Erin Kelly

Erin L. Kelly is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research. Her research focuses on workplace policies and management practices, with an emphasis on equity, wellbeing, and organizational performance. She has published in top sociology, management, and interdisciplinary journals and has been recognized with the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award twice. Her book, Overload: How Good Jobs Went Bad and What We Can Do About It, co-authored with Phyllis Moen, was published by Princeton University Press in 2020 and received the 2021 Max Weber Award. Kelly investigates the impact of work conditions on workers’ experiences, well-being, productivity, and turnover, with ongoing projects examining e-commerce warehouses and strategies for engaging workers in different work contexts.