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organization. Learn the History “My work is grounded in history,” she said. “We need to be able to trace the roots of racism back through time. It is harder to undo how we think about identities without first knowing how they were... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Find Your Maximum Sustainable Goodness

and map those across organizations and interests. Venture outside your tribe. Giving time or money in service of those who share a common trait or identity with us—whether religion, ethnicity, nationality, or even alumni status—can... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Rehito “Ray” Hatoyama (MBA 2008)

girl. Maybe this was due to a language difference. “Kitty” doesn’t necessarily mean “cat” in Japanese. It’s a name like Katy or John. Lost in translation. A character needs to be a different creation from the animal that inspires it—when it’s separate, it creates real... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Hello Kitty; Arts, Entertainment; Special Design Services; Professional Services

6 PM – 8 PM EST, 01 Feb 2016

Alumnae Circles Open House: Boston

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

Portrait Project

Joe Nagae

such as, "Do you think of yourself as Indian or Japanese?" I do not think of myself as either or even "a world citizen" for that matter. What's important for me is to continue to have the intellectual flexibility to define my own View Details

15 Dec 2024
News

The Golden Thread

Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her father and his brothers were... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustration by Nigel Buchanan; retirement; careers; psychology

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

over the years is that the language dilemma never goes away, because language is about people. It dictates and influences identity and professional competence and communication on a moment-to-moment and day-to-day basis. For as long as... View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

15 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

Ironman and he brings that identity to work,” Mendoza shared. “This creates opportunity for others to do the same and as a leader within the organization I can set an example as well.” Mendoza knows that not only does bringing her full... View Details

26 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 26

Threat: Responses to and the Consequences of Threats to Individuals' Identities Authors:Jennifer L. Petriglieri Publication:The Academy of Management Review (forthcoming) Abstract I review and reconceptualize View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2016
Hidden Processes

Aida Hurtado

01 May 2007
First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

on Lone Trees in the Forest: Members' Experience of a Multiple Identity Organization Authors:Michel J. Anteby and Amy Wrzesniewski Periodical:Best Paper Proceedings of the Academy of Management (2007) Abstract In this paper we examine the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT, 18 Oct 2016
HBS Alumni Events

Alumnae Circles Open House: San Francisco

Women's groups are launching- are you interested? Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Digital ID network empowers individuals, disrupts the data brokers

a way to verify their eligibility. As a result, he cofounded ID.me, a secure, user-centric identity network. Hall launched ID.me in 2013 with fellow HBS classmate Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010), a former Army Ranger. The company is a pivot... View Details

February 2023
Article

Homophily and Acrophily as Drivers of Political Segregation

By: Amit Goldenberg, Joseph M. Abruzzo, Zi Huang, Jonas Schone, David Bailey, Robb Willer, Eran Halperin and James J. Gross

Political segregation is an important social problem, increasing polarization and impeding effective governance. Previous work has viewed the central driver of segregation to be political homophily, the tendency to associate with others who have similar views. Here we... View Details

Keywords: Political Affiliation; Extremism; Values and Beliefs; Identity; Groups and Teams; Emotions; Civil Society or Community

11 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’Entrepreneurship and Multinationals’

Bruce Mazlish, two prominent historians, as a "new kind of Leviathan," which had "an impact on almost every sphere of modern life from policymaking on the environment to international security, from issues of personal View Details

Keywords: Re: Geoffrey G. Jones

21 Mar 2012
Op-Ed

Finding the Right Jeremy Lin Storyline

difficult to understand multiple identity stories in combination. It means holding on to complexity and not using simple reasoning around one category or another to guide our thinking. The second is fear. It is difficult to talk about the... View Details

Keywords: by Lakshmi Ramarajan; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Oct 1997
News

Short Takes

experiences: identity groups (i.e., race, cultural background, gender, age) and organization groups (defined by shared task roles and hierarchical position). From psychoana-lytic theory, the authors draw on elements that particularly help... View Details

01 Mar 2006
News

The Real Conflict

pro-consumerism a good thing? The answer, at least in relation to Wal-Mart, depends on the identity of these “consumers” — the ones getting most of the benefits from the company’s low prices. Wal-Mart operates two-and-a-half times as much... View Details

Keywords: Pankaj Ghemawat; Ken A. Mark; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

Daniel F. Gerber, Jr.

to advertise his product for 15 cents a can to build a vibrant wholesale business. The now famous “Gerber baby symbol” was introduced to build brand identity and reassure skeptical consumers. Though it took ten years to build a wholesale... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

24 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

Prosocial Identity Reduces Prosocial Behavior Authors:Adam M. Grant, Andrew Molinsky, Joshua D. Margolis, Melissa Kamin, and William Schiano Periodical:Journal of Applied Social Psychology 39, no. 2 (2009): 319-349 Abstract Considerable... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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