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Beyster Fellowship
The Beyster Fellowship Program started in 2008 to support students and faculty at business schools, engineering schools, social science and liberal arts departments, and entrepreneurship centers engaged in applied research studies and curriculum development. These academic leaders are conducting inter-disciplinary studies and developing curriculum on how to:
- Achieve start-up financing and sustainable growth in emerging technology industries
- Stimulate and sustain innovation and firm performance through equity compensation, high-performance work practices, corporate governance, and ownership culture
- Lead responsibly by considering social impacts, including employee practices and wealth, along with ecological and economy impacts
Our Program includes researchers and scholars selected under an annual fellowship program managed by the Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR). It is currently comprised of fellows from 22 universities representing diverse academic disciplines. A complete listing of fellows and their research and education projects under the Beyster Fellowship Program is provided below. Fellows who are part of the Rutgers SMRL program are noted. Print-friendly listing (pdf, 141KB)
Read more about our 2011 Beyster Fellows through the Rutgers SMLR program
Read more about all previous Beyster Fellows through the Rutgers SMLR program
The Rutgers SMLR fellowship program is also funded by other foundations and individuals. Read more about the Rutgers Fellowship program.
Beyster Fellowship Universities
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Arizona State University, Carey School of Business
Topic: Analysis of participation in employee stock purchase plans 
Ilona Babenko
Assistant Professor, Finance (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) Topic: How firms that grant options broadly to non-executive employees contribute to firm value 
Laura Lindsey
Assistant Professor, Economics (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business
Topic: Capitalization techniques, business models, and employee incentives within an employee-owned structure in the energy and biotech industries 
Art Boni
John R. Thorne Chair of Entrepreneurship, Engineering Science 
Gergana Tordova
Ph.D. candidate, Organizational Behavior 
Laurie Weingart
Professor, Organizational Behavior - California State University, East Bay
Topic: Incentive compensation, worker participation, and the delegation of worker authority 
Hed DeVaro
Professor, Economics (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Case Western Reserve University, Fowler Center for Sustainable Value
Topic Implications of the Mondragon Cooperative Group for economic development in the US 
Bonnie Richley
Adjunct Professor, Organizational Behavior (Beyster Research Fellow at Rutgers) - Georgetown University
Topic Review of state and federal policies on broad-based employee ownership and profit sharing 
David Madland
Director of the American Worker Project, Center for American Progress, Government (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) Topic Role of broad-based property rights in Catholic social teaching 
Robert Van der Waag
Lecturer, Department of Theology, Theology (Beyster Research Fellow at Rutgers) - Harvard University, Harvard Law School, Labor and Worklife Program
Topic Economics of profit sharing, employee stock ownership and broad-based stock options in the US 
Richard Freeman
Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics, Economics (Beyster Faculty Fellow at Rutgers). Faculty mentor to Rutgers Beyster Fellows. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Topic Distributed Leadership Research Initiative (DLRI) explores decentralized and collective leadership patterns and their relationship with employee ownership. Explore the relationship between ownership structures of the competing teams, patterns of innovation and success in the X PRIZE 
Deborah Ancona
Seley Distinguished Professor of Management, , Psychology 
Elaine Backman
Research Scientist, MIT Leadership Center, Sociology Topic Systems Dynamic model that incorporates ownership and human resource management practices in emerging lean/green technology companies 
Joe Hsueh
Ph.D. candidate, , System Dynamics (Beyster Fellowship at Rutgers) Topic Impacts of alternative ownership practices used by clean technology companies 
Hiram Samel
Ph.D. candidate, Work and Employment Topic Democratic wealth generation in emerging green sectors such as worker cooperatives and other formats that provide access to tangible gains for working-poor families and other marginalized populations 
Lily Song
PhD candidate, Urban Studies & Planning (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Norfolk State University, School of Business
Topic Business Ethics issues of private versus public companies with broad-based employee ownership in the US Sally Sledge
Associate Professor, Management (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
Topic Incentive effect of stock options granted to the rank and file 
Yael Hochberg
Assistant Professor, Finance (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Princeton University
Topic Diffusion of stock ownership comparing employee stock ownership and non-employee stock ownership during the US boom and bust 
Pierre Kremp
Ph.D. candidate, Sociology (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University
Topic Broad-based stock options in multi-national corporations 
Ed Carberry
Assistant Professor, Sociology (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - Rutgers University, School of Management and Labor Relations (SMLR)
Topic American economic history of broad profit sharing, employee ownership and stock options 
Joseph Blasi
Professor, Sociology (Beyster Faculty Fellow). Faculty mentor to Rutgers Beyster Fellows. Topic Performance of profit sharing, employee ownership, and broad-based stock options in the US 
Douglas Kruse
Professor, Economics (Beyster Faculty Fellow). Faculty mentor to Rutgers Beyster Fellows. - San Diego State University, Entrepreneurial Management Center
Topic Research and teaching material development on impact of aligning and bundling equity practices, work practices, corporate values and culture within San Diego life sciences and entrepreneurial communities 
Gangaram Singh
Professor, Management 
Lynn Shore
Professor, Industrial & Organizational Psychology - Salisbury University, Franklin O. Perdue School of Business
Topic Case studies of US firms that are employee-owned and have high employee involvement in management 
Frank Shipper
Professor, Management - Stanford University, School of Engineering
Topic Document how company values based on employee ownership fit into newly formed high-technology companies within the Silicon Valley 
Tamara Carleton
Ph.D. candidate, Engineering - UCSD, Rady School of Management, Beyster Institute
Topic Development of employee ownership teaching programs and research initiative; research project on possible effects of employee ownership plans on employee attitudes Anthony Mathews
Director, Beyster Institute, Developmental Psychology 
Martin Staubus
Senior Consultant, Beyster Institute, Law - University of Chicago, Booth School of Business
Topic A theoretical model of shared ownership in different organization forms 
Karen Bernhardt-Walther
Ph.D. candidate, Economics (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Topic Quality of care, participatory decision-making, and worker ownership in the home health aide industry 
Daphne Berry
PhD candidate, Management and Organization Studies (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) Topic Empirical Analysis of Risk Preferences, Compensation Risk, and Employee Outcomes 
Fidan Ana Kurtulus
Assistant Professor, Economics (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - University of Michigan, Center for Entrepreneurship
Topic Engineering curriculum with a teaching module to educate engineering students in the value of employee ownership and entrepreneurship 
William Hall
Adjunct Professor, Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering, Business Administration 
Aileen Huang-Saad
Assistant Director Academic Programs, Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering 
Moses Lee
Lecturer and Program Manager, Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering, Business Administration 
Doug Neal
Managing Director, Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Engineering,Computer Science - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Kenan-Flagler School of Business
Topic Employee Ownership, Innovation and broad-based stock options in US business 
Paige Ouimet
Assistant Professor, Finance (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers) - University of San Diego, School of Business Administrations
Topic Changes in composition and scope of ownership over a firm's evolution and the factors influencing those changes, and how firms can benefit from SEC Rule 144a in order to raise capital 
Shreesh Despande
Professor, Finance 
Helder Sebastiao
Asst. Professor, Management 
Frank Partnoy
Professor, Law - University of Texas
Topic Role of broad-based worker ownership in the political economy of a democracy 
Mark Kaswan
Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Political Science (Beyster Fellow at Rutgers)
