Affiliation:
1. Erin L. Kelly is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Hazhir Rahmandad is the Schussel Family Professor of Management Science and Associate Professor of System Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Nathan Wilmers is the Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management. Aishwarya Yadama is a PhD Student at MIT Sloan School of Management
Abstract
How can employers facilitate economic mobility for workers, particularly workers of color or those without a college degree? The authors integrate a fragmented literature to assess how employers’ practices affect enhanced economic security and mobility. This article first identifies three pathways linking employers’ practices to mobility: improving material job quality, increasing access to better jobs for historically marginalized workers, and promoting sustainability of employment. The authors provide a critical assessment of the research literature on recruitment and hiring practices; pay and wages; promotion practices; scheduling; leaves; diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; and work systems as these practices relate to economic mobility. They then identify strategic questions and feasible designs for enhancing future research on these questions in order to guide policy and management practice.
Subject
Management of Technology and Innovation,Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management,Strategy and Management