gender - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Unless men embrace their role in eliminating gender bias and barriers, organizations and institutions will never leverage the value that women bring to the workplace. “Most positions of power are still held by men,” says Colleen Ammerman,... View Details

2024
Working Paper

Choosing and Using Information in Evaluation Decisions

By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman, Scott Kostyshak and Perihan O. Saygin

Most studies of gender discrimination consider how male versus female candidates are assessed given otherwise identical information about them. But, in many settings of interest, evaluators have a choice about how much information to acquire about a candidate before... View Details

Keywords: Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Performance Evaluation

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2018
Flash Talks

Blackwomenomics: Equity in Leadership Advancement of Modern Black Women

23 Nov 2020
Blog Post

We Rise

private-capital database PitchBook, just 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. A survey by The Information, a tech-sector media outlet, found that just 1 percent were Black; they did not identify the View Details

31 Jul 2016
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2016 G&WS: Bryonn Bain Speaks About Work on Language, Performance, and Identity

2017
Blitz Discussions

The Structured World and the Self

06 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Transition to Democracy Promotion The Pivot: Neoconservatives, the Philippines, and the Democracy Agenda By: Fibiger, Mattias Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54829 forthcoming Organization Science An... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

02 Nov 2020
Blog Post

WE RISE

private-capital database PitchBook, just 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. A survey by The Information, a tech-sector media outlet, found that just 1 percent were Black; they did not identify the View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Other Financial Services; Venture Capital / Private Equity

13 Apr 2016
Research Event

What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?

Many male business leaders have the right intentions when it comes to tackling the sticky issue of gender inequality in the workplace. But try as they might to be more sensitive and inclusive with their language, men are quite simply... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

2018
Flash Talks

Glass Cliffs or Invisible Bridge?

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Breaking Barriers and Building Community: Get to Know the HBS Women’s Student Association (WSA)

gender equity at HBS and beyond. We have an incredible list of sponsors who, through their funding and support, help us deliver extensive programming for all members. Some of the highlights of our club include: Annual Women Business... View Details

19 Jan 2021
News

How to Be a “Glass-Shattering” Organization

31 Oct 2013
News

What Board Directors Really Do in Their Free Time

09 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 9, 2018

paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53685 When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender By: Coffman, Katherine B., Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle Abstract—We use an experiment to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2016
Flash Talks

Rachel Arnett

12 Jun 2014
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2014 G&WS: May Al-Dabbagh Presents on Social Research and Public Policy

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2019 G&WS: Clarissa Cortland (INSEAD) Presents Flash Talk: “Stereotype Threat’s Silver Lining: Speaking Out for Change”

July 2022 (Revised September 2024)
Case

Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard

By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett

In January 2022, Microsoft announces its acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard, in a deal valued at $68.7 billion, which would make Microsoft the world’s third largest video game company. The deal came as Activision Blizzard faced gender pay... View Details

Keywords: Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Analysis; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Ethics; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Video Game Industry; North America; California

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September 2021
Article

Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality

By: Letian Zhang

This paper develops a theory of how disruptive events could reduce racial and gender inequality in organizations. Despite pressure from regulators and advocates, racial and gender inequality in the workplace remains high. I theorize that because such inequality is... View Details

Keywords: Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Diversity; Race; Gender; Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Disruption

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