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- 2013
- Chapter
Gender Bender Brand Hijacks and Consumer Revolt: The Porsche Cayenne Story
By: Jill Avery
Throughout history, marketers have created gendered brands, creating their brands and the stories they crafted about them in their advertising to appeal either to men or to women. Gendered brands deliver value to consumers, and therefore, deliver value to marketers.... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Behavior; Brands; Brand Positioning; Brand Equity; Brand Management; Advertising Campaigns; Customer Focus and Relationships; Marketing; Brands and Branding; Marketing Strategy; Auto Industry; Consumer Products Industry
Avery, Jill. "Gender Bender Brand Hijacks and Consumer Revolt: The Porsche Cayenne Story." In Consumer Behavior: Human Pursuit of Happiness in a World of Goods. 3rd ed. by Jill Avery, Robert Kozinets, Arch Woodside, Banwari Mittal, and Priya Raghubir, 645–649. Cincinnati: Open Mentis, 2013.
- July 2023
- Article
The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap
By: Zoë B. Cullen and Ricardo Perez-Truglia
Offices are social places. Employees and managers take breaks together and talk about
family and hobbies. In this study, we show that employees’ social interactions with their managers
can be advantageous for their careers, and that this phenomenon contributes to the... View Details
Keywords: Career; Promotions; Social Interactions; Networking; Interpersonal Communication; Familiarity; Equality and Inequality; Gender
Cullen, Zoë B., and Ricardo Perez-Truglia. "The Old Boys' Club: Schmoozing and the Gender Gap." American Economic Review 113, no. 7 (July 2023): 1703–1740. (Lead Article.)
- Article
Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations
By: Hannah Riley Bowles and Kathleen L. McGinn
Negotiation is a process that creates, reinforces, and reduces gender inequality in organizations, yet the study of gender in negotiation has little connection to the study of gender in organizations. We review the literature on gender in job negotiations from... View Details
Keywords: Gender; Body of Literature; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Research; Behavior; Equality and Inequality
Bowles, Hannah Riley, and Kathleen L. McGinn. "Untapped Potential in the Study of Negotiation and Gender Inequality in Organizations." Academy of Management Annals 2 (2008): 99–132.
- 04 Nov 2015
- What Do You Think?
Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?
Does Gender Diversity in Management Enhance Performance? Why? A variety of explanations for the positive correlation between gender diversity and better business performance found in a recent McKinsey study... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Article
When Does Gender Matter in Negotiation?
By: K. L. McGinn, Dina W. Pradel and Hannah Riley Bowles
McGinn, K. L., Dina W. Pradel, and Hannah Riley Bowles. "When Does Gender Matter in Negotiation?" Negotiation 8, no. 11 (November 2005).
- 10 Apr 2001
- Conference Presentation
Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?
By: Candida Brush, Nancy Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia Green and Myra M. Hart
- 2016
- Working Paper
Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay
By: Matti Keloharju, Samuli Knüpfer and Joacim Tåg
This paper uses exceptionally rich data on Swedish corporate executives and their personal characteristics to study gender gaps in CEO appointments and pay. Both gaps are sizeable: 18% for CEO appointments and 27% for pay. At most one-eighth of the gaps can be... View Details
Keloharju, Matti, Samuli Knüpfer, and Joacim Tåg. "Equal Opportunity? Gender Gaps in CEO Appointments and Executive Pay." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-092, February 2016.
- Article
Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures
By: Matthew Lee and Laura Huang
Recent studies find that female-led ventures are penalized relative to male-led ventures due to role incongruity, or a perceived “lack of fit,” between female stereotypes and expected personal qualities of business entrepreneurs. We examine whether social impact... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Framework; Perception; Performance Evaluation
Lee, Matthew, and Laura Huang. "Gender Bias, Social Impact Framing, and Evaluation of Entrepreneurial Ventures." Organization Science 29, no. 1 (January–February 2018): 1–16.
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For
By: Christine L. Exley and Kirby Nielsen
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold about men and women. If evaluators fail to account for the confidence gap, it may cause overly pessimistic views about women. Alternatively, if evaluators expect... View Details
Keywords: Confidence; Experiments; Gender; Perception; Values and Beliefs; Performance Evaluation; Analysis
Exley, Christine L., and Kirby Nielsen. "The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected But Not Accounted For." Working Paper, October 2022.
- January 19, 2021
- Article
How to Be a 'Glass-Shattering' Organization
By: Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg
Advancing gender equality is certainly desirable, but may not seem vital during this turbulent time — yet that assumption couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, losing sight of gender equity right now is likely to put you at a real disadvantage when the pandemic... View Details
Keywords: Gender Equity; Gender Inclusivity; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Ammerman, Colleen, and Boris Groysberg. "How to Be a 'Glass-Shattering' Organization." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 19, 2021).
- 2012
- Working Paper
When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation
By: Iris Bohnet, Alexandra van Geen and Max H. Bazerman
We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in hiring, promotion, and job assignments: an "evaluation nudge," in which people are evaluated jointly rather than separately regarding their future performance. Evaluators are more likely to focus on individual... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Behavior; Groups and Teams; Decision Making; Performance Evaluation; Gender
Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max H. Bazerman. "When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-083, March 2012.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Gender Differences in Altruism: Responses to a Natural Disaster
By: Matthew Lilley and Robert Slonim
High-profile disasters can cause large spikes in philanthropy and volunteerism. By providing temporary positive shocks to the altruism of donors, these natural experiments help identify heterogeneity in the distributions of the latent altruism which motivates donors.... View Details
Lilley, Matthew, and Robert Slonim. "Gender Differences in Altruism: Responses to a Natural Disaster." IZA (Institute of Labor Economics) Discussion Paper Series, No. 9657, January 2016.
- September 2018 (Revised March 2019)
- Background Note
The Gender Gap In U.S. History
By: Tom Nicholas and Sophie Kainen
Nicholas, Tom, and Sophie Kainen. "The Gender Gap In U.S. History." Harvard Business School Background Note 819-051, September 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
- 28 Mar 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint versus Separate Evaluation
- 2003
- Chapter
Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?
By: Nancy M. Carter, Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene and Myra M. Hart
Carter, Nancy M., Candida G. Brush, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene, and Myra M. Hart. "Financing Entrepreneurship: Is Gender an Issue?" In Critical Junctures in Women's Economic Lives: A Collection of Symposium Papers, 45–51. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Economic Progress, 2003.
- 1 Jan 1991
- Conference Presentation
Gender Difference: What Difference Does it Make?
By: R. J. Ely
Keywords: Gender
Ely, R. J. "Gender Difference: What Difference Does it Make?" Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, January 01, 1991. (Winner of Dorothy Harlow Best Paper Award Given annually to the author of the best paper submitted to the Annual Academy of Management Meeting presented by Academy of Management.)
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
FabioFilzi Key aspects of corporate sponsorship programs, while designed to advance women’s careers, may end up widening the gender gap rather than narrowing it, according to new experimental research. “We’re not trying to say that... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- May 2016
- Article
When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation
By: Iris Bohnet, Alexandra van Geen and Max Bazerman
We examine a new intervention to overcome gender biases in hiring, promotion, and job assignments: an "evaluation nudge," in which people are evaluated jointly rather than separately regarding their future performance. Evaluators are more likely to focus on individual... View Details
Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Selection and Staffing; Decision Choices and Conditions; Performance; Gender
Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max Bazerman. "When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation." Management Science 62, no. 5 (May 2016): 1225–1234.
- Article
The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work
By: R. J. Ely
This study examined how women's proportional representation in the upper echelons of organizations affects professional women's social constructions of gender difference and gender identity at work. Qualitative and quantitative data were used. Results suggest that sex... View Details
Ely, R. J. "The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work." Academy of Management Journal 38, no. 3 (June 1995): 589–634. (Winner, Academy of Management Journal Impact Award, 2021.)
- August 21, 2018
- Article
Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients
By: Brad Greenwood, Seth Carnahan and Laura Huang
We examine patient gender disparities in survival rates following acute myocardial infarctions (i.e., heart attacks) based on the gender of the treating physician. Using a census of heart attack patients admitted to Florida hospitals between 1991 and 2010, we find... View Details
Greenwood, Brad, Seth Carnahan, and Laura Huang. "Patient–Physician Gender Concordance and Increased Mortality Among Female Heart Attack Patients." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 34 (August 21, 2018).