Emilio J. Castilla
W. Maurice Young (1961) Career Development Professor
Assistant Professor of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sloan School of Management
Room E52-568
50 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02142-1347
Phone:617-253-0286
Fax: 617-253-7696
E-mail: ecastilla@mit.edu
Emilio J. Castilla is currently an assistant professor of management at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he teaches courses in organizational behavior and strategic human resource management. He joined MIT after being a faculty member in the Management Department at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, for three years. He is a member of the Institute for Work and Employment Research at MIT; and also a research Fellow at the Wharton Financial Institutions Center and at the Center for Human Resources at the Wharton School. He received his post-graduate diploma degree in business analysis from the Management School in Lancaster University (UK) and his PhD (and MA) from Stanford University.
His research primarily focuses on the sociological aspects of work and employment. He is particularly interested in examining how social networks and organizational processes influence employment outcomes over time, and he tackles these questions by examining different empirical settings with unique longitudinal datasets, at both the individual and organizational level. His work has been published in several academic journals and edited volumes. In a recent article, Castilla examines the performance implications of hiring new employees using employees’ referral networks (“Social networks and employee performance in a call center,” American Journal of Sociology March 2005). Currently, he explores the organizational processes at work behind the formal merit-based practice linking performance evaluations to employee compensation and other key career outcomes (“Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers,” American Journal of Sociology. Forthcoming). He is also involved in an empirical network analysis of start-up companies and their venture capital funding in different technology regions of the world. He has just completed the writing of a book on the use of longitudinal methods in social science research (Elsevier and Academic Press). In Spanish, he has published Análisis Dinámico (CIS, 1998) and La Sociedad Transversal (with Jesus M. De Miguel y Jordi Cais, Winner of the 1994 Miguel Angel Terribas Book Award. ) He received the W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship of the American Sociological Association in 2001 (with Fernandez and Moore). He is the recipient of the Cilker Teaching Award and the Stanford Centennial Teaching Award.
Selected Publications
Emilio J. Castilla. 2008. "Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers" American Journal of Sociology. Forthcoming.
Emilio J. Castilla. 2005. "Social Networks and Employee Performance in a Call Center." American Journal of Sociology 110 (5): 1243-1283.
Emilio J. Castilla. 2005. "Gender, Race, and Meritocracy in Organizational Careers." Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings. Finalist Paper for the 2005 Harlow Award (Academy of Management).
Emilio J. Castilla. 2005. Book Review: "Embedded Corporation: Corporate Governance and Employment Relations in Japan and the United States," by Sanford M. Jacoby, published in Administrative Science Quarterly March 2005: pp. 143-148.
Emilio J. Castilla. 2004. "Organizing Health Care: A Comparative Analysis of National Institutions and Inequality over Time." International Sociology 19(4): 403-435.
Emilio J. Castilla. 2003. “Networks of Venture Capital Firms in Silicon Valley.” International Journal of Technology Management 25 (1/2): 113-135.
Roberto M. Fernández and Emilio J. Castilla. 2001. “How Much is That Network Worth? Social Capital in Employee Referral Networks.” In Social Capital: Theory and Research, edited by Karen Cook, Nan Lin, and Ronald S. Burt. Chicago: Aldine-deGruyter.
Roberto M. Fernández, Emilio J. Castilla and Paul Moore. 2000. "Social Capital at Work: Networks and Employment at a Phone Center." American Journal of Sociology 105 (5): 1288-1356. Winner of the 2001 W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship (American Sociological Association: Organizations, Occupations and Work Section).
Emilio J. Castilla, Hokyu Hwang. Mark Granovetter and Ellen Granovetter. 2000. “Social Networks in Silicon Valley.” Chapter 11 in The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, edited by Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Henry Rowen, and Marguerite Hancock. Stanford: Stanford University Press. There is also a Chinese translation.
Books:
Emilio J. Castilla. 1998. Análisis Dinámico. The Methodology of the Social Sciences Series. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Jesús M. de Miguel, Emilio J. Castilla, and Jordi E. Caïs. 1994. La Sociedad Transversal. Barcelona: Fundación La Caixa, Winner of the 1994 Miguel Angel Terribas Book Award.
Other Publications
Emilio J. Castilla. 1999. "Sistemas Sanitarios Públicos: Análisis Comparativo de Organizaciones Sanitarias y Desigualdades Sociales." ("Public Health Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Health Care Organizations and Social Inequality.") Gestión y Análisis de Políticas Públicas 13-14: 29-49.
Emilio J. Castilla. 1997. "Análisis Comparativo de los Sistemas de Nacionales de Desigualdad Social." ("A Comparative Analsysis of Nation. "Análisis Comparativo de los Sistemas de Nacionales de Desigualdad Social." ("A Comparative Analsysis of National Stratification Systems.") In Metodología del Análisis Comparativo by Jordi E. Caïs. Madrid: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas.
Emilio J. Castilla, Jordi E. Caïs, and Jesús M. de Miguel. 1993. "Desigualdad y Morbilidad." ("Inequality and Mortality.") In Desigualdades ante la Salud. Madrid: Fundación Argentaria.
Jesús M. de Miguel, Emilio J. Castilla, Jordi E. Caïs, and Juan Salcedo. 1993. Democratic Imbalances Between Countries of the Mediterranean Basin. Estrasburgo: CDPO, European Council, Official document CDPO8R.97E presented as item 5 on the Agenda of the 17th meeting of the European Population Committee. There is also a French translation.
Emilio J. Castilla. 1992. "Para la Investigación de Estructuras Grandes, Procesos Amplios y Comparaciones Enormes." ("Towards the Investigation of Big Structures, Large Processes and Huge Comparisons.")Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas 60: 129-145.
Book review. 1992. “La Profesión de Economista: El Auge de Economistas, Ejecutivos y Empresarios en España,” by Mauro F. Guillén, published in Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas59: 379-395.
Research in Progress
Working Papers:
Emilio J. Castilla. "Beyond Employee Demographics: Assessing the Network Mechanims behind Performance Evaluations "
Emilio J. Castilla. "Pay for Performance? Race and Gender Bias in Performance Evaluations "
Research Projects in Progress:
"Performance and Careers: The Role of Subjective Performance Evaluations in Understanding Employee Careers."
"Sorting and Selecting Business Plans: A Study of the Investments of One Venture Capital Firm."
"Towards an Understanding of Social Networks and Managerial Success."
"Performance and Turnover Implications of Employee Recruiting and Placement at a Placement Agency," (with S. Wilk).
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