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  • 02 Oct 2019
  • News

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Gender-Reveal Backlash

    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

    • 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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    • Research Summary

    Creating and Consuming Brand Meaning

    By: Jill J. Avery
    This vibrant stream explores how managers build meaning into their brands through narrative stories, and nurture, leverage, and maintain meaning over time.  It also explores how consumers use this meaning embedded in brands to construct their identities and live their... View Details
    • October 2024
    • Article

    Racial Inequality in Organizations: A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective

    By: Sanaz Mobasseri, William A. Kahn and Robin J. Ely
    This paper uses systems psychodynamic concepts to develop theory about the persistence of racial inequality in U.S. organizations and to inform an approach for disrupting it. We treat White men as the dominant group and Black people as the archetypal subordinate group... View Details
    Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Prejudice and Bias; Organizational Culture; Gender; Power and Influence; Employees; Attitudes
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    • 2008
    • Thesis

    Being B-Boys: Style, Identity, and Respect Among New England and Miami Street Dancers

    By: Curtis K. Chan
    This study examines the phenomenon of a street dance known as "b-boying" to explore how dancers locate, negotiate, and perform identities, as well as the tensions that occur concomitantly. Drawing on data from participant-observation, interviews, and diverse archival... View Details
    Keywords: Social Psychology; Identity; Negotiation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Boundaries; Conflict and Resolution; Arts; Northeastern United States; Miami
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    • 2022
    • Other Teaching and Training Material

    Organizational Behavior Reading: Managing Differences

    By: Robin Ely and Colleen Ammerman
    This reading provides principles and practices managers can draw upon to leverage differences in social identities - such as gender and race - to create more effective work relationships, teams, and organizations. The Essential Reading's first section draws upon... View Details
    Keywords: Diversity; Groups and Teams; Prejudice and Bias; Identity; Management Practices and Processes
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    • 23 May 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

    symmetry. Another feature—facial width-to-height ratio—was a mixed bag: People with high ratios were perceived as less trustworthy and more aggressive, which outweighed their perceived generosity and dominance. Sexual dimorphism—the degree to which a face seems more... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • Research Summary

    My research draws upon social and cultural theories to address three important topics in marketing: branding strategy, organizing to deliver creative content, and cultural consumer behavior:

    1)Branding Strategy: How are iconic brands built?

    I have... View Details

    • Web

    About - Race, Gender & Equity

    relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change. Examples of her past research include studies of men and masculinity on offshore oil platforms; the impact of racial diversity on retail... View Details
    • 13 Nov 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Should Men’s Products Fear a Woman’s Touch?

    symbol of their masculinity or femininity, and the incursion of the other gender into the brand threatens that," explains Avery, who spent a decade managing brands for Gillette, Braun, Samuel Adams, and AT&T before pursuing her... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products; Food & Beverage; Auto
    • 12 Oct 2022
    • Blog Post

    11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

    military school in Brasilia, Brazil knowing this was my path to college and, more importantly, absolute financial independence from my family. While I succeeded, that came at a price: my identity could be summarized as just a high-performance student and displaying the... View Details
    • 08 Mar 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Representation Matters: Building Case Studies That Empower Women Leaders

    women’s self-perception and performance." Ultimately, women end up holding back during discussions about topics considered to be masculine even when they are the most knowledgeable group members, not only diminishing their own performance... View Details
    Keywords: by Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
    • 15 Dec 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Women Leaders and Organizational Change

    success, are closely aligned with idealized masculine interests, attributes, and life situations is a hard sell, especially to those who have become successful within this system—whether men or women, rich or poor, white or minority.... View Details
    Keywords: by Mallory Stark
    • Web

    Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

    to rate their workplaces on the prevalence of these masculinity contest norms, and found that the more a workplace endorsed these norms, the more likely alumnae were to have experienced verbal harassment, a result that holds true when... View Details
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    2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

    Barry , School of Fashion, Faculty of Communication and Design, Ryerson University How Fabulous is too Fabulous? The Masculinity Dilemmas of Daring Dressers at Work Margaret Gullette , Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University... View Details
    • 05 Jul 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: July 5, 2006

    Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (forthcoming). This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally rewarded men for... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

    work/organizations. Organizational Culture as Masculinity Contest: Developing and Validating a Climate Measure Peter Glick, Lawrence University Peter Glick, Henry Merritt Wriston Professor of the Social Sciences at Lawrence University,... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2009
    • News

    Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

    masculinity and how such conflation disadvantages women in the workplace. On the two platforms in this study, management had implemented some innovative approaches to leadership development to reduce unsafe behaviors stereotypically... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining
    • 06 Mar 2007
    • First Look

    First Look: March 6, 2007

      Working PapersUnmasking Manly Men: The Organizational Reconstruction of Men's Identity Authors:Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson Abstract This paper presents a case study of offshore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally rewarded men for View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace