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14 Sep 2023
Research & Ideas

Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

So much has changed since a groundbreaking study found that daughters of working moms often perform better in their own careers than daughters of stay-at-home moms—and are just as happy, to boot. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across higher education and... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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Life & Leadership After HBS - Race, Gender & Equity

Life & Leadership After HBS Life & Leadership After HBS is a longitudinal study of the post-MBA paths of Harvard Business School alumni, examining how race, gender, and other factors shape their life and career experiences. Alumni are surveyed every three years, most... View Details

29 Jul 2022
News

Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?

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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity

Just Digital Future Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier Automating Inequality By: Virginia Eubanks 2018 Algorithms of Oppression By: Safiya Umoja Noble 2018 Race After Technology By: Ruha Benjamin 2019 In our Just Digital Future interview series, we spoke with great... View Details

05 Feb 2021
News

What Happened When India Mandated Gender Diversity on Boards

29 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

Will I Stay or Will I Go? How Gender and Race Affect Turnover at ‘Up-or-Out’ Organizations

Date of Event: May 10, 2010 Speakers: Kathleen McGinn Gender and racial inequalities continue to persist at "up-or- out" knowledge organizations such as law firms, making it difficult for women and minorities to advance to... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn; Legal Services

2005
Working Paper

Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation

By: Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda Babcock and Kathleen L. McGinn

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04 Dec 2017
News

Researchers Combat Gender and Racial Bias in Artificial Intelligence

29 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Gender Gap: Why Fewer Women Are Dying

According to a survey of citizens in eight countries, women are much more likely than men to view COVID-19 as a severe health problem. They are also more willing to wear face masks and follow other public health recommendations to prevent the spread of the virus... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

08 Jan 2013
News

Study Suggests Fix for Gender Bias on the Job

1985
Book

Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book

By: Catherine Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin

Keywords: Gender; Growth and Development; Projects; Books

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1985
Book

Gender Roles in Development Projects: A Case Book

By: C. Overholt, Mary B. Anderson, Kathleen Cloud and James E. Austin

Keywords: Gender; Growth and Development; Projects; Books

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1999
Chapter

Exploration of the Venture Capital Industry: Is Gender An Issue?

By: Myra Hart, C. Brush, P. Greene and P. Saparito

Keywords: Venture Capital; Gender

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2013
Difference

Alice Eagly Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium

Fall 2021
Article

Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation

By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin

Changing employers has been linked to larger pay increases for executives and managers. Although survey-based studies suggest that men gain more than women, an analysis of more than 2,000 job moves found that executive women are commanding bigger increases than men... View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Gender; Equality and Inequality

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16 Jul 2016
News

As our gender spectrum blurs, brands fight to keep the lines drawn

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Backlash Against Male Elementary Educators

By: Corinne A. Moss-Racusin and Elizabeth R. Johnson

We investigated the existence, nature, and processes underscoring backlash (social and economic penalties) against men who violate gender stereotypes by working in education, and whether backlash is exacerbated by internal (vs. external) behavioral attributions.... View Details

Keywords: Backlash Theory; Gender Stereotypes; Teaching; Early Childhood Education; Gender

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April 2021
Case

Glass-Shattering Leaders: Jack Rivkin

By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman

Jack Rivkin’s innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research department he led, and also made the entire department more effective. Rivkin fostered a culture of gender... View Details

Keywords: Gender Inclusivity; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Gender; Talent and Talent Management

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