diversity - Publications - Faculty & Research

27 Mar 2025
News

Advertising Measurable Hiring Goals Attracts a More Diverse Pipeline

06 Dec 2023

Diverse Student Voices Series: The Black & Latino Experience

Join us for a 20-minute chat with a current student and get a peek into their daily life at HBS. On this episode, we’re talking with Chloe Sharp, MBA 2024 and AASU Admissions VP. This virtual event is open to all prospective students. View Details

27 Aug 2020

Diverse Perspectives Series: Admissions Q&A with AASU and LASO

Hear from members of the African American Student Union (AASU) and the Latin American Student Organization (LASO) as they answer questions about the MBA experience, culture, and community at HBS. View Details

07 Jul 2020

Diverse Perspectives Series: Women in Retail and Consumer Goods

Please join faculty member Dr. Jill Avery as she moderates a panel of HBS women making a difference in the retail and consumer goods space. Learn about their experiences and how HBS has played a role in their journeys. View Details

26 May 2021
News

Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (with Frances Frei)

22 May 2008 - 25 May 2008
Lecture

Why Diversify: The Link Between Diversity and Team Innovativeness

By: C. Y. Cheng, D. Hsu, J. Martz and R. Y.J. Chua

Keywords: Diversity Characteristics; Innovation and Invention; Groups and Teams

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08 Dec 2023

Diverse Student Voices Series: The Black & Latino Experience

Join us for a 20-minute chat with a current student and get a peek into their daily life at HBS. On this episode, we’re talking with Lorena Hernandez, MBA 2025. This virtual event is open to all prospective students. View Details

10 Jul 2018

HBS Diverse Perspectives Information Session in New York City

This event is co-hosted by the African-American Student Union and Latino Student Organization, and is designed for applicants who want to learn about life at HBS and the value of an MBA from members of these communities. View Details

24 Jan 2022
News

Building a Globally Diverse Team Is Actually Getting Easier

14 Oct 2022
News

Finding the Diverse Protagonist: Sourcing Research Cases in Latin America

07 Jun 2021
News

Nasdaq, Stock Exchange behind Diversity Push, Blasted for Own Failures

Article

Diversity Thresholds: How Social Norms, Visibility, and Scrutiny Relate to Group Composition

By: Edward H. Chang, Katherine L. Milkman, Dolly Chugh and Modupe Akinola

Across a field study and four experiments, we examine how social norms and scrutiny affect decisions about adding members of underrepresented populations (e.g., women, racial minorities) to groups. When groups are scrutinized, we theorize that decision makers strive to... View Details

Keywords: Social Norms; Impression Management; Groups and Teams; Governing and Advisory Boards; Diversity; Gender; Decision Making

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2009
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Fluid Tasks and Fluid Teams: The Impact of Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance

By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats

In this paper, we consider how the structures of tasks and teams interact to affect team performance. We study the effects of diversity in experience on a team's ability to respond to task changes, by separately examining interpersonal team diversity (i.e., differences... View Details

Keywords: Familiarity; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Groups and Teams; Projects; Experience and Expertise; Diversity; India

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22 Apr 2021
News

Vital Signs: The Pros and Cons of Diversity in Organisations

26 Apr 2018
Video

2018 G&WS: Aspen Robinson Presents "Minimizing Identity Threats While Increasing Safety: Attending to Diversity Ideologies"

Article

Fluid Tasks and Fluid Teams: The Impact of Diversity in Experience and Team Familiarity on Team Performance

By: Robert S. Huckman and Bradley R. Staats

In this paper, we consider how the structures of tasks and teams interact to affect team performance. We study the effects of diversity in experience on a team's ability to respond to task changes by separately examining interpersonal team diversity (i.e., differences... View Details

Keywords: Management; Groups and Teams; Performance; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Experience and Expertise; Change; Diversity; Information Technology Industry; India

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28 Jun 2021
News

HBS Appoints Terrill L. Drake Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer

2009
Chapter

Collaboration Across Knowledge Boundaries within Diverse Teams: Reciprocal Expertise Affirmation as an Enabling Condition

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Kate Roloff and Lucy H. MacPhail

We review research on expertise diversity, psychological safety, team collaboration, and role identity to propose a model in which reciprocal affirmations of expertise identity among team members—a feature of the team environment that we conceptualize as a dimension of... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Experience and Expertise; Learning; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Groups and Teams; Familiarity; Identity; Cooperation

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