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Katz Doctoral Student Emily Stiehl Wins Aspen Institute's 2009 Dissertation Proposal Award
The Center for Business Education at the Aspen Institute awarded Emily Stiehl the 2009 Dissertation Proposal Award. This prestigious Award, now in its third year, aims to identify innovative research in core business disciplines that considers the interdependence between business decision making and a wider societal or environmental context.
Stiehl, who is a third year doctoral student of organizational behavior and human resources at the University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, is undertaking trailblazing research on the unintended consequences of employing low-wage workers in a variety of service industries in the United States.
"Emily's dissertation is ground-breaking in many regards," said Carrie Leana, George H. Love Professor of Organizations and Management and Stiehl's dissertation committee chair and advisor. "Her research will have a significant impact on the way we conceptualize the effect of poverty on work attitudes and behaviors, and the longer-term implications of low-wage work for the workers themselves, the organizations in which they work, and the society in which we live."
"It's a thrilling process each year to learn about the outstanding social impact management research being conducted by doctoral students of business," said Rich Leimsider, director of the Aspen Institute Center for Business Education. "Meaningful work like Emily's suggests that the next generation of top-tier business school professors will be holistically minded about the meaning of business success—and that's good for both business and society."
"Emily's work exemplifies the doctoral program at the Katz School," said John T. Delaney, dean of the Katz Graduate School of Business and College of Business Administration. "Our students work closely with faculty to conduct research that makes a difference while advancing knowledge."
Stiehl and a second winner from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management, were selected from fifty high-quality applications through a multiround review process.
Stiehl will receive an honorarium from the Aspen Institute and recognition at a November 6 awards breakfast at the corporate headquarters of Ernst & Young in New York City.
For more information about this awards program, visit www.aspencbe.org.
The Aspen Institute Center for Business Education equips business leaders for the 21st century with a new management paradigm—the vision and knowledge to integrate corporate profitability and social value. As part the Aspen Institute, the center aims to foster values-based leadership, encourages individuals to reflect on the ideals and ideas that define a good society, and provides a neutral and balanced venue for discussing and acting on critical issues.
Offering a number of MBA formats to meet the needs of professionals who wish to develop or enhance their business acumen, as well as a Master of Science in accounting program and one of the world's most elite PhD programs, the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business is transforming the corporate and academic worlds by graduating students who are prepared to add value from their first day on the job. Katz alumni number more than 19,000, represent nearly 90 nations, and include prominent leaders in both business and education. At the core of all Katz graduate degree programs is a focus on value creation—for students, the region, and the economy as a whole. This focus on value has been affirmed three consecutive years with the Katz full-time MBA program ranking first in the United States in the Best Value for the Money category (Financial Times, 2007-09).