OUR Projects

Our mission is to advance the knowledge and practice of human relationships in industry, commerce, education, and government. One important way we do that is to support the completion of “prac-ademic” research; that is, applied research. These are a sample of recent projects that IRC4HR has proudly helped to sponsor.

More Using AI in ways that enhance worker dignity and inclusion
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Using AI in ways that enhance worker dignity and inclusion


People in under-represented groups are often disenfranchised and not brought along during moments of economic and societal transition.

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Cornell School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) – Future of Work Fellowship


Funded by a philanthropic gift, the ILR Future of Work Fellowship program supports postdoctoral researchers and doctoral students who work with Cornell’s world-leading faculty on innovative and impactful research projects.

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Agent-Based Simulation


The goal of this project is to develop a computer simulation that quantifies the link between elevating the workplace experience of frontline workers and superior business results.

More Job Quality is a Pathway to Alpha
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Job Quality is a Pathway to Alpha


What business results are possible when you redesign jobs? In “Job Quality is a Pathway to Alpha,” IRC4HR is funding development of educational materials and an information campaign to raise awareness of the evidence base regarding the power of improving jobs to generate above-market returns (alpha).

More Work for Tomorrow: Innovating for an Aging Workforce
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Work for Tomorrow: Innovating for an Aging Workforce


Work for Tomorrow is a global innovation competition, led by the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK), which seeks to identify and reward the most promising innovations to address the challenges and opportunities of an aging workforce.

More Bounce Forward: Helping Small Businesses & Workers Thrive Together
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Bounce Forward: Helping Small Businesses & Workers Thrive Together


Work for Humanity (WFH) and Workforce & Organizational Research Center (WORC) are committed to creating an inclusive economy where “every worker has a job worth having” by transforming low-quality jobs into high-quality ones.

More A Capability Framework for Business Ecosystem Leadership

A Capability Framework for Business Ecosystem Leadership


Participants in today’s business ecosystems collaborate in ways that are significantly different than previous collaboration models. This requires a shift in mindset and a new and unique set of management practices.

More The Relational Drivers of Wellbeing

The Relational Drivers of Wellbeing


Learn how people’s connections with others create the essential fabric that underpins well-being through the four pillars of purpose, resilience, personal growth, and physical health.

More Agility at the Point of Execution: How the Most Successful Leaders Drive Team Agility and Productive Collaboration

Agility at the Point of Execution: How the Most Successful Leaders Drive Team Agility and Productive Collaboration


At the start of this study in 2019 – and in the past decade – it was already understood that cross-functional teams and networks are the primary source of innovation and the way that work gets done in most organizations.

More Organizing for Business Ecosystem Leadership: Insights from Expert Conversations and a Global Survey

Organizing for Business Ecosystem Leadership: Insights from Expert Conversations and a Global Survey


Leading and managing the complex networks that constitute a company’s business ecosystem has become a critical capability to compete successfully in the context of digital transformation dynamics, which are disrupting industries and redefining the way business works in the 21st century.