Dylan Nelson

Dylan Nelson is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at the Gies College of Business, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. His research focuses on how organizational changes like private equity buyouts, performance targets, and employee ownership impact worker well-being, organizational culture, and economic inequality. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and completed a postdoc at MIT Sloan School of Management.

Education:

• PhD in Business Administration, University of Michigan
• Postdoctoral Research, MIT Sloan School of Management

Research Interests: Nelson examines the intersection of corporate ownership structures, management practices, and worker outcomes. His work explores topics such as:
- The effects of private equity strategies on economic inequality and labor dynamics
- How performance target systems influence workplace productivity and employee well-being
- The role of cooperative organizational forms in shaping identity and value creation

Articles Trends: Recent work emphasizes the distributional consequences of corporate control mechanisms, job quality in non-college worker pathways, and hybrid organizational models. Key themes include labor economics, alternative business structures, and quantitative analysis of global cooperative networks.

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