| Thomas
A. Kochan
George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management
Professor of Engineering Systems
Co-director, Institute
for Work and Employment Research at MIT
Sloan School of Management
Chair of the Faculty, MIT, 2009
Thomas A. Kochan is the George
Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at MIT's Sloan School
of Management and Co-Director of both the MIT Workplace
Center and of the Institute for Work and Employment Research.
He came to MIT in 1980 as a Professor of Industrial Relations.
From 1988 to 1991 he served as Head of the Behavioral and
Policy Sciences Area in the Sloan School. Prof. Kochan came
to MIT from Cornell University where he was on the faculty
of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations from 1973
to 1980.
In 1973, he received his Ph.D.
in Industrial Relations from the University of Wisconsin.
Since then he has served as a third-party mediator, fact
finder, and arbitrator and as a consultant to a variety
of government and private sector organizations and labor-management
groups. He was a consultant for one year to the Secretary
of Labor in the Department of Labor’s Office of Policy
Evaluation and Research.
He has done research on a variety
of topics related to industrial relations and human resource
management in the public and private sector. Some of his
recent books include: Restoring the American Dream:
A Working Families’ Agenda for America; Management:
Inventing and Delivering its Future; Working in America:
A Blueprint for the Labor Market, Learning from Saturn;
Managing for the Future: Organizational Behavior and Processes,
3rd edition, 2004; An Introduction to Collective
Bargaining and Industrial Relations, 3rd ed. 2003;
In 1988 his book, The Transformation of American Industrial
Relations received the annual award from the Academy
of Management for the best scholarly book on management.
Professor Kochan is a Past President
of both the International Industrial Relations Association
and the Industrial Relations Research Association (IRRA).
In 2001 he was listed in Who’s Who in America and
in 2000 he was listed in Blackwell’s Dictionary of
Management Scholars. In 1999 he was awarded Doctor Honoris
Cause from the University de San Martin de Porres de
Lima. He received the Heneman Career Achievement Award from
the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management
in 1996. He was elected to the National Academy of Human
Resources in 1997. He was named the Centennial Visiting
Professor from The London School of Economics in 1995. From
1993 to 1995 he served as a member of the Clinton Administration's
Commission on the Future of Worker/Management Relations.
News and announcements:
Books
Published by Thomas A. Kochan
Thomas Kochan quoted in New
York Times article about today's job market (The New
York Times - September 26, 2009)
Thomas Kochan quoted in Boston
Globe article about union president
Thomas
Kochan writes about labor law reform (September 9, 2009
- CBSNews.com)
Thomas
Kochan mentioned in op-ed on unions (The Washington
Post - May 13, 2009)
Thomas Kochan and study on union campaigns
“Unions
see good shot at winning change in federal labor law”
Chicago Tribune (January 11, 2009)
Thomas Kochan and effects of the economy on
the workplace “'Tis Not The Season For Retail Jobs”
National Public Radion, “Morning Edition” (November
19, 2008) audio
on site
"Dilemma
of a downturn: to force pay cuts or slash jobs?”
Financial Times (.pdf) (November 5, 2008)
Prof. Thomas Kochan and effects of the current
economy on the workforce “Economy
Heightens Debate Over Bill to Ease Union Organizing”
Wall Street Journal (November 1, 2008)
Thomas Kochan talks about the economy and
the Mass. workforce “More
Mass. Workers Seeking Second Jobs” Morning Edition,
WBUR (October 28, 2008)
Prof.
Thomas Kochan quoted in USA Today article on the economy
and health (October 9, 2008)
Prof.
Thomas Kochan quoted in Boston Globe story on union membership
(September 4, 2008)
Sloan
Prof. Thomas Kochan in the Hartford Courant, on Connecticut's
minimum wage – Lawmakers to Take Up Rell's Wage Hike
Veto (June 25, 2008)
Boston
Globe: Prof. Kochan on board recommending pay hikes for
Mass. judges and political leaders (June 23, 2008)
Prof.
Kochan in Hartford Courant – Gas Prices Reshaping
Hiring Practices (June 18, 2008)
Prof.
Thomas Kochan in the Christian Science Monitor, on a boost
in the number of minorities working toward PhDs (June
5, 2008)
Prof.
Kochan in Washington Post – Rising Health Costs Cut
into Wages (April 1, 2008)
Prof.
Kochan featured in Financial Times (June 16, 2006)
Prof.
Tom Kochan quoted in USA Today on do-it-yourself airline
service (February 22, 2006)
Prof.
Tom Kochan Publishes New Book, Restoring the American Dream:
A Working Families' Agenda for America (October 5, 2005)
Tom
Kochan, Colleagues Win Award for Diversity Paper (July
7, 2004)
Tom
Kochan, Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld Give Keynote Address at
National Labor-Management Conference (June 4, 2004)
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