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Jonathan Leonard

George Quist Chair in Business Ethics
Chair, Haas Economic Analysis and Policy Group
Haas Organizational Behavior and Industrial Relations Group
1-510-642-7048
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Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: By Appointment Only, F697
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http://groups.haas.berkeley.edu/obir/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Harvard University
AM, Economics, Harvard University
AB, Economics, Harvard College

Positions Held

At Haas since 1982
2004 - present George Quist Chair in Business Ethics
1999 - present Chair, Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1996 - present Center for Organization and Human Resource Effectiveness
1991 - present Professor, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley
1989 Senior Economist, President's Council of Economic Advisers, Washington DC

External Service and Assignments

Board Member: Institute of Industrial Relations
Editor: Industrial Relations , 1986-1992.
Co-editor: Journal of Human Resources, 1988-1991.
Congressional Testimony on Affirmative Action
Consultant to US Department of Labor, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Swiss National Fund, US Department of Labor, Glass Ceiling Commission, OECD, Employment and Immigration, Canada, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung Berlin, US Department of Labor Commission on Workforce Quality and Labor Market Efficiency, Expert Panel on Technology and Employment, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Steering Committee, US House Committee on Education and Labor Affirmative Action Study Project, National Academy of Sciences, Panel on Technology and Employment, US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, US Department of Education, Panel on US Disability Policy, US Commission on Civil Rights.

Current Research and Interests

Employee Incentives
Affirmative Action
Job Creation
Workplace Regulation

Selected Papers and Publications

"Do Birds of a Feather Shop Together? The Effects on Performance of Employee's Similarity with One Another and with Customers." (with D. Levine and A. Joshi), Journal of Organizational Behavior, forthcoming.
“The Effects of Diversity on Business Performance: Report of the Diversity Research Network”, (with T. Kochan et.al.) Human Resource Management , 42 (1), 2003, pp. 3-21.
“How Industrial Relations Affects Plant Performance: The Case of Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing”, (with M. Kleiner and A. Pilarski), Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 55:2, January 2002, pp. 195-218.
“Bringing the Firm Back In”, Labour Economics, 6 (1), 1999, pp. 43-51.
"Wage Disparities and Affirmative Action", American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings, 86:2 (May 1996)
“Worker’s Limited Liability, Turnover, and Employment Contracts” (with M. Van Audenrode), Annales d’Economie et de Statistique, 1996.
"Politique Industrielle et Dynamique de l'Emploi en Belgique" (with M. Van Audenrode), Reflets et Perspectives de la Vie Economique, 33:1/2 (Fevrier 1994). pps. 73-86.

Teaching

MBA251-1 : Human Resources Management
MBA201A-1A Economics for Business Decision Making

Honors and Awards

Russell Sage Foundation Grant, 2003-2005
Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching (Evening MBA Program), 2001
Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching (MBA Program), 1998
Olin Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research, 1985-86
Regents' Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of California, 1985
Stouffer Fellowship at the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies, 1981

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