Prof. Emilio J Castilla

Professor Castilla studies how social networks influence organizational and employment processes and outcomes over time. He tackles this question by examining different empirical settings with longitudinal datasets, both at the individual and organizational level. He focuses on the hiring, retention, and job mobility of employees within and across organizations and locations. He is also interested in teamwork and social relations and their impact on performance. His research and teaching interests include organizational theory and behavior, economic sociology, and human resources management.

He joined the MIT Sloan School faculty in July 2005, after being a faculty member in the Management Department at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, for three years. He is a member of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT; and also a research Fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and at the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School.