Ellen Ernst Kossek, Ph.D.
Ellen Ernst Kossek, Ph.D., is Basil S. Turner Professor of Management at Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management & Research Director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence. She is President of the Work and Family Researchers Network and Associate Director of the Center for Work-Family Stress, Safety & Health of the Work Family Health Network. Elected a Fellow in the American Psychological Association & the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, to the Academy of Management’s Board of Governors, and Chair of the Gender and Diversity Division, Dr. Kossek’s research has won awards for advancing gender, work-life and diversity in organizations, most recently receiving the Families and Work Institute’s Work Life Legacy award for helping to build or advance the work life movement. Prior to becoming a professor, she worked in Human Resources in Asia, Europe, and the U.S. for Hitachi, IBM & GTE.