Professor Emeritus | George Quist Chair in Business Ethics | Distinguished Teaching Fellow
Economic Analysis & Policy | Sustainability
About
Jonathan S. Leonard holds the George Quist Chair in Business Ethics Emeritus at Berkeley Haas and teaches strategy and microeconomics, as well as the popular elective “Strategy, Structure, and Incentives.” As an applied micro-economist, his research focuses on labor market regulation, job turnover and incentives.
Expertise and Research Interests
- Employee Incentives
- Affirmative Action
- Job Creation
- Workplace Regulation
- Arindrajit Dube, Laura Giuliano, Jonathan Leonard. Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior. American Economic Review.
February 2019 - Jonathan S. Leonard. The Cost of Upstream Strikes. Proceedings of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
2013 - J. Leonard, L. Ding, M. Kleiner, and A. Pilarski. The Influence on Resale Prices of Labor Management Disputes in Aircraft Manufacturing. Proceedings of the Labor and Employment Relations Association.
2013 - Laura Giuliano, David I. Levine, and Jonathan S. Leonard. Racial Bias in the Manager-Employee Relationship An Analysis of Quits, Dismissals, and Promotions at a Large Retail Firm. Journal of Human Resources.
2011 - Jonathan S. Leonard, David I. Levine, and Laura Giuliano. Customer Discrimination. The Review of Economics and Statistics.
2010 - J. Leonard, L. Giuliano, and D. Levine). Manager Race and the Race of New Hires. Journal of Labor Economics.
2009 - J. Leonard and A. Mas. Welfare Reform, Time Limits, and Infant Health. Journal of Health Economics.
2008 - J, Leonard and D. Levine. The Effect of Diversity on Turnover: A Large Case Study. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
2006 - Thomas Kochan, Katerina Bezrukova, Robin Ely, Susan Jackson, Aparna Joshi, Karen Jehn, Jonathan Leonard, David Levine, and David Thomas. The Effects of Diversity on Business Performance: Report of the Diversity Research Network. Human Resource Management.
2003 - Morris M. Kleiner, Jonathan S. Leonard and Adam M. Pilarski. How Industrial Relations Affects Plant Performance: The Case of Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing. ILR Review.
2002 - J. Leonard, M. Van Audenrode, and B. Mulkay. Compensation Policies and Firm Productivity. The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data.
1999 - J. Leonard and M. Van Audenrode. Corporatism Run Amok: Job Stability and Industrial Policy in Belgium and the United States. Economic Policy.
1993 - Jonathan S. Leonard. Executive Pay and Firm Performance. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
1990
At Haas since 1982
2004 – present, George Quist Chair in Business Ethics, Haas School of Business
2002, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Haas School of Business
2002 – 2004, Thomas J. Fitzmyers and Barclay Simpson Distinguished Professor of Corporate Responsibility
1999 – 2008, Chair, Economic Analysis and Policy Group, Haas School of Business
1991 – present, Professor, Haas School of Business
1989 – 1991, Harold Furst Associate Professor of Management Philosophy and Values
1989, Senior Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers, Washington, DC
- 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.
- 2011 – 2012, Chair, Haas Part-Time and Executive MBA Programs Committee
- 2010 – 2011, Member, Berkeley Academic Senate Divisional Council
- 2010 – 2011, Chair, Berkeley Academic Senate Committee on Committees
- 2005 – 2006, Berkeley Undergraduate Outcomes Task Force
- 2003 – 2007, Berkeley Academic Senate Committee on Admissions, Enrollment, and Preparatory Education
- 2002-2003, Chair, Haas Policy and Planning Committee
- 2001-2003, Chancellor’s Staff Infrastructure Steering Committee
- 2000-2001, Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Staff Compensation
- 1996 – 2004, Center for Organization and Human Resource Effectiveness
- 1998-1999, Chair, Haas MBA Committee
Ulrich and Lake Award for Excellence in Human Resource Management Scholarship
2004
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, Full-Time MBA Program
1998
Olin Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research
1985-1986
Regents’ Junior Faculty Fellowship, University of California
1985
Stouffer Fellowship at the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies
1981
Earl F. Cheit Award for Excellence in Teaching, Evening MBA Program
2016
- Strategy, MBA 299
- Strategy, Structure, and Incentives, MBA 210
- Economics for Business Decision Making, MBA201A