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  • July 2021
  • Article

Structuring Local Environments to Avoid Diversity: Anxiety Drives Whites' Geographical and Institutional Self-Segregation Preferences

By: Eric Anicich, Jon M. Jachimowicz, Merrick Osborne and L. Taylor Phillips
The current research explores how local racial diversity affects Whites’ efforts to structure their local communities to avoid incidental intergroup contact. In two experimental studies (N=509; Studies 1a-b), we consider Whites’ choices to structure a fictional,... View Details
Keywords: Segregration; Structural/institutional Racism; Organizational Exclusion; Diversity; Race; Organizations; Local Range; Prejudice and Bias
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  • 13 Jul 2020
  • News

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

  • 20 Jun 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Creating a Positive Professional Image

story of managing your professional image, says Roberts. You also belong to a social identity group—African American male, working mother—that brings its own stereotyping from the people you work with, especially in today's diverse... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

disconnect between a company’s stated argument for diversity and the psychological reality of decision-making. “Your employees, future employees, customers and investors are watching.” As some CEOs weigh the future of their company’s DEI... View Details
Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis
  • 18 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

to differences between men and women. Managers should be aware of these differences in behaviors, perspectives, and goals, rather than assuming everyone navigates the workplace in the same way or wants the same thing out of their career,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 30 Nov 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Recruiters: Highlight Your Company’s Diversity, Not Just Perks and Pay

particularly young people: the diverse, inclusive workplaces they’ve worked hard to develop. “Job seekers are more likely to click on job ads for firms with high diversity scores when presented with this... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2003 (Revised May 2004)
  • Case

ENSR International

What is the best way to "sell" consulting services? Should the firm focus on key accounts? Should it have dedicated salespeople? How should the firm account for "selling" activities in its compensation plan? ENSR is an environmental consulting firm located in Westford,... View Details
Keywords: Sales; Consulting Industry; Massachusetts
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  • 15 Sep 2021
  • News

Answer to U.S. Labor Shortage? ‘Hidden’ Workforce

  • 2018
  • The Significance of Race Research in the 21st Century

Sankofa: Learning about and from Black experiences of Leadership, Race and Work

  • January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
  • Case

Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Inside GPIF's Embrace of ESG

By: George Serafeim
In the fall of 2018, Hiro Mizuno, the Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of GPIF, the Japanese Government Pension Fund, was reflecting on his efforts to integrate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues into every aspect of GPIF’s portfolio. His efforts ranged... View Details
Keywords: Pension Funds; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Funds; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Governance; Leading Change; Economy; Performance Improvement; Japan
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  • 22 Jan 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender

Keywords: by Katherine B. Coffman, Christine L. Exley, and Muriel Niederle

    Robin J. Ely

    Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change.... View Details

    • 09 Jun 2023
    • Blog Post

    How to Communicate your Organizations’ People-Centered Values

    also an important step towards increasing diversity and inclusion within a workplace as these complex conversations directly address race and racism. “We live in a society where race is taboo and impolite to... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • December 2013
    • Article

    The Costs of Ambient Cultural Disharmony: Indirect Intercultural Conflicts in Social Environment Undermine Creativity

    By: Roy Y.J. Chua
    Intercultural tensions and conflicts are inevitable in the global workplace. This paper introduces the concept of ambient cultural disharmony—indirect experience of intercultural tensions and conflicts in individuals' immediate social environment—and demonstrates how... View Details
    Keywords: Creativity; Culture
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    • 2005
    • Working Paper

    Silent Saboteurs: How Implicit Theories of Voice Inhibit the Upward Flow of Knowledge in Organizations

    By: James R. Detert and Amy C. Edmondson
    This article examines, in a series of three studies, how people working in organizational hierarchies wrestle with the challenge of upward voice. We first undertook in-depth exploratory research in a knowledge-intensive multinational corporation in which employee input... View Details
    Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Working Conditions; Knowledge Management; Attitudes; Organizational Culture
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    • January 2025
    • Case

    Shifting Winds: DEI in Corporate America

    By: Clayton S. Rose, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and David Lane
    In the 2020s, intense and conflicting social and political pressures challenged organizational leaders around the world. Prominent among these were powerful competing views on workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI) in the United States. Public... View Details
    Keywords: Disruption; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Diversity; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Retention; Recruitment; Adaptation; Programs; Consulting Industry; Auto Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Technology Industry; Education Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Maryland; Tennessee; District of Columbia
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    • 03 Oct 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

    of diversity There are others, however, who apparently fear that a more diverse and inclusive organization poses risks for executives, especially males. The fear is perhaps fueled by recent allegations of... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 17 Jun 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Innovation Communication in Multicultural Networks: Deficits in Inter-cultural Capability and Affect-based Trust as Barriers to New Idea Sharing in Inter-Cultural Relationships

    Keywords: by Roy Y.J. Chua & Michael W. Morris

      Yoonjae Shin

      Yoonjae Shin is a PhD student in the Organizational Behavior Unit at the Harvard Business School. His primary interests are labor market, corporate governance, and social inequality. Prior to beginning his PhD, Yoonjae worked in the project team at Seoul National... View Details
      • 07 Jun 2019
      • Book

      Are You a Digital Manager?

      nationalities, languages, and diversity in the broadest sense. “There are a number of special challenges associated with working virtually.” There are a number of special challenges associated with working virtually. How do you build... View Details
      Keywords: by Martha Lagace