Publications

October 31, 2017
Article

In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The Harvey Weinstein horror show has brought attention to previously unspoken abuses of male power to sexually harass and suppress women. Prominent women are joining the #MeToo moment, feeling safety in numbers as they reveal facing egregious bullying. Businesses are... View Details

Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Gender Inequality; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Change; Safety; Corporate Governance

Video

Kathleen McCartney presents "Not a Cloister—An Intervention: Women's Colleges and the Project of Gender Equality

02 Apr 2015
HBS Conference

Gender & Work Symposium 2015:
Research to Change the World: Translating Ideas, Transforming Practice

Article

Sizing Up Entrepreneurial Potential: Gender Differences in Communication and Investor Perceptions of Long-Term Growth and Scalability

By: Laura Huang, Priyanka D. Joshi, Cheryl J. Wakslak and Andy Wu

Female entrepreneurs have been found to face disadvantages as compared with male entrepreneurs, especially in acquiring the financial resources they need to sustain and grow their ventures. Across three studies, we examine how disparities in funding outcomes may be due... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Finance; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Communication; Perception

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By: Katherine B. Coffman

Professor Coffman studies the sources of gender gaps in economically-important contexts. Her work focuses on the role of beliefs: how do stereotypes bias the beliefs that individuals hold about themselves (and others), and how do these biased beliefs shape... View Details

Keywords: Gender; Stereotypes; Diversity Management; Experiments

2016
Flash Talks

A conversation with Katina Sawyer at the 2016 Gender & Work Symposium: Talking the Walk

2016
Hidden Processes

A conversation with Lisa Lahey at the 2016 Gender & Work Symposium: Talking the Walk

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By: Lumumba B. Seegars

Lumumba Seegars explores the reproduction and contestation of intergroup inequality within organizations. View Details

Keywords: Race; Gender; Income

June 2003
Article

Waning of Stereotypic Perceptions in Small Groups: Identity Negotiation and Erosion of Gender Expectations of Women.

By: William B. Swann Jr., Virginia S.Y. Kwan, Jeffrey T. Polzer and Laurie P. Milton

Keywords: Perception; Groups and Teams; Identity; Negotiation

December 1985
Article

Gender and Sex-Role Attributes as Predictors of Utilization of Natural Support Systems During Personal Stress Events

By: Timothy Butler, Steven Giordano and Steven Neren

Keywords: System; Health; Gender

Video

Alexandra C. Feldberg presents "The Task Bind: Gender Differences I Managerial Tasks and Performance" (Flash Talk)

May 2022
Article

When Harry Fired Sally: The Double Standard in Punishing Misconduct

By: Mark Egan, Gregor Matvos and Amit Seru

We examine gender differences in misconduct punishment in the financial advisory industry. We find evidence of a “gender punishment gap”: following an incident of misconduct, female advisers are 20% more likely to lose their jobs and 30% less likely to find new jobs... View Details

Keywords: Financial Advisers; Brokers; Gender Discrimination; Consumer Finance; Financial Misconduct And Fraud; FINRA; Financial Institutions; Employees; Crime and Corruption; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Personal Finance; Financial Services Industry

27 Apr 2018
Video

A conversation with Flora Taylor, Zachary Green, and Diane Forbes Berthoud at the 2018 Gender & Work Symposium: Race, Work and Leadership: Learning about and from Black experience

March 2020
Article

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

By: Irene Padavic, Robin J. Ely and Erin M. Reid

It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is incomplete: men also experience it and nevertheless... 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

26 Apr 2021
News

A High-Profile Gender Discrimination Case Pushed VC Firms to Hire More Women. It’s Hardly Helped Female Entrepreneurs.

10 Mar 2021
News

Shattering Glass

Gender Initiative Director Colleen Ammerman and HBS professor Boris Groysberg ask why. When women made up the majority of college-educated workers in the United States in 2019, why are they still dramatically underrepresented in the ranks... View Details

Keywords: April White; gender equity; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

April 2021
Article

Competition and Gender in the Lab vs Field: Experiments from Off-grid Renewable Energy Entrepreneurs in Rural Rwanda

By: Rebecca Klege, Martine Visser, Manuel Barron and Rowan P. Clarke

1 Jan 1999
Conference Presentation

Beyond Armchair Feminism III: Moving From Gender to a Broader Diversity Lens in Organizational Diagnosis and Intervention

By: R. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson

Keywords: Gender; Diversity; Organizational Culture; Organizations