Aligning a wide spectrum of human systems with company strategy is the focus of Dan Cable’s work.

He is the author of Change to Strange: Creating a Great Organization by Building a Strange Workforce (Wharton School Publishing, 2007). Using an approach called the “Strange Workforce Value Chain,” he describes how to build a unique workforce that creates competitive advantage for the organization.

Dr. Cable has studied the job choice process for almost a decade. He examines people-organization fit and its relation to employee commitment, job satisfaction and turnover.

His teaching and research interests include corporate culture, compensation management and total rewards, the organizational entry process, and organizational selection systems.

He has published numerous articles on person-organization fit, selection, recruitment, pay systems and career success in leading journals. He has served on the editorial boards of the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology and other leading publications. He received the McCormick Award for Distinguished Early Career Contributions from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Dr. Cable has consulted on culture, compensation, recruiting and selection with a broad range of companies ranging from high-tech startups to banks.

He received his PhD and MBA from Cornell University, and his BA from Pennsylvania State University.