Research Areas
Contingent work; careers; firm boundaries; knowledge workers; human resource management
Current Projects
Examining structures of careers for highly skilled workers; Exploring firm decisions about hiring versus promoting workers; Studying causes of gender segregation among MBAs; Investigating causes of changes in employment
Representative Publications
Problems Deciding: How the Structure of Make-or-Buy Decisions Leads to Transaction Misalignment. Organization Science, Forthcoming.
(with F. Briscoe)
Who Contracts? Determinants of the decision to work as an independent contractor among Information Technology workers, Academy of Management Journal, Forthcoming.
Do Peripheral Workers Do Peripheral Work? Comparing the Use of Highly Skilled Contractors and Regular Employees. Indust. and Labor Relations Rev. 62 (2)200-225, 2009.
(with I. Fernandez Mateo)
“Three’s A Crowd? Understanding Triadic Employment Relationships,” in Cappelli, P. ed, Employment Relationships: New Models of White Collar Work, 2008.
Education
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2004; SM, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1997; M.Chem, Oxford University, 1996
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 2008-present.
Previous appointment: INSEAD Visiting appointment: Wharton
Other Positions
Business Analyst, McKinsey & Co, London, 1997-1999
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Research Committee Member, BPS Division of the Academy of Management;
Editorial Board, Organization Science, 2006-present; Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 2009-present