Patrick Kulesa, PhD
Global Research Director
Towers Watson
Biography
Patrick Kulesa is the global research director for Towers Watson-ISR, the employee research arm within Towers Watson. He specializes in survey design and the application of advanced statistical analyses to employee survey data.
Patrick’s research focuses on defining and measuring employee engagement and uncovering the linkages between employee attitudes and other measures of business performance, including customer satisfaction, occupational safety, employee retention, productivity and sales and profitability.
Patrick has conducted, presented and published research on cross-national differences in employee opinion, gender differences in workplace leadership, driving innovative organizational cultures and engaging top talent.
Patrick received his Ph.D. in social psychology from Northwestern University and frequently presents research findings at major human resource and organizational psychology conferences.