The Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues within Labor@Wayne announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 Fraser Center Faculty Research Awards
The Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues within Labor@Wayne announced the recipients of the 2023-2024 Fraser Center Faculty Research Awards, Graduate Student Research Grants, and Labor Education Development Grants. Three Ilitch School faculty members received grants out of 17 total awards distributed, including:
- Matt Piszczek, Associate Professor of Management, was awarded the Fraser Center Faculty Research Award for his research on the project “How Organizational Stakeholders Perceive and Respond to Workforce Aging: Providing Recommendations for a Proactive Process for Managing an Aging Workforce.” This grant provides up to $7500 for Piszczek to continue his research.
- Assistant Professors of Management Carrie Zhang and Xin Liu were also awarded the Fraser Center Faculty Research Award for their work on the project “Mental Illness Disclosure in the Workplace: An Experience Sampling Study from the Recipient’s Perspective.”
- Liu also received a Labor Education Development Grant, which awards up to $5000 for faculty who develop courses focused on labor. Liu received her award for developing the graduate level course Leading a Diverse Workforce.
“These awards go beyond recognizing the superb research work conducted by the faculty in our Management department,” said Ilitch School Dean Virginia Kleist. “These grants will allow these star faculty to continue their important research, growing the body of labor management knowledge.”
Christine Jackson, Chair of the Department of Management, added, “The awards from the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues are instrumental in advancing our faculty's research on crucial workplace issues like aging and mental health. Additionally, the development of a new course on leading a diverse workforce prepares our students to become inclusive leaders who can thrive in complex work environments.”
Head to Labor@Wayne to learn more about these awards, and the mission of the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues.
