Jonathan S. Leonard
Professor | George Quist Chair in Business Ethics | Distinguished Teaching Fellow | Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA, UNITED STATES
Areas of Expertise (4)
Employee Incentives
Affirmative Action
Job Creation
Workplace Regulation
About
Jonathan S. Leonard holds the George Quist Chair in Business Ethics 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.
Education (3)
Harvard University: PhD, Economics
Harvard University: AM, Economics
Harvard College: AB, Economics
Links (3)
Honors & Awards (8)
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
Selected External Service & Affiliations (12)
- 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
Positions Held (1)
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
Selected Papers & Publications (13)
Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
American Economic Review
Arindrajit Dube, Laura Giuliano, Jonathan Leonard
February 2019
The Cost of Upstream Strikes
Proceedings of the Labor and Employment Relations Association
Jonathan S. Leonard
2013
The Influence on Resale Prices of Labor Management Disputes in Aircraft Manufacturing
Proceedings of the Labor and Employment Relations Association
J. Leonard, L. Ding, M. Kleiner, and A. Pilarski
2013
Racial Bias in the Manager-Employee Relationship An Analysis of Quits, Dismissals, and Promotions at a Large Retail Firm
Journal of Human Resources
Laura Giuliano, David I. Levine, and Jonathan S. Leonard
2011
Customer Discrimination
The Review of Economics and Statistics
Jonathan S. Leonard, David I. Levine, and Laura Giuliano
2010
Manager Race and the Race of New Hires
Journal of Labor Economics
J. Leonard, L. Giuliano, and D. Levine)
2009
Welfare Reform, Time Limits, and Infant Health
Journal of Health Economics
J. Leonard and A. Mas
2008
The Effect of Diversity on Turnover: A Large Case Study
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
J, Leonard and D. Levine
2006
The Effects of Diversity on Business Performance: Report of the Diversity Research Network
Human Resource Management
Thomas Kochan, Katerina Bezrukova, Robin Ely, Susan Jackson, Aparna Joshi, Karen Jehn, Jonathan Leonard, David Levine, and David Thomas
2003
How Industrial Relations Affects Plant Performance: The Case of Commercial Aircraft Manufacturing
ILR Review
Morris M. Kleiner, Jonathan S. Leonard and Adam M. Pilarski
2002
Compensation Policies and Firm Productivity
The Creation and Analysis of Employer-Employee Matched Data
J. Leonard, M. Van Audenrode, and B. Mulkay
1999
Corporatism Run Amok: Job Stability and Industrial Policy in Belgium and the United States
Economic Policy
J. Leonard and M. Van Audenrode
1993
Executive Pay and Firm Performance
Industrial and Labor Relations Review
Jonathan S. Leonard
1990
Teaching (3)
Strategy
MBA 299
Strategy, Structure, and Incentives
MBA 210
Economics for Business Decision Making
MBA201A
Social