Thomas A. Kochan is the George M. Bunker Professor of Management at the Sloan School of Management at MIT. He received his bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees in industrial relations from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to joining MIT, he was on the faculty of the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Professor Kochan's major research interests include industrial relations theory and public policy, human resource strategy and organizational governance, negotiations and conflict-resolution processes, and organizational change and transformation. His recent books include The Mutual Gains Enterprise (1994), Transforming Organizations (1992), and The Transformation of American Industrial Relations (1986). He has also published in Administrative Science Quarterly, the Academy of Management Journal, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Industrial Relations,the Quarterly Journal of Economics, and other journals. He is a past president of the International Industrial Relations Association.
