Education
DPhil, University of Oxford, 1983; BS, Cornell University, 1978
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
Best Paper Award, Human Resources Division, Academy of Management, 1993; Best paper, Organizational Dynamics, 1997; Top 5 Papers in Economics of Employment, 2001-2002; University of Minnesota Industrial Relations Award; MBA Core Teaching Award, 1998-2001; Miller-Sherrerd MBA Core Teaching Award, 2002, 2006; Executive MBA Teaching Award, 2002, 2005, 2006; elected to National Academy of Human Resources, 2004.
Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1985-present (named George W. Taylor Professor of Management, 1999; Chairperson, Management Department, 1995-99; Director, Center for Human Resources, 1990-present). Previous appointments: University of California, Berkeley; University of Illinois; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Positions
Co-Director, U.S. Department of Education National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce, University of Pennsylvania, 1991-present; Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2001-present
Professional Leadership 2005-2009
Distinguished Scholar, Ministry of Manpower, Singapore; Senior Advisor to the Kingdom of Bahrain, 2003 to 2005; Editor, Academy of Management Executive, 2004-2007; National Academy of Sciences committee member, 2003, 2005, 2007; Graduate Management Admissions Council Research Board, 2005-present; Member of Human Capital Working Group, Philadelphia’s CEO Council for Growth 2006; Editorial Board, Organizational Dynamics, Journal of Industrial Relations, Industrial Relations, Administrative Science Quarterly, Employee Relations (U.K), and Industrial and Labor Relations Review
