What I study

Research

Corporate governance

The first stream of my research examines how the social contexts in which CEOs are embedded—such as their places of residence and relationships with employees—shape important organizational decisions and outcomes, including employee wages, product innovativeness, and firm performance.

Inequalities within organizations

The second stream focuses on gender composition in executive and leadership teams, including corporate boards and teams of Hollywood film producers. Specifically, I investigate how team composition affects the career outcomes of male and female members and how gender-diverse boards are associated with firm performance.

Policy and industry reports

State of Gender Diversity in European Venture

Co-authored with Female Foundry (2024).

Labour market segmentation and pensions in the Polish defined-contribution scheme

Lewandowski, Stroński & Keister (2016). Problemy Polityki Społecznej, 33(2).

Labour market segmentation and the financial situation of the pension system in Poland

Lewandowski, Sawulski & Stroński (2016). IBS Working Paper 10/2016, Institute for Structural Research.

Selected presentations

Academy of Management Annual Meeting — Copenhagen2025
ESSEC–HEC–INSEAD Management Research Workshop — ESSEC Business School2024
17th Annual People and Organizations Conference — The Wharton School2024
Strategic Management Division (STR) Junior Faculty Consortium — Chicago2024
Academy of Management Annual Meeting2021
Strategic Management Division (STR) Virtual Dissertation Consortium2021

Methods and data

My research combines large-scale administrative and archival data with field studies, event-history analysis, and meta-analysis. These methods allow me to examine organizational decisions and career outcomes across firms, employees, executive teams, and industries.

Service

Ad-hoc reviewer: European Societies, Emerging Markets Review.