Ellen E. Kossek

Education
PhD Yale University - Organizational Behavior - 1987

 

Research Interests
Work-family demands through the life course; work-life interventions: managing organizational change to support work and family/personal life; workplace flexibility, work process improvement and employment relationship; aging worker and workforce relationship; international human resources management; workplace inclusion, gender and diversity and multiculturalism.

 

Teaching Interests
International human resources; talent management of gender and diversity; work life, work family and organizational change

 

 

Li., Liu, Huang, Kossek, Wang, Ji, & Liu. 2026 in press. Cultivating a climate for work-life inclusion by implementing human resource practices: Reducing work centrality stigma to enhance gender equality, Academy of Management Journal  (FT50 Journal)

Kossek, E. ,E., Yu, A., Pichler, S.,  Xu, J. 2025.  Employee age and the work-family interface: A meta-analysis and framework integrating life span and life course perspectives. Human Resource Management,  (FT 50 Journal). https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.70007

Kossek, E. E. , Hill, S. N., Villamour, I. , Lautsch, B., Perrigino, M. 2025. Does Returning to the Office Support Your Company's Strategy? Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2025/02/does-returning-to-the-office-support-your-companys-strategy? . (FT50 Journal).

Kossek, E., Varzi, H., Perrigino, M., Lautsch, B., Pratt, B., King, E. 2025. Reenvisioning "Family-Supportive Organizations" through a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Perspective: An Integrative Review and Research Agenda. Journal of Management. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206324131014; (FT50 Journal)

Kossek, E. Ladge, J. Little, L. Washington, L. Loyd, D., Tinsley, C. 2024. Introduction to the Special Issue: Allyship, advocacy, and social justice to support equality for marginalized groups in the workplace. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 183, 104336, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2024.104336 (FT50 Journal) Link to special issue. https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/10Q8W10M4CW

Kossek, E., Porter, C., Rosokha, L., Wilson, K., Rupp, D., Law-Penrose, J 2024. Advancing work-life supportive contexts for the "haves" and "have nots": Integrating supervisor training with work-life flexibility to impact exhaustion or engagement. Human Resource Management. 63: 397-411. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrm.22207 (FT50 Journal)

Kossek, E., Buzzanell, P., Wright, B., Batz-Barbarich, C., Moors, A., Sullivan, C., Kokini, K., Hirsch, A., Maxy, K., Nikalje, A., 2024. Implementing diversity training targeting faculty micro-aggressions & Inclusion: Practical insights and initial findings. Journal of Applied Behavioral Science. 60(1), 50-86. DOI: 10.1177/00218863221132321

Kossek, E. Perrigino, M., & Lautsch, B. 2023. Work-life flexibility policies from a boundary control and implementation perspective. A review and research framework. Journal of Management, 49 (6): 2062-2108. DOI: 10.1177/01492063221140354 (FT50 Journal)

Kossek, E., Perrigino, M., Russo, M., & Morandin, G. 2023. Missed connections between the leadership and work-life fields: Work-life supportive leadership for a dual agenda. Academy of Management Annals, 17, 1: 181- 217.https://doi.org/10.5465/annals.2021.0085

Villamor, I., Hill, S., Kossek, E. & Foley, K. 2023. Virtuality at work: A double-edged sword for women's career equality. Academy of Management Annals. 17: 1: 113-140 https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/annals.2020.0384