Peter Cappelli Faculty Profile

Peter Cappelli
George W. Taylor Professor of Management
Director, Center for Human Resources

DPhil, University of Oxford, 1983; BS, Cornell University, 1978

Research Areas
Human resource practices, talent and performance management, public policy related to employment

Current Projects
Completing a major study of worker characteristics and establishment performance with the Bureau of the Census.

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

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.

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

Representative Publications
"Why Do Employers Pay for College?" Journal of Econometrics (2005).

Talent on Demand: Managing Talent in an Age of Uncertainty. Harvard Business School Press, 2008.

"The New Path to the Top.” Harvard Business Review (January 2005).

"Do Franchises Offer Bad Jobs?" Industrial and Labor Relations Review (2008).