Bio
Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at the Wharton School and director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and since 2007 is a Distinguished Scholar of the Ministry of Manpower for Singapore. Cappelli's recent research examines changes in employment relations in the United States and their implications. Cappelli writes a monthly column on workforce issues for Human Resource Executive Online and is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review. His recent books include Fortune Makers: The Leaders Creating China's Great Global Companies (with Michael Useem, Harbir Singh, and Neng Liang); Why Good People Can't Get Jobs: The Skills Gap and What Companies Can Do About It; The India Way: How India's Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management (with Harbir Singh, Jitendra Singh, and Michael Useem), and Managing the Older Worker: How to Prepare for the New Organizational Order (with Bill Novelli). Cappelli has degrees in industrial relations from Cornell University and in labor economics from Oxford, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He has been a Guest Scholar at the Brookings Institution, a German Marshall Fund Fellow, and a faculty member at MIT, the University of Illinois, and the University of California at Berkeley.Peter Cappelli Books
In Praise of the Office
Peter CappelliHBR's 10 Must Reads on Employee Engagement (featuring "The Power of Hidden Teams" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)
Harvard Business ReviewThe Future of the Office, with a New Afterword by the Author
Peter CappelliReskilling and Upskilling: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business ReviewHBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management
Harvard Business ReviewHBR's 10 Must Reads 2021
Harvard Business ReviewHBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR (with bonus article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey)
Harvard Business ReviewFortune Makers
Michael UseemWill College Pay Off?
Peter CappelliWhy Good People Can't Get Jobs
Peter CappelliManaging the Older Worker
Peter CappelliThe India Way
Peter Cappelli