Iowa State University Iowa State University College of Business

Thomas I. Chacko

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Thomas Chacko    Chair, Departments of Marketing and Management
    Professor of Management
    Professional Homepage

    tichacko@iastate.edu
    (515) 294-8115

    2350 Gerdin Business Building
    Steve and Becky Smith Management and Marketing Suite
    Ames, IA 50011-1350

Academic History

PhD, University of Iowa, 1977
MA, St. Francis College, 1972
PostGraduate Honours Diploma, Xavier Labour Relations Institute, 1971
BSc, University of Madras, 1968

Expertise

Human Resource Management
Pay Systems and Practices
Employee-management Cooperation

Professional Activities

Professor Chacko's current research program focuses on human resource practices and their impact on firm performance and in particular, on practices that create the high performance organization.
He has published in journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Decision Sciences, Human Relations, International Business Review, International Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Labor Research. In the past, he has served on the editorial review board of the Journal of Managerial Issues and was the associate editor for the International Journal of Management.
At Iowa State University he has served as the chairman of the Department of Management and as the Associate Dean of the College of Business. He is a member of the Academy of Management, Industrial Relations Research Association and International Industrial Relations Association.