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Raquel Kessinger uses qualitative methods to explore the changing nature of work through the lenses of employee voice, exit, and organizational change. She explores how relationships between employees, middle managers, and organizational leaders are evolving in light of new workplace technologies, heightened political polarization, and more intense work expectations. Specifically, Raquel’s research examines how employees raise controversial issues at work, how employees initiate and resist organizational change, and how employees navigate their decisions to leave 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 (BCG). 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.