Curriculum vitae

Academic Positions Held

Loyola University Chicago, Quinlan School of Business

Associate Professor of Management (with tenure). July 2021-present

Assistant Professor of Management, 2015-2021

Other positions held:

Co-Principal Investigator, Quinlan Social Impact Initiative, Sept 24 – Sept 2026

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Faculty Affairs. Jan 23 – Sept 24

Director, BBA HR, MSHR, and Institute of Human Resources and Employment Relations, July 2021 - June 2024

University of California, Berkeley, School of Information, Postdoctoral Scholar, 2014-2015

Education

University of California, Los Angeles, August 2014

PhD in Management from the Anderson Graduate School of Management

Cornell University, May 2005

Bachelor of Science, School of Industrial and Labor Relations

Affiliations

Institute for Data, Econometrics, Algorithms, and Learning (IDEAL), Fellow, 2024-present

Global Labor Organization, Fellow, 2018-present

Research

Refereed Journal Articles

Devaro, J., & Norlander, P. (Accepted / Forthcoming, 2026). Wage Theft, Economic Conditions, and Market Power: The Case of H-1B Workers. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. Discussion paper version: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3858061 · Semantic Scholar record

Meisenbacher, S., & Norlander, P. (2026). Building a Custom Taxonomy of AI Skills and Tasks from the Ground Up with Job Postings. Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Customizable NLP: Progress and Challenges in Customizing NLP for a Domain, Application, Group, or Individual (CustomNLP4U), 117–130. https://aclanthology.org/2026.customnlp4u-1.11/ · Semantic Scholar record

Osei, C., Amaturraheem, F., Classen, T., Ekpo, A., Alexander, K., Connolly, S., Norlander, P., & Behnam, M. (2026). More isn’t always better: The resource paradox in neighborhood entrepreneurial support for everyday entrepreneurs. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 25. · Semantic Scholar record

Sauerwald, S., & Norlander, P. (2026). Political Directors and the Recruitment of Foreign Workers. Journal of Management, 52(3), 1069-1099. https://doi.org/10.1177/01492063241300311 · Semantic Scholar record

Harris, D., and Norlander, P. (2023). Where the Glass Ceiling Cracks: Features of U.S. Organizations Where Women Rise to the Top. Advancing Women in Leadership Journal. 10.21423/awlj-v42.a363 · Semantic Scholar record

Erickson, C. L., & Norlander, P. (2022). How the past of outsourcing and offshoring is the future of post-pandemic remote work: A typology, a model and a review. Industrial Relations Journal, 53(1), 71– 89. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12355 · Semantic Scholar record

Norlander, P. (2021). Do guest worker programs give firms too much power? IZA World of Labor. https://wol.iza.org/articles/do-guest-worker-programs-give-firms-too-much-power · Semantic Scholar record

Norlander, P., Varma, A., Jukic, N., & Nestorov, S. (2021). The Effects of Technological Supervision on Gig Workers: Organizational Control and Motivation of Uber, Taxi, and Limousine Drivers, International Journal of Human Resource Management, DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2020.1867614. · Semantic Scholar record

Norlander, P. Ho, G.C., Shih, M., Walters, D.J. & Pittinsky, T.L. (2020) The Role of Psychological Stigmatization in Unemployment Discrimination, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/01973533.2019.1689363. · Semantic Scholar record

Gibbons, E., Greenman, A., Norlander, P., and Sørensen, T. (2019). Monopsony Power and Guest Worker Programs. Antitrust Bulletin, 64: 540-565. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0003603X19875040. · Semantic Scholar record

Norlander, P, Varma, A. (2019). H-1B and L-1 visa-sponsored guest workers in the USA: An analysis of the strategic impact of Indian and other firms. Thunderbird Int. Bus. Rev. 2019; 61: 565– 579. https://doi.org/10.1002/tie.22044. · Semantic Scholar record

Norlander, P., Sørensen, T.A. (2018). 21st Century Slowdown: The Historic Nature of Recent Declines in the Growth of the Immigrant Population in the United States. Migration Letters; Vol. 15, Iss. 3: 409-422. · Semantic Scholar record

Depew, B., Norlander, P. & Sørensen, T.A. (2017). Inter-firm mobility and return migration patterns of skilled guest workers. Journal of Population Economics. 30: 681. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-016-0607-y. · Semantic Scholar record

Norlander, P., Erickson, C., Kuruvilla, S., & Kannan-Narasimhan, R. (2015). India’s Outsourcing Industry and the Offshoring of Skilled Services Work: A Review Essay. E-Journal of International and Comparative Labour Studies, 4(1). http://adapt.it/EJCLS/index.php/ejcls_adapt/article/view/255 · Semantic Scholar record

Book Chapters

Norlander, P. (2024), "New Evidence on Employee Noncompete, No Poach, and No Hire Agreements in the Franchise Sector", Elsner, B. and Polachek, S.W. (Ed.) Big Data Applications in Labor Economics, Part B, Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 52B. Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 225-253. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0147-91212024000052B031 · Semantic Scholar record

Sharma, T., Budhwar, P. S., Varma, A., & Norlander, P. (2023). Performance Management in India. In Performance Management Systems (2nd ed.). Routledge.

Norlander, P., & Varma, A. (2019). Performance Information. In P. Budhwar & A. Varma, Performance Management Systems: An Experiential Approach (pp. 1–224). SAGE Publications Ltd. https://www.torrossa.com/en/resources/an/5018276

Varma, A., Dasgupta, B., Budhwar, P. S., & Norlander, P. (2019). Living in India. In Indian Business. Routledge.

Norlander, P. (2019). Individualism, Democracy and Conflict in the USA. In International Comparative Employee Relations, Eds. Pietro Manzella and Karl Koch. Edward Elgar. London, UK. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788973229.00018 · Semantic Scholar record

Varma, A., Budhwar, P., Norlander, P. (2017). HRM and performance in Asia. Routledge Handbook of HRM in Asia (pp. 19). Routledge.

Varma, A., Budhwar, P., Norlander, P. (2017). Performance Management and motivation (278-301). Human resource management: Strategic and International Perspectives (Second Edition ed., pp. 278-301). Sage.

Refereed Proceedings

Sauerwald, S. and Norlander, P. (2023) “When Trump Said Jump: Political Directors and the Recruitment of Foreign Workers.” Academy of Management Proceedings. · Semantic Scholar record