relations and his publications includeDemocracy and Participation at Work(Pal-
grave Macmillan), edited with Jeff Hyman and Paul Thompson.
Bruce E. Kaufmanis Professor of Economics and Senior Associate of the W. T.
Beebe Institute of Personnel and Employment Relations at Georgia State Univer-
sity. His research interests span labor markets, industrial relations, and human
resource management, and his books includeThe Global Evolution of Industrial
Relations(ILO).
Sven Kepesis a doctoral candidate in management at the Sam Walton College of
Business, University of Arkansas, where he is researching in the areas of strategic
HRM, compensation, and employee turnover.
Ian Kessleris Reader in Employment Relations at Said Business School, Oxford
University, and a Fellow of Templeton College. His research interests include
reward strategies, employee communications, and the psychological contract.
Brian Kimis a doctoral candidate in psychology at Michigan State University where
he is conducting research on selection instruments and processes.
Nicholas Kinnieis Reader in Human Resource Management in the School of
Management at the University of Bath. His research concerns the links between
HRM and organizational performance, the role of people management practices
in professional service firms, and HRM in customer response centers, and he is the
co-author ofUnderstanding the People and Performance Link: Unlocking the Black
Box(CIPD) with John Purcell, Sue Hutchinson, Bruce Rayton, and Juani Swart.
Thomas Kochanis the George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management at MIT’s
Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of the MIT Workplace Center and
the Institute for Work and Employment Research. His research covers a variety of
topics in industrial relations and human resource management and his recent
books includeRestoring the American Dream: A Working Families’ Agenda for
America(MIT Press).
Ellen Ernst Kossekis a Professor of Human Resource Management and Organiza-
tional Behavior at Michigan State University’s Graduate School of Labor and
Industrial Relations. Her interests span human resource management, organiza-
tional support of work/life integration, and diversity, and her books includeWork
and Life Integration(Lawrence Erlbaum Associates) with Susan Lambert.
Gary Lathamis Secretary of State Professor of Organizational Behaviour in the
Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. His research traverses
goal-setting, employee motivation, performance appraisal, training, organizational
justice, and organizational citizenship in the workplace.
David Lepakis Professor of Human Resource Management in the School of
Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University. He is interested in the
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