Rejected internal applicants twice as likely to quit

Internal job applicants who face rejection are nearly twice as likely to leave their organizations than those who were either hired for an internal job or had not applied for a new job at all, ILR School research finds.

The state of labor in a shifting workplace

ILR School experts continue to help the public, policymakers, labor, management and others understand how the pandemic is impacting the future of work. This Labor Day, we’re highlighting some of the topics ILR experts addressed and their insights on how the world of work will look on Labor Day 2022.

‘Codeswitching’ considered professional, study finds

Black employees who engage in racial codeswitching are consistently perceived as more professional, by both Black and white individuals, than employees who do not codeswitch, according to new ILR research.

Time to change the study of consent

ILR Associate Professor Vanessa Bohns says that consent has been a neglected topic in mainstream psychology. In an upcoming article, she argues now is the time to build a better psychological definition. 

Around Cornell

Summer program preps new students for Cornell

Cornell’s seven-week Prefreshman Summer Program offers new students the opportunity to learn more about the university and its resources before they start their first year on East Hill.

ILR professor gets new kidney – from his colleague

On June 29, long-time ILR School professor Ron Ehrenberg received a new kidney – but that’s just half the story. The kidney came not from a stranger but from his friend and ILR colleague, Adam Seth Litwin.

Staff News

The post-COVID future of the apparel industry

A new paper from ILR’s New Conversation Project differentiates between apparel industry changes brought on by COVID-19 and those that result from the industry’s natural trajectory. 

Around Cornell

Takeout couriers in China quietly strike ‘under the radar’

Cornell research has revealed a new form of bargaining power among Chinese platform-based food delivery workers, who conduct invisible ministrikes by logging out of apps and airing grievances over WeChat.

NSF funds work on flagging bad online behavior

Members of the Prosocial Project have received a four-year, $1.19 million grant from the National Science Foundation for work on understanding the emergence and maintenance of norms to deter negative online behavior.