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Prof. Erin L Kelly
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Co-Director, Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER)
Primary DLC
MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT Room:
E62-340
(617) 324-4116
elkelly@mit.edu
https://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/erin-kelly
Assistant
Ieva Paulauskaite
(617) 324-7368
ieva@mit.edu
Research Summary
Professor Kelly’s research has been published in many top sociology, management, and interdisciplinary journals and twice recognized with the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award. Her new book with Phyllis Moen, Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What to Do About It, was published by Princeton University Press in March 2020.
Kelly investigates the implications of workplace policies and management practices for firms, workers, and families with a joint focus on equity, wellbeing, and organizational performance. Previous research has examined scheduling and work-family supports, family leaves, harassment policies, and diversity initiatives in a variety of organizations and industries. Kelly’s early research contributed to our understanding of which diversity policies and programs seem to change organizations and which are primarily “window dressing.”
As part of the Work, Family, and Health Network, Kelly evaluated innovative approaches to work redesign with group-randomized trials in professional/technical and health care workforces. A current project with MIT Sloan colleagues investigates how schedules and staffing strategies in e-commerce warehouses impact workers’ experiences, productivity, and turnover. Kelly is also interested in workers’ voice on the job, and strategies for engaging workers and learning together in different work contexts. Ongoing projects explore different facets of wellbeing and engagement in low- and moderate-wage jobs, including warehouse work, with the goal of identifying promising practices and designing evaluation projects that advance both scholarly and organizational goals.
Kelly is a sociologist and received her PhD from Princeton University and her BA from Rice University. She previously taught at the University of Minnesota.
Recent Work
Books
Publication date:
March 1, 2020
Books
Phyllis Moen,
Prof. Erin L Kelly
Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do about It
Video
2021-Management-Erin-Kelly
September 22, 2021
Conference Video
Duration: 43:1
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Erin Kelly
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Professor, Work and Organization Studies
Co-Director, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
2021-Management-Panel
September 22, 2021
Conference Video
Duration: 46:15
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Erin Kelly
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Professor, Work and Organization Studies
Co-Director, MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research
Helena Song-Hi Pott
CFO, Evonik
Kenneth Koblan
Chief Scientific Officer, Sunovion
Michael Viazzoli
Regional Corporate Banking Executive, HSBC
4.29-21-Work-Future-Erin-Kelly
April 29, 2021
Conference Video
Duration: 14:49
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Erin Kelly
Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Professor, Work and Organization Studies
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