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  • 05 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

of damage caps on settlements, the propensity of men and women to initiate negotiations, and the readiness of each gender to volunteer for, and work on “nonpromotable tasks.” Linda won this award, however, not only for her path‐breaking... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 29 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

Documenting the actual levels of inequality within and across countries is generally considered a critical input to the design of economic and social policy (7–10); we suggest that assessing laypeople’s understanding of those levels, and how that understanding predicts... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 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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  • October 2005 (Revised January 2006)
  • Case

Augusta National Golf Club Controversy, The (A)

By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Melissa Tritter
The prestigious Augusta National Golf Club's secret membership is widely believed to exclude women. When feminist advocate Martha Burk receives a mysterious list of "members," she must decide how best to use this information in her efforts to crack the glass ceiling.... View Details
Keywords: Partners and Partnerships; Attitudes; Decision Making; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Gender; Non-Governmental Organizations; Communication Strategy; Sports Industry
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  • 04 Jan 2021
  • What Do You Think?

How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?

successes, the distraction of a later effort to improve gender diversity, the disproportionate number of Black employees laid off in a major downsizing, a drop in the number of Black candidates in the pipeline, and weak retention of those... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 23 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 23, 2018

mothers were not employed. In the domestic sphere, sons raised by employed mothers spend more time caring for family members, and daughters spend less time on housework. Analyses provide evidence for two mechanisms: gender View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jun 2015
  • First Look

First Look: June 30, 2015

employee, and as a result leaders hire for attitude and train for skills; (5) effective operating strategies have to create value for employees, customers and investors, so leaders ensure the achievement of the leverage and edge that... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 18 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their core business. In the first study of this phenomenon, we investigate how CEO activism can influence public opinion about these issues and consumer View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

designing service interactions so that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs. Across three studies, we find that revealing the “submerged state” through operational transparency impacts citizens’ attitudes and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Jan 2016
  • First Look

January 19, 2016

consistent with the proposition that employed mothers provide non-traditional gender role models to their children, liberalizing gender attitudes and transmitting life skills... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Jan 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Creating the Perfect Super Bowl Ad

mantra included: "At 60 miles an hour the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock," and the straightforward "man in the Hathaway shirt." By 1985, Ogilvy changed his tune, agreeing that a little fun is fine, Teixeira says. (Proof of that View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting
  • 15 Mar 2016
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March 15, 2016

energy, time, and resources—in balanced measure—across what he calls "the three boxes": Box 1: The present—Manage the core business at peak profitability; Box 2: The past—Abandon ideas, practices, and attitudes that could... View Details
  • 05 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

enterprises and their capacity to pursue joint social and financial goals over time. I start by discussing how exposure to diverse organizational contexts and gender affect the founding of social enterprises before presenting the distinct... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 23 Feb 2010
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First Look: Feb. 23

all female leaders must deal with ambivalent reactions rooted in gender stereotypes. Generally, the assertive, dominant behavior typical among leaders tends to be viewed as atypical and unattractive in women. Studies of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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