By Matthew Bidwell and Federica De Stefano MIT Sloan Management Review Careers are much more complex than they used to be, even within organizations. Now that companies have replaced rigid hierarchies with flatter, more fluid team-based structures to promote agile ways of working, they have also made it much harder for…Read More
By Angela Duckworth MIT Sloan Management Review The act of answering survey questions can increase awareness, which opens the door to development. “Know thyself.” — Socrates I’ve been studying grit for 15 years, but the notion that some people stick with things much longer than others is not at all…Read More
By Reb Rebele MIT Sloan Management Review We need a more nuanced approach to predicting job performance. Have you ever taken an aptitude or work personality test? Maybe it was part of a job application, one of the many ways your prospective employer tried to figure out whether you were…Read More
By Adam Grant MIT Sloan Management Review Confirming what people already believe can help organizations overcome barriers to change. A few years ago, the people analytics experts at Google stunned me with one of their recommendations to managers. They had been studying how to onboard new hires effectively. After running…Read More
By: Federica De Stefano, rocio bonet and Arnaldo Camuffo Academy of Management Journal VOL. 0, NO. ja | This study examines the performance consequences of planned turnover. In particular, we investigate the departure of temporary workers due to the expiration of their contracts. We reconcile the contradictory predictions of collective turnover research—that any type…Read More
By: James J. Choi, Emily Haisley, Jennifer Kurkoski, & Cade Massey PROJECT SUMMARY Researchers tested the effects of including cues, anchors, and savings goals in a company email encouraging employee contributions to their 401(k). IMPACT Researchers found that providing high contribution rate or savings goal examples, or highlighting high savings…Read More
The 2018 Wharton People Analytics Conference Start-Up Competition showcased cutting-edge startups working in the field of people analytics on topics ranging from predictive hiring to employee retention. In these presentations, the five finalists pitch their businesses in the hopes of winning one of two awards: Most Impactful and Most Innovative…Read More
Cade Massey, Practice Professor, Operations, Information, and Decisions at the Wharton School, opens the 2018 People Analytics Conference with an overview of the state of the People Analytics industry (spread and growth) based on LinkedIn data, as well as a summary of the characteristics of conference attendees (location, industry, number…Read More
For the 2018 Wharton People Analytics Conference Case Competition, participants were invited to analyze data from Global Health Corps, a leadership development organization offering competitive fellowships to support global health equity, and recommend strategies to optimize the organization’s application review process. In these presentations, the five competition finalists present their…Read More
Giorgia Lupi, Information Designer, Author, and Co-Founder and Creative Director at Accurat, is an artist whose medium is data. Her work challenges the way individuals approach and communicate data to their organizations. In this presentation from the 2018 Wharton People Analytics Conference, Georgia shares how data can not only describe…Read More
