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MIT labor & employment scholar · 1947–
The research behind "mutual gains."
An MIT Sloan professor and co-author of Healing Together, Kochan has spent decades documenting that "mutual gains" labor relations — where firms and workers pursue shared interests — outperform adversarial ones.
The mutual-gains enterprise
Kochan's research shows that workplaces built on voice, trust, and shared problem-solving deliver better outcomes for firms and workers than the low-road, low-trust alternative.
His studies of the Kaiser LMP and others put hard evidence under the both/and — high-road labor relations raise quality and stability for everyone.
The case for partnership isn't just values — it's evidence; high-trust labor relations are a competitive advantage.
Source: Kochan et al., "Healing Together" (Cornell ILR Press)
The framework they used
Labor-Management Partnership