Brittany Bond

I am an organizational theorist and economic sociologist who investigates the importance of status recognition in labor market outcomes. Specifically, I focus on how personnel management systems, including talent recruitment and performance assessment, shape careers and impact the long-term performance of firms. My research has appeared in journals such as Organization Science,  Sociological Science, has been highlighted on the US Census Bureau's Research Matters Blog, and featured on the Wharton Business Radio Show: In the Workplace. In 2020, my  dissertation on the importance of symbolic status recognition within performance evaluation processes won both the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division "Louis R. Pondy Best Dissertation Paper" and the "William H. Newman All-Academy Award for Best Paper Based on a Dissertation" at the Academy of Management*.

Before joining Cornell ILR School**, I received my PhD from the Economic Sociology Program at MIT Sloan in May 2020. Prior to MIT, I was an economist in Office of the Chief Economist of the US Commerce Department where I worked on detail at the U.S. Census Bureau’s Center for Economic Studies using internal Census hiring data in conjunction with national longitudinal linked employer-household data (LEHD) on projects such as the optimization of the 2020 Decennial Census hiring operations. 

I received my MS in Public Policy and Management from the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, and my BA in International Economic Relations from American University in Washington DC.

*find my AOM spotlight here. **find my new ILR faculty Q&A here.

Find my recent interview with ASA Economic Sociology Section’s newsletter Accounts. Fall 2023 here.