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Thomas A. Kochan

Thomas A. Kochan

D-Index & Metrics

Business and Management

D-Index
58
Citations
21465
World Ranking
605
National Ranking
268

Thomas A. Kochan publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas A. Kochan sits on this spectrum.

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35 publications 436+

This scientist: 351 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Thomas A. Kochan D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Thomas A. Kochan sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Overview

Thomas A. Kochan is affiliated with MIT in the United States and conducts research primarily within the social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including sociology and political science, public administration, general health professions, political science and international relations, and management information systems.

Their research addresses a number of main topics, notably:

  • Labor Movements and Unions
  • Digital Economy and Work Transformation
  • Employment and Welfare Studies
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Big Data and Business Intelligence
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Economic and Technological Innovation

Thomas A. Kochan has published recent papers covering various aspects of work, labor relations, and technology, including:

  • "What Forms of Representation Do American Workers Want? Implications for Theory, Policy, and Practice" (2020) in Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • "An Overview of US Workers' Current Organizing Efforts and Collective Actions" (2023) in Work and Occupations
  • "Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work: A Proactive Strategy" (2021) in AI Magazine
  • "Commentary on New Theories in Employment Relations" (2021) in Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • "Building a new social contract in the United States: the task at hand" (2021) in Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Yaminette Díaz-Linhart
  • Arrow Minster
  • Duanyi Yang
  • Ariel C. Avgar
  • Janice Fine

Thomas A. Kochan's publication venues show a focus on labor and management disciplines, featuring contributions to:

  • Industrial and Labor Relations Review
  • Academy of Management Proceedings
  • Work and Occupations
  • AI Magazine
  • Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Best Publications

  • The Transformation of American Industrial Relations

    Thomas A. Kochan;Harry Charles Katz;Robert B. McKersie

  • The effects of diversity on business performance: Report of the diversity research network

    Thomas Kochan;Katerina Bezrukova;Robin Ely;Susan Jackson

  • The Mutual Gains Enterprise: Forging a Winning Partnership Among Labor, Management, and Government

    Linda Markowitz;Thomas A. Kochan;Paul Osterman

  • What works at work : overview and assessment

    Casey Ichniowski;Thomas A. Kochan;David I. Levine;Craig Olson

  • Toward a Stakeholder Theory of the Firm: The Saturn Partnership

    Thomas A. Kochan;Saul A. Rubinstein

  • Conflict: Toward Conceptual Clarity.

    Stuart M. Schmidt;Thomas A. Kochan

  • Strategic Choice and Industrial Relations Theory

    Thomas A. Kochan;Robert B. McKERSIE;Peter Cappelli

  • Industrial Relations Performance, Economic Performance, and QWL Programs: An Interplant Analysis:

    Harry C. Katz;Thomas A. Kochan;Kenneth R. Gobeille

  • Interorganizational Relationships: Patterns and Motivations.

    Stuart M. Schmidt;Thomas A. Kochan

  • An Introduction to Collective Bargaining and Industrial Relations

    Harry Charles Katz;Thomas A. Kochan

  • Assessing the Effects of Industrial Relations Systems and Efforts to Improve the Quality of Working Life on Organizational Effectiveness

    Harry C. Katz;Thomas A. Kochan;Mark R. Weber

  • COMPUTER‐AIDED MONITORING: ITS INFLUENCE ON EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION AND TURNOVER

    John Chalykoff;Thomas A. Kochan

  • Beyond corporate codes of conduct: Work organization and labour standards at Nike's suppliers

    Richard Locke;Thomas Kochan;Monica Romis;Fei Qin

  • Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy

    Richard M. Locke;Thomas A. Kochan;Michael J. Piore

  • The Public Sector Mediation Process: A Theory and Empirical Examination

    Thomas A. Kochan;Todd Jick

  • Employment Relations in a Changing World Economy

    Richard M. Locke;Thomas Kochan;Michael J. Piore

  • Promise and peril in implementing pay-for-performance

    Michael Beer;Mark D. Cannon;James N. Baron;Patrick R. Dailey;Patrick R. Dailey;Patrick R. Dailey

  • Human resource strategies and contingent workers: The case of safety and health in the petrochemical industry

    Thomas A. Kochan;Michal Smith;John C. Wells;James B. Rebitzer

  • Mutual Gains or Zero Sum? Labor Relations and Firm Performance in the Airline Industry

    Jody Hoffer Gittell;Andrew Von Nordenflycht;Thomas A. Kochan

  • Bargaining : formal theories of negotiation

    Thomas A. Kochan;Oran R. Young

  • The Resolution of Conflict: Constructive and Destructive Processes.

    Thomas A. Kochan;Morton Deutsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jody Hoffer Gittell
Jody Hoffer Gittell Brandeis University
Paul S. Adler
Paul S. Adler University of Southern California
Peter Cappelli
Peter Cappelli University of Pennsylvania
David I. Levine
David I. Levine University of California, Berkeley
Bruce E. Kaufman
Bruce E. Kaufman Georgia State University
Morton Deutsch
Morton Deutsch Columbia University

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