Charles Heckscher

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Charles Heckscher
Born (1949-10-02) October 2, 1949 (age 74)
Alma materHarvard University
Employer(s)Communications Workers of America
Harvard University
Rutgers University
Parent(s)August Heckscher II
Claude Chevreux
RelativesGustave Maurice Heckscher (grandfather)

Charles Heckscher (born October 2, 1949) is a professor in the Department of Labor Studies and Employment at Rutgers University, and director of the Center for Workplace Transformation at Rutgers.[1][2]

Early life[edit]

Heckscher was born October 2, 1949. He is the son of August Heckscher II, the former Parks Commissioner of New York City, and Claude (née Chevreux) Heckscher. He is also the grandson of Gustave Maurice Heckscher, a pioneer aviator with seaplanes and real estate developer, and the great-grandson of August Heckscher, a German-born American capitalist and philanthropist.

Heckscher received his B.A. (1971), M.A. in teaching (1971), M.A. (1974), and Ph.D. (1981), all from Harvard University.

Career[edit]

After working as a research economist for the Communications Workers of America, he took a faculty position at Harvard in 1986, leaving in 1992 to join Rutgers, where he was department chair from 1992 to 1998.[3]

His research concerns collaborative work, organizational change, and the future of organized labor.[4][5]

Heckscher writes op-ed pieces,[6] as well as non-fiction books,[7] including The New Unionism: Employee Involvement in the Changing Corporation and Trust in a Complex World: Enriching Community, published in 2015,[8] which received the 2016 George R. Terry Book Award.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Heckscher's curriculum vitae Archived October 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ^ Schiavi, MaryLynn (March 5, 2017). "Imagine: How to retool, prepare workers for 21st century?". mycentraljersey.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ^ Straus, David (2010). How to Make Collaboration Work. p. 207. ISBN 9781458756657. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Charles Heckscher | School of Management and Labor Relations". smlr.rutgers.edu. Rutgers University. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  5. ^ Stone, Katherine V. W. (2004). From Widgets to Digits: Employment Regulation for the Changing Workplace. Cambridge University Press. p. 93. ISBN 9780521535991. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  6. ^ Heckscher, Charles (December 5, 2016). "Liberal N.J. professor: What it feels like to lose in Trump's revolution | Opinion". NJ.com. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. ^ Heckscher, Charles C. (1988). The New Unionism: Employee Involvement in the Changing Corporation. Cornell University Press. p. 304. ISBN 0801483573. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  8. ^ Heckscher, Charles (2015). "Trust in a Complex World: Enriching Community Charles Heckscher". oxfordscholarship.com. doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198708551.001.0001. ISBN 9780198708551. Archived from the original on 2018-06-03. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Professor Charles Heckscher Wins Academy of Management Book Award | School of Management and Labor Relations". Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Relations. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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