Matt Piszczek (gl3558)

Mike Ilitch School of Business
2771 Woodward Avenue
Room 467
Detroit, MI 48201

Matt Piszczek is a Metro Detroit native and attended Michigan State University, where he received bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Linguistics as well as a Masters of Human Resources and Labor Relations and a Ph.D. in Industrial Relations and Human Resources. Matt was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh before joining Wayne State in 2017.

• Ph.D., Industrial Relations & Human Resources, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations
• Masters, Human Resources and Labor Relations, Michigan State University School of Human Resources and Labor Relations
• B.S., Psychology, additional major Linguistics, Michigan State University

Work-life issues, remote work, workforce aging, commuting, strategic HRM, employee/labor relations

Teaching

• Human resource management
• Employee/labor relations

Research

• Work-life balance
• Workforce aging
• Remote work
• Diversity/equity/inclusion
• Commuting

Recent Peer-Reviewed Papers

• Van Egdom, D., Piszczek, M.M, Spitzmueller, C.,Lindner, P., & Clauset, A., in press. Supporting Academic Parents: The Effects of Dependent Care Policies on Research Productivity Trends. Forthcoming at Journal of Business and Psychology.
• Piszczek, M.M., & Yestrepsky, J., 2024. Changing placements: A punctuated equilibrium model of work-family role boundary reconstruction. Journal of Applied Psychology 109(8), 1271-1286. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001186
• Van Egdom, D., Piszczek, M.M., Zhang, J., Wen, X., Spitzmueller, C., & Granillo-Velasquez, K., 2024. I Don’t Want to Leave My Child: How Mothers and Fathers Affect Mother's Breastfeeding Duration and Leave Length. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 97(1), 301-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12472
• Piszczek, M.M., Yestrepsky, J., & Thrasher, G., 2023. Age-aware organizations and the effects of shift work on psychological well-being across the lifespan. Work, Aging & Retirement, 10(3), 199-212. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waad014
• McAlpine, K., & Piszczek, M.M., 2023. Faculty unions as a fourth actor: Two paths to supporting women professors in academia. Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice, 16(2), 273-276. https://doi.org/10.1017/iop.2023.11
• Zhang, L., Tekleab, A., Piszczek, M.M, & Qiu, Y., 2023. Does work-related information and communication technology use after hours promote work engagement? A daily diary study. Journal of Business Research, 157, 113551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2022.113551
• McAlpine, K., & Piszczek, M.M., 2023. Along for the ride through liminal space: A role transition and recovery perspective on the work-to-home commute. Organizational Psychology Review, 13(2), 156-176. https://doi.org/10.1177/20413866221131394
• Berg. P. & Piszczek, M.M., 2022. Organizational response to workforce aging: Tensions in human capital perspectives. Work, Aging and Retirement 8(1), 7-24. https://doi.org/10.1093/workar/waab026

Other Recent Publications

• Piszczek, M.M., & McAlpine, K., 2023. A journey from work to home is about more than just getting there – the psychological benefits of commuting that remote work doesn’t provide. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/a-journey-from-work-to-home-is-about-more-than-just-getting-there-the-psychological-benefits-of-commuting-that-remote-work-doesnt-provide-195799. Selected for inclusion in The Conversation on Work, 2024, John Hopkins University Press.
• Berg, P. & Piszczek, M.M., 2022. The role of organizations and institutions in an aging workforce. In Overtime: America’s Aging Workforce and the Future of “Working Longer”, Berkman, L. and Truesdale, B. Eds. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

Select Conference Recent Presentations

• Piszczek, M.M. & Berg, P. Who needs older workers? A demand-side perspective of HR responses to workforce aging. To be presented June 2025 at the Labor and Employment Relations Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
• Piszczek, M.M., Yestrepsky, J., Ponnapalli, A., & Sharda, S. Who Gets the Credit and Who Gets the Blame? Making Sense of Employee Boundary Control Attributions. Presented August 2024 at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
• Piszczek, M.M., Yestrepsky, J., Ponnapalli, A., & Sharda, S. Who Gets the Credit and Who Gets the Blame? Making Sense of Employee Boundary Control Attributions. Presented June 2024 at the Work and Family Researchers Network Conference, Montreal, Canada.
• Piszczek, M.M. Perspectives on commuting in the employment relationship. Presented February 2024 at the College of Charleston Future of Management Research Symposium, Charleston, SC.
• Piszczek, M.M., & Dwertmann, D.J.G. Work-to-family conflict across the lifespan: Relationships with turnover intentions and psychological well-being. Poster presented November 2023 at the Age in the Workplace Meeting, ISM University of Management and Economics, Vilnius, Lithuania.
• Piszczek, M.M. & Yestrepsky, J. Changing placements: A punctuated equilibrium model of work-family role boundary reconstruction. Presented August 2023 at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Kossek, E.E., Piszczek, M.M., Allen, T.D., Pratt, B.R., Misisco, A., & Bodner, T. U.S. faculty work-life inclusive climates in the overwork university: Exploring gendered profiles. Presented August 2023 at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Piszczek, M.M., Yestrepsky, J., & Thrasher, G. Age-aware organizations and the effects of shift work on psychological well-being across the lifespan. Presented April 2023 at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
• Piszczek, M.M., & McAlpine, K. A role transition and psychological recovery perspective of the work-to-home commute. Presented April 2023 at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.

• Piszczek, M.M., Ponnapalli, A., Yestrepsky, J., & Sharma, S. 2024. Who gets the credit and who gets the blame? Making sense of employee work-nonwork attributions. Mike Ilitch School of Business Summer Research Grant. $6,000.
• Piszczek, M.M., 2024. How organizational stakeholders perceive and respond to workforce aging: Providing recommendations for a proactive process for managing an aging workforce. Fraser Center Research Fellowship, Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, Wayne State University. $6,350.
• University of Leeds Business School International Visiting Staff Fund. 2024. £1,000.
• STEM Intersectional Equity in Departments (SIEDS): A Partnership for Inclusive Work Cultures. National Science Foundation (Collaborative Research: Advance Partnership). $401,335 (Co-Principle Investigator).
• Piszczek, M.M. 2023. Who gets the credit and who gets the blame? Making sense of employee work-nonwork balance satisfaction attributions. Fraser Center Research Fellowship, Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, Wayne State University. $5,000
• Piszczek, M.M., 2022. Spillover effects of work and family interruptions during remote work. Fraser Fellowship, Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues, Wayne State University. $2,500.

Select Awards and Fellowships

• 2023 - WSU Mike Ilitch School of Business Distinguished Research Award
• 2021 - Human Resource Management Review Best Paper of 2020 Finalist
• 2021 - Finalist: Rosabeth Moss Kanter International Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research, Purdue University Center for Families/Boston College Center for Work & Family (for “Reciprocal relationships between workplace childcare initiatives and collective turnover rates of men and women”).
• 2020 - WSU Mike Ilitch School of Business Distinguished Research Award

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