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Peter Cappelli

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 book cover

In Praise of the Office

Peter Cappelli
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Employee Engagement (featuring "The Power of Hidden Teams" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall) book cover

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Employee Engagement (featuring "The Power of Hidden Teams" by Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall)

Harvard Business Review
The Future of the Office, with a New Afterword by the Author book cover

The Future of the Office, with a New Afterword by the Author

Peter Cappelli
Reskilling and Upskilling: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review book cover

Reskilling and Upskilling: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review

Harvard Business Review
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management book cover

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Performance Management

Harvard Business Review
HBR's 10 Must Reads 2021 book cover

HBR's 10 Must Reads 2021

Harvard Business Review
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR (with bonus article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey) book cover

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Reinventing HR (with bonus article "People Before Strategy" by Ram Charan, Dominic Barton, and Dennis Carey)

Harvard Business Review
Fortune Makers book cover

Fortune Makers

Michael Useem
Will College Pay Off? book cover

Will College Pay Off?

Peter Cappelli
Why Good People Can't Get Jobs book cover

Why Good People Can't Get Jobs

Peter Cappelli
Managing the Older Worker book cover

Managing the Older Worker

Peter Cappelli
The India Way book cover

The India Way

Peter Cappelli
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