Len Karakowsky

Professor Len Karakowsky earned his Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management from the Joseph L. Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, and his M.B.A from the Schulich School of Business at York University. Dr. Karakowsky's research agenda is fundamentally aimed at understanding how organizations can best adapt to and develop within a rapidly changing business environment. His work addresses such issues as managing demographic diversity, leadership, team-building, organizational trust and knowledge management. Professor Karakowsky’s research has been published extensively in a wide range of internationally renowned journals, including: Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational & Organizational Psychology, Group and Organization Management, Leadership Quarterly, Administration and Society, Journal of Management Studies, and Small Group Research. In addition, Len has authored and co-authored several management texts, including: The Context of Business (Pearson) and Business and Society: Ethics and Stakeholder Management (Nelson-Thompson).

Dr. Karakowsky teaches at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. His courses include Introduction to Business, Organizational Behavior, Organizational Development, at the undergraduate level; Managing Organizational Change in the Masters of Human Resource Management and Current Issues in Human Resource Management in the doctoral program. He has served on supervisory committees for both masters and doctoral student theses. He developed the School of Administrative Studies' first course in Business Ethics.

Degrees

• PhD, Rotman/University of Toronto
• MBA, Schulich/York University

Research Interests

Management , Human Resources, Organizational Trust, Knowledge Management, Team Leadership/Dynamics, Management