

Fulton 437
Email: raquel.kessinger@bc.edu
ORCID
Organizational Behavior
Employee Voice; Social Movements in Organizations; Relationships at Work; and Changing Nature of Work
Raquel Kessinger’s research uses qualitative methods to explore the changing nature of work through the lenses of employee voice, social movements and organizations, and relationships at work. She explores how factors such as a polarized political climate, pressure for companies to grow, and new technologies are reshaping how employees interact with their managers. Specifically, Raquel’s research examines how employees raise controversial issues at work, how employees initiate and resist organizational change, and how employees navigate their decision to leave organizations. Moreover, her research explores how new technologies are reshaping the role of middle managers in organizations.
Raquel holds a Ph.D. in Management and an MS in Management Research from MIT. Prior to MIT, she attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and earned an MBA with concentrations in Organizational Effectiveness, Operations, and Multinational Management. During her two summers at Wharton, she worked at Spanx on the People Team and as a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group (òòò½Ö±²¥G). Before business school, she worked at the Central Intelligence Agency as a terrorism and security analyst and at Gerson Lehrman Group as a research associate for hedge fund and private equity clients. She attended Vanderbilt University for her undergraduate studies, majoring in Political Science and Spanish, and minoring in Corporate Strategy.