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  • 01 Oct 2015
  • News

The Real Reason Men and Women Prefer Male Bosses

  • 2017
  • Performance & Appearance

Hair Penalties and Other Organizational Sins: Racism Disguised as Professionalism

  • November–December 2020
  • Article

Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already with the Business Case

By: Robin Ely and David A. Thomas
Leaders may mean well when they tout the economic payoffs of hiring more women and people of color, but there is no research support for the notion that diversifying the workforce automatically improves a company’s performance. This article critiques the popular... View Details
Keywords: Diversity; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Change; Trust
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  • 28 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How Leaders Can Navigate Politicized Conversations and Inspire Collaboration

author Kristen Senz is a social media editor and writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. . [Image: isayildiz] Related Reading How To Ask Better Questions It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works How a New Leader Broke Through a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz

    Robin J. Ely

    Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change.... View Details

    • 21 Dec 2017
    • News

    The women’s revolt: Why now, and where to

    • May–June 2018
    • Article

    What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women: Research Shows the Sexes Aren't So Different

    By: Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely
    Why have women failed to achieve parity with men in the workplace? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because women prioritize their families over their careers, negotiate poorly, lack confidence, or are too risk averse. Meta-analyses of published studies show that... View Details
    Keywords: Working Conditions; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture; Change Management
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    • June 2014 (Revised September 2014)
    • Case

    Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness

    By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    To create the world's healthiest workforce, diversified health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) mandated participation in its "Culture of Health" program globally, customized by location, culture, and specific health needs to offer prevention-focused education,... View Details
    Keywords: Healthcare; Employee Motivation; Transformation; Ethics; Health; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North and Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe; Asia
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    • 08 Aug 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions

    evaluate their work environments, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Letian Zhang, because these softer measures of workplace quality matter to employees—in some cases, even more than pay. “When we think about racial gaps in... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Research Summary

    Works in Progress

    "Hunkering Down and Venturing Out:  Network Activation in Response to the Uncertainty of Organizational Restructuring." Under Review.  Awarded Best Paper in Organizational Behavior:  2011 Trans-Atlantic... View Details

      Ashley V. Whillans

      Ashley Whillans is the Volpert Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the Motivation and Incentives course to MBA students. Professor Whillans earned her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of... View Details

      • 26 Jul 2013
      • News

      Prince William’s Charming Choice to Take Leave

      • 17 Jun 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Innovation Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-Cultural Relationships

      Keywords: by Roy Y.J. Chua & Michael W. Morris
      • 26 Apr 2024
      • HBS Case

      Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

      black socks in the training room may be the same person who costs you the game.” Companies can set similar expectations of employees. “Every profession has the equivalent of a uniform,” Sanders says. “Every workplace has rules.” 4. Send... View Details
      Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports
      • 02 Apr 2024
      • Research & Ideas

      Employees Out Sick? Inside One Company's Creative Approach to Staying Productive

      put the data in the system.” Sickness wasn’t the only reason for absences. Factory workers, who came to the city from rural areas all over the country, each celebrated holidays by attending cultural festivals, which varied depending on... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Fashion
      • March–April 2020
      • Article

      What's Really Holding Women Back? It's Not What Most People Think

      By: R. Ely and Irene Padavic
      Ask people to explain why women remain so dramatically underrepresented in the senior ranks of most companies, and you will hear from the vast majority a lament that goes something like this: High-level jobs require extremely long hours, women's devotion to family... View Details
      Keywords: Overwork; Employment; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Work-Life Balance; Organizational Culture
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      • December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
      • Case

      NatureSweet

      By: Jose Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
      This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the United States and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated... View Details
      Keywords: NatureSweet; Tomatoes; Agriculture; Greenhouse; Ambelang; Cherry Tomatoes; Incentives; Worker Empowerment; Empowerment; Toyota Production System; Leadership; Branding; Produce; Manufacturing; Organizational Change; Agribusiness; Business Model; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Success; Problems and Challenges; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Mexico; North America
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      • 21 Apr 2021
      • News

      New Research Finds The ‘Old Boys Club’ At Work Is Real—And Contributing To The Gender Pay Gap

        Yoon Jae Shin

        Yoonjae Shin is a PhD student in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business School. His primary interests are labor market, corporate governance, and social inequality. Prior to beginning his PhD, Yoonjae worked in the project team at Seoul National... View Details
        • 17 Feb 2022
        • Book

        When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

        employees first, and then everything else will fall into place.” Book Excerpt Deep Purpose: The Heart and Soul of High-Performance Companies Ranjay Gulati Chapter 6: Be Yourself, Be Candid, Be Kind Generations of scholars have seen View Details
        Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati