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Alexander Kowalski is an Assistant Professor in the Human Resource Studies department at Cornell University’s ILR School. His research focuses on the consequences of transferring business risk to employees in e-commerce and logistics industries, emphasizing solutions through employee participation and organizational performance. He holds a PhD from MIT and a Master’s in City Planning from UC-Berkeley, with prior experience as an economics reporter for Bloomberg News.
Education:
- PhD in Human Resource Studies, MIT
- Master’s in City Planning, UC-Berkeley
Research Interests:
- Employee participation in workplace problem-solving
- Unpredictable work schedules in e-commerce fulfillment centers
- Impact of robotics and automation on job quality
- Performance pay systems and labor-management dynamics
- Field experiments to improve worker voice and retention
Teaching:
- People and Profits: HR Strategies for Good Jobs (undergraduate/master’s course)
- Building Better Jobs (undergraduate seminar exploring job quality in automation-era workplaces)
Research Contributions:
His studies include analyzing the toll of unstable work schedules, the role of participatory voice channels (e.g., Health and Well-Being Committees), and the effects of collaborative robots on worker satisfaction. Recent work highlights the negative impact of e-commerce competition on warehouse job quality and proposes interventions to mitigate these effects.
