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      • May–June 2018
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      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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      Tinsley, Catherine H., and Robin J. Ely. "What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women: Research Shows the Sexes Aren't So Different." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 3 (May–June 2018): 114–121.
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      Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women

      By: Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely and David Thomas
      Any list of top CEOs reveals a stunning lack of diversity. Among the leaders of Fortune 500 companies, for example, just 32 are women, three are African-American, and not one is an African-American woman. What’s going on? The authors studied the careers of the roughly... View Details
      Keywords: Leadership; Diversity; Race; Gender; Personal Characteristics; Relationships; Success
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      Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas. "Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 2 (March–April 2018): 126–131.
      • 2018
      • Chapter

      Organizational Remedies for Discrimination

      By: R. Ely and A. Feldberg
      Laws now exist to protect employees from blatant forms of discrimination in hiring and promotion, but workplace discrimination persists in latent forms. These “second-generation” forms of bias arise in workplace structures, practices, and patterns of interaction that... View Details
      Keywords: Discrimination; Prejudice and Bias; Equality and Inequality
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      Ely, R., and A. Feldberg. "Organizational Remedies for Discrimination." In The Oxford Handbook of Workplace Discrimination, edited by Adrienne J. Colella and Eden B. King, 387–410. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
      • 2016
      • Working Paper

      Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture

      By: Irene Padavic, Robin J. Ely and Erin M. Reid
      It is widely accepted that the conflict women experience between family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is partial at best: men, too, experience... View Details
      Keywords: 24/7 Work Culture; Hegemonic Narrative; Social Defense; Work-family Conflict; Systems Psychodynamic Theory; Work-Life Balance; Personal Development and Career; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Culture
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      Padavic, Irene, Robin J. Ely, and Erin M. Reid. "Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense Against the 24/7 Work Culture." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 17-038, October 2016.
      • 20 Sep 2015
      • Keynote Speech

      Rethinking Leadership

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Rethinking Leadership." Families and Work Institute Gala, New York, NY, September 20, 2015.
      • 27 Feb 2015
      • Keynote Speech

      Accelerating the Advancement of Women Leaders

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Accelerating the Advancement of Women Leaders." 8th Global Diversity and Inclusion Seminar, Barcelona, February 27, 2015.
      • December 2014
      • Article

      Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women

      By: Robin Ely, Pamela Stone and Colleen Ammerman
      On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who have spent more than 20 years studying professional women, set out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their... View Details
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      Ely, Robin, Pamela Stone, and Colleen Ammerman. "Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women." R1412G. Harvard Business Review 92, no. 12 (December 2014): 101–109.
      • 10 Nov 2014
      • Keynote Speech

      Women and Leadership

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Women and Leadership." Worldwide Sales Leadership Conference, Apple Inc., San Diego, CA, November 10, 2014.
      • 22 Oct 2014
      • Keynote Speech

      Accelerating Women's Advancement Through Organizational Change

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Accelerating Women's Advancement Through Organizational Change." In Leadership Symposium: Women and the Redesign of Business. AIGA Design and Business Conference, New York, NY, October 22, 2014.
      • 10 Mar 2014
      • Other Presentation

      A Discussion on Culture Change

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "A Discussion on Culture Change." Women's History Month Event, Cleary Gottlieb, New York, NY, March 10, 2014.
      • 7 Nov 2013
      • Conference Presentation

      Roadblocks and Resistance to Organizational Change

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Roadblocks and Resistance to Organizational Change." Paper presented at the Redesigning, Redefining Work Summit, Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University, Stanford, CA, November 7, 2013.
      • 28 Sep 2013
      • Keynote Speech

      Leading with Purpose

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Leading with Purpose." Celebration 60: Women Transforming Our Communities & The World, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, September 28, 2013.
      • September 2013
      • Article

      Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers

      By: Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely and Deborah Kolb
      Even when CEOs make gender diversity a priority—by setting aspirational goals for the proportion of women in leadership roles, insisting on diverse slates of candidates for senior positions, and developing mentoring and training programs—they are often frustrated by a... View Details
      Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Leadership Development; Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Gender; Diversity
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      Ibarra, Herminia, Robin Ely, and Deborah Kolb. "Women Rising: The Unseen Barriers." R1309C. Harvard Business Review 91, no. 9 (September 2013): 60–66.
      • January 2013
      • Case

      Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture (MM)

      By: Frances X. Frei and Robin J. Ely
      On July 17, 2009, Zappos.com, a privately-held online retailer of shoes, clothing, and other soft-line retail categories, learned that Amazon.com, a $19 billion multinational online retailer, had won its Board of Directors' approval to offer to merge the two companies.... View Details
      Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Internet and the Web; Mergers and Acquisitions; Organizational Culture; Growth and Development Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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      Frei, Frances X., and Robin J. Ely. "Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service, and Company Culture (MM)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 612-701, January 2013.
      • September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
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      Doing Business in Turkey

      By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Robin J. Ely, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Emilie Billaud and Cigdem Çelik
      In a rather flat international business environment characterized by shrinking markets and economic turmoil, Turkey promoted itself as one of the safe havens for investments. Led by the strong domestic demand of a young population, the country had tripled its GDP... View Details
      Keywords: Emerging Market Finance; Emergent Countries; Business History; Economic History; Fieldwork; Emerging Markets; Business Ventures; Strategy; Turkey
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      Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, Robin J. Ely, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Emilie Billaud, and Cigdem Çelik. "Doing Business in Turkey." Harvard Business School Case 713-433, September 2012. (Revised September 2015.)
      • 1 Aug 2012
      • Keynote Speech

      Diversity: Becoming a Powerful Champion for Other Women

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "Diversity: Becoming a Powerful Champion for Other Women." NEW Executive Leaders Forum, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, August 1, 2012.
      • 27 Jun 2012 - 29 Jun 2012
      • Keynote Speech

      An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: Lessons From Men in a Macho Occupation

      By: R. Ely
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      Ely, R. "An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: Lessons From Men in a Macho Occupation." 7th Gender, Work, and Organization: Biennial International Interdisciplinary Conference, Keele, Staffordshire, United Kingdom, June 27–29, 2012.
      • March 2012
      • Article

      Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance

      By: Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic and David A. Thomas
      This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details
      Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance; Learning; Diversity
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      Ely, Robin J., Irene Padavic, and David A. Thomas. "Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance." Organization Studies 33, no. 3 (March 2012): 341–362.
      • September 2011
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      Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs

      By: Robin J. Ely, Herminia Ibarra and Deborah Kolb
      We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership... View Details
      Keywords: Programs; Prejudice and Bias; Leadership Development; Identity; Organizational Culture; Gender
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      Ely, Robin J., Herminia Ibarra, and Deborah Kolb. "Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 3 (September 2011): 474–493. (Winner, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Decade Award, 2021.)
      • 2011
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      Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in Race and Gender

      By: R. Ely
      Keywords: Perception; Race; Gender
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      Ely, R. "Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in Race and Gender." In Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Vol. 27, edited by Arne Carlsen and Jane E. Dutton. Advances in Organization Studies. Copenhagen Business School Press, 2011.
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