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- 1978
- Chapter
Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems
By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Equality and Inequality; Public Sector; Service Operations; Gender
Kanter, R. M. "Changing Organizational Constraints: Toward Promoting Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women in Public Service Systems." In The United Nations and Decision-Making: The Role of Women. Vol. 2, edited by D. Nicol and M. Croke. New York: United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), 1978.
- spring 1978
- Article
Reflections on Women and the Legal Profession: A Sociological Perspective
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Reflections on Women and the Legal Profession: A Sociological Perspective." Harvard Womens Law Journal 1 (spring 1978): 1–18.
- 1977
- Working Paper
Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance
By: Jerry R. Green
A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of... View Details
Keywords: Social Insurance; Econometric Models; Public Sector; Government Administration; Policy; Human Needs; Social Issues; Risk and Uncertainty
Green, Jerry R. "Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 215, November 1977.
- 01 Apr 1977
- Conference Presentation
Access to Opportunity and Power: Measuring Racism/Sexism inside Organizations
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Access to Opportunity and Power: Measuring Racism/Sexism inside Organizations." Paper presented at the Research Symposium on Social Indicators in Institutional Racism/Sexism, April 01, 1977. (Also published as "Differential Access to Opportunity and Power" in Discrimination in Organizations, edited by R. Alvarez and K.G. Lutterman, Jossey-Bass, 1979.)
- March 1977
- Article
Some Effects on Proportions on Group Life: Skewed Sex Ratios and Responses to Token Women
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Some Effects on Proportions on Group Life: Skewed Sex Ratios and Responses to Token Women." American Journal of Sociology 82 (March 1977): 965–90. (Reprintings include: Representative Bureaucracy, edited by J. Dolan and D. Rosenbloom. M.E. Sharpe, 2002; Readings in Sociology, edited by R. Curtis. Kendall-Hunt Publishing, 1988; Women and Symbolic Interaction, edited by M.J. Deegan and M. Hill. N.Y.: Allen Unwin, 1986; The Gender Gap and Psychotherapy, edited by E. Carmen and P. Ricker. N.Y.: Plenum, 1984; The Substance of Social Deviance, edited by R.A. Farrell and V.L. Swigert. Alfred Publishing, 1978; Sociological Inventory, Vol. 1, 1979; Reader in Complex Organizations, edited by A. Etzioni and E.W. Lehman. N.Y.: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1980; Sociology: Contemporary Introductory Readings, edited by J. And A. Stimson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Peacock, 1983.)
- 1977
- Book
Men and Women of the Corporation
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. Men and Women of the Corporation. New York: Basic Books, 1977. (Italian, Edizioni Olivares; Japanese, Japan Productivity Center. Excerpts in Working in America, edited by A.S. Wharton, Mountain View, Calif.: Mayfield, 1998. Other reprinting information available from publisher.)
- 1 Sep 1975
- Conference Presentation
The Impact of Hierarchial Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "The Impact of Hierarchial Structures on the Work Behavior of Women and Men." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, September 01, 1975. (Also in Social Problems, vol. 23 (April 1976), pp. 425-30. Reprintings include: Industrial Relations in a New Age, edited by C. Kerr and P.D. Staudohar. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1986; Sex and Gender Reader, edited by L. Richardson and V.A. Taylor Lexington. Mass.: Heath, 1981; Women and Work: Problems and Perspectives, edited by R. Kahn-Hut, et al. N.Y.: Oxford, 1982.)
- 1975
- Book
Another Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Social Life and Social Science
By: M. Millman and R. M. Kanter
Millman, M. and R. M. Kanter, eds. Another Voice: Feminist Perspectives on Social Life and Social Science. New York: Doubleday, 1975.
- 1975
- Article
Women and the Structure of Organizations: Explorations in Theory and Behavior
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Women and the Structure of Organizations: Explorations in Theory and Behavior." Sociological Inquiry 45, nos. 2-3 (1975). (Also in Another Voice, edited by M. Millman and R.M. Kanter. N.Y.: Doubleday Anchor, 1975; Reprintings include: The Management of Libraries: Basic Readings, edited by B.P. Lynch. Neil Schuman, 1985; The Sociology of Organizations: Basic Studies, edited by O. Grusky and G.A. Miller (Rev. ed.) N.Y.: Free Press, 1980;.)
- 1 Feb 1974
- Conference Presentation
Women in Organizations: Change Agent Skills
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Women in Organizations: Change Agent Skills." Paper presented at the New Technology in Organization Development Conference, New Orleans, February 01, 1974. (Also in Current Issues and Strategies in Organization Development, edited by W.R. Burke. N.Y.: Behavioral Publications, 1976; Portions published as "On Ending Female Tokenism in T-Groups," Social Change, vol. 5 (1975), pp. 1-3. Reprinted in Sensitivity Training and the Laboratory Approach, edited by R.T. Golembiewski and A. Blumberg. Third Edition. Itasca, IL: Peacock, 1977.)
- 1973
- Book
Managing Diversity and Interdependence
By: J. W. Lorsch and Stephen A. Allen III
Lorsch, J. W., and Stephen A. Allen III. Managing Diversity and Interdependence. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School, Division of Research, 1973.
- 1 Aug 1973
- Conference Presentation
De-Housewifing Women, Domesticating Men: Equality between the Sexes in Urban Communes
By: R. M. Kanter and M. Halter
Kanter, R. M., and M. Halter. "De-Housewifing Women, Domesticating Men: Equality between the Sexes in Urban Communes." Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, August 01, 1973. (Also in Marriage and Family Interaction, edited by J. Heiss. Second Edition. Chicago: Rand McNally, 1976. (with M. Halter); Reprinted in Modern Sociology: Introductory Readings, edited by P. Worsley London: Penguin, 1978.)
- Forthcoming
- Article
Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act
By: Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini and Cecilia Testa
How did southern whites respond to the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA)? Leveraging
newly digitized data on county-level voter registration by race between 1956 and
1980, and exploiting pre-determined variation in exposure to the federal intervention,
we document that... View Details
Bernini, Andrea, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini, and Cecilia Testa. "Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act." Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming). (Also available on Vox EU and VoxDev. Featured on HBS Working Knowledge.)
- Forthcoming
- Article
Centralization and Organization Reproduction: Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations
By: William R. Kerr
We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Reproduction; Centralization; Research and Development; Innovation and Invention; Organizational Design; Ethnicity
Kerr, William R. "Centralization and Organization Reproduction: Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations." Organization Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online October 24, 2023.)
- Research Summary
Cultural Entrepreneurship and the Business of the Arts
By: Rohit Deshpande
A more recent research program focuses on creating and managing ventures connected with the arts and culture. This research extends the concept of Customer-Centricity into the context of Audience Engagement. This primarily case-based work explores how successful... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Differentiating on Diversity: How Disclosing Workforce Diversity Influences Consumer Choice
By: Maya Balakrishnan, Jimin Nam and Ryan W. Buell
Companies are facing increased pressure to “walk the talk” on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in their operations. One specific call-to-action from stakeholders is the public disclosure of EEO-1s. Companies with 100+ employees are federally mandated to annually... View Details
Balakrishnan, Maya, Jimin Nam, and Ryan W. Buell. "Differentiating on Diversity: How Disclosing Workforce Diversity Influences Consumer Choice." Production and Operations Management (forthcoming). (Pre-published online March 7, 2024.)
- Research Summary
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
By: Sandra J. Sucher
In this research I develop cases and articles that provide thought-provoking, real-world examples of the ways in which social identity differences emerge and are managed in the workplace, and the skills needed to constructively engage with differences to create and... View Details
- Forthcoming
- Article
Gender and Preferences for Performance Feedback
By: Katherine Baldiga Coffman and David Klinowski
Across multiple studies, we investigate whether there are gender differences in preferences for receiving performance feedback. We vary many features of the feedback context: whether the performance task is a cognitive test or a mock interview, whether the feedback is... View Details
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga, and David Klinowski. "Gender and Preferences for Performance Feedback." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online August 7, 2024.)