to advance the practice of people analytics.
Thanks to the generous support of The Moh Foundation, The Moh Foundation Applied Insights Lab provides opportunities for students, researchers, and organizations to work together to advance the practice of people analytics. Learn more here.
How Do We Manage Remote Work?
In an era where remote and hybrid work models redefine our job expectations and interpersonal relationships, Matthew Bidwell, faculty director at Wharton People Analytics, spearheaded a unique convening series. This initiative brought together professors, students, and industry leaders to craft and refine data-driven, evidence-based strategies. Their goal was to address the evolving challenges faced by businesses and their workforce, ensuring sustainable and efficient operational dynamics in the changing landscape of work.
How Do We Manage Remote Work?
In an era where remote and hybrid work models redefine our job expectations and interpersonal relationships, Matthew Bidwell, faculty director at Wharton People Analytics, spearheaded a unique convening series. This initiative brought together professors, students, and industry leaders to craft and refine data-driven, evidence-based strategies. Their goal was to address the evolving challenges faced by businesses and their workforce, ensuring sustainable and efficient operational dynamics in the changing landscape of work.
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Check out our Wharton People Analytics content feed for everything from academic papers and popular press articles to full conference videos and radio shows from Wharton People Analytics’ faculty, staff and friends.
Contributors: Pham et al., 2024
A new paper from the Wharton People Analytics Applied Insights Teams looks at the evolving field of people analytics, exploring how organizations can harness data-driven strategies to enhance productivity, retention, and employee well-being. This multi-year study sheds light on what distinguishes high-impact people analytics teams across industries. The findings offer valuable insights for leaders looking to introduce or advance people analytics in their organizations. Read more.
Matthew A. Killingsworth, Daniel Kahneman, and Barbara Mellers | The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
Do larger incomes make people happier? Two authors of the present paper have published contradictory answers. Does happiness rise with log (income) and then plateau beyond $75,000/y, as Kahneman found in 2010? Or does happiness rise steadily with log (income) without a plateau, as I’d found in 2021? Read more.
Giovanna Capponi, Matthew Bidwell, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo and Martine Haas |Academy of Management
This paper examines the relationship between international mobility and financial compensation for knowledge workers pursuing business careers. While some theoretical arguments suggest that international mobility may lead to higher pay, others suggest that it may lead to performance problems and lack of recognition, which could reduce financial rewards. Read more.
Stephanie Creary | Knowledge@Wharton
The Wharton School’s Stephanie Creary speaks with experts about how increasing access to accurate data can help drive changes in DEI policies.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal featured new research from Senior Fellow Matt Killingsworth, which suggests that big raises significantly boost happiness even at household incomes of $500,000.
Adam Grant | The New York Times
The neglected middle child of mental health can dull your motivation and focus — and it may be the dominant emotion of 2021.
Why People Analytics?
MIT Sloan Management Review
New to People Analytics?
Explore our collection of insightful articles from Wharton People Analytics Faculty to kickstart your journey!
Adam Grant | February 05, 2019
Confirming what people already believe can help organizations overcome barriers to change.
Can We Really Test People For Potential?
Reb Rebele
Self-Reports Spur Self-Reflection
Angela Duckworth
Career Management Isn’t Just the Employee’s Job
Matthew Bidwell and Federica De Stefano
How You Can Have More Impact as a People Analyst
Cade Massey
Executive Education
Leading Today’s Talent
The future of work is not “coming” — it’s here. From hybrid work to record-setting attrition rates, what it takes to manage your most valuable asset — your people — is changing.
Leading Today’s Talent: Management Strategies for an Evolving Workforce will equip participants with the proven skills required for successful people management — but through the much-needed lens of the ever-shifting future of work.
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