Bio

Molly Weinstein is a PhD student at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Her research explores how the individual and/or cultural idealization of “meaningful” work both helps and hurts American workers and institutions. She does so through two primary streams of research. First, she investigates how workers are affected by desiring and attaining (or in many instances, not attaining) work that they perceive to be meaningful and societally impactful. Second, she looks at corporate efforts to cultivate meaning for employees, specifically through initiatives like corporate social responsibility (CSR). At both the individual and the organizational level of analysis, Molly looks at meaningful work as a double-edged sword that can improve individual, organizational, and societal outcomes, while simultaneously inviting and obfuscating labor exploitation. Molly is a qualitative scholar, who primarily uses interviews and observation in her research. Prior to pursuing her PhD, Molly worked as a corporate social responsibility consultant and a nonprofit advisor. Click here for Molly’s CV.

Publications

Weinstein, M. L., & Hirsch, P. M. (2022). For Love and Money: Rethinking Motivations for the “Great Resignation.” Journal of Management Inquiry, 32(2): 174-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/10564926221141595