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- 19 May 2015
- News
Harvard aims to take on gender bias with new initiative
- 08 Mar 2016
- News
Words of Wisdom on International Women's Day
- April 2022
- Case
Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law
By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Olivia Hull
Follows the journey of lawyer Marsha Simms from her childhood in racially-segregated St. Louis to the upper echelons of the New York legal community. Describes her education, career choices, accomplishments, and setbacks. Highlights significant moments such as her... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Career; Career Management; Diversity; Inclusion; Equity; Gender; Race; Corporate Finance; Law; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Social Issues; Legal Services Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
Ely, Robin, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman, and Olivia Hull. "Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law." Harvard Business School Case 422-012, April 2022.
- September 2006
- Article
Rethinking Political Correctness
By: Robin J. Ely, Debra E. Meyerson and Martin N. Davidson
Keywords: Attitudes
Ely, Robin J., Debra E. Meyerson, and Martin N. Davidson. "Rethinking Political Correctness." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 9 (September 2006).
- September 2011
- Article
Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs
By: Robin J. Ely, Herminia Ibarra and Deborah Kolb
We conceptualize leadership development as identity work and show how subtle forms of gender bias in the culture and in organizations interfere with the identity work of women leaders. Based on this insight, we revisit traditional approaches to standard leadership... View Details
Keywords: Programs; Prejudice and Bias; Leadership Development; Identity; Organizational Culture; Gender
Ely, Robin J., Herminia Ibarra, and Deborah Kolb. "Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs." Academy of Management Learning & Education 10, no. 3 (September 2011): 474–493. (Winner, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Decade Award, 2021.)
- 19 Feb 2019
- News
Podcasts Featuring Black Business Leaders
- 06 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
A Letter from the Women in Investing Club
hosted a chat on gender and intersectional diversity from academic and professional perspectives. The chat featured Professors Kristin Mugford and Robin Ely, both of whom received teaching awards this year.... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in Turkey
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Robin J. Ely, Daniela Beyersdorfer, Emilie Billaud and Cigdem Çelik
In a rather flat international business environment characterized by shrinking markets and economic turmoil, Turkey promoted itself as one of the safe havens for investments. Led by the strong domestic demand of a young population, the country had tripled its GDP... View Details
- March 2012
- Article
Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance
By: Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic and David A. Thomas
This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details
Ely, Robin J., Irene Padavic, and David A. Thomas. "Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance." Organization Studies 33, no. 3 (March 2012): 341–362.
- 21 Feb 2018
- News
Beating the Odds
- 08 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’
shows, however, the idea that highly educated women are "opting out" is more media myth than a reality, at least among the School's own graduates. "Life and Leadership After HBS," released on Thursday and discussed in a session with Professor View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
- 22 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Work, Family, Private Life: Why Not All Three?
compromise." Wrapping up the session, moderator Robin Ely, a professor of organizational behavior at HBS, suggested that people focus in their lives on what it is that they want to create, and not... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110024-PDF-ENG Zappos.com 2009: Clothing, Customer Service and Company Culture Frances X. Frei, Robin J. Ely, and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 610-015 On July... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Apr 2016
- Research Event
What Does 'Diversity' Really Mean?
business executives who attended the symposium to discuss how to address inequality issues and encourage greater diversity in the workplace. Held on the Harvard Business School campus on March 31 and April 1, the symposium was co-organized by View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- Aug 2020
- Conference Presentation
Impacting Grand Challenges: A 'Both/And' Approach
By: Natalie Slawinski, Wendy K. Smith, Robin J. Ely, Tobias Hahn, Andrew J. Hoffman and Anita M. McGahan
In this panel symposium, we seek to build on growing efforts by management scholars to engage with grand challenges and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Reflective of the All- Academy Theme description, we note that research and scholarship... View Details
Slawinski, Natalie, Wendy K. Smith, Robin J. Ely, Tobias Hahn, Andrew J. Hoffman, and Anita M. McGahan. "Impacting Grand Challenges: A 'Both/And' Approach." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Virtual, August 2020.
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience Race, Work & Leadership: Learning about & from Black Experience 08–09 MAR 2018 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Dialogue Welcome and Introductions Laura Morgan Roberts, Robin... View Details
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
about 90 percent of them were women. "I wanted to make it clear that we really are taking an intersectional approach to gender," said Robin Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 08 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity
HBS Professor Robin Ely, is a long-term study of high-wage-earning-potential women, their partners, and their hopes and expectations about career and family. View Details