Stigma - Publications - Faculty & Research

2018
Speaking truth: Mobilizing Change Through Artistic Expression

Hair Penalties and Other Organizational Sins: Racism Disguised as Professionalism

23 Jan 2019
Blog Post

Leaving an Unhappy Job: How to Look Before You Leap

us are aware of the productivity deficit incurred by the frequent switching of our attention from one thing to another and back again. Same with the job search. Can you give it the uninterrupted mindshare it deserves? But isn't there a View Details

12 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Creating Value Across Borders

countries, it's a much different story. But I feel the tolerance is increasing more rapidly than a lot of people think. In tandem, the perception of entrepreneurship has also grown more positive. The fourth difference is the stigma of... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

2014
Presentation

Paula Giddings

2016
Flash Talks

Ellen Berrey

2016
Flash Talks

Erika Hall

2020
Presentations & Discussions

Lessons from W50

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

about the legalities and stigma around cannabis consumption in the United States. Chloe Sharp (MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Detroit, Michigan. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was a Gillette Product Supply Engineer at... View Details

14 Mar 2023
Blog Post

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

Track attrition and tenure by gender. Combat flexibility stigma by focusing on measurable aspects of performance, and don’t turn a blind eye to high performers who harass. Despite these efforts, the authors stress that success is unlikely... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Leading Questions

Synthesis, a leadership assessment and development company. She’s seen a new generation of leaders who have grown up in a culture comfortable with personal therapy turn the C-suite stigma into a strength. “Getting help for the things you... View Details

Keywords: April White

2017
Blitz Discussions

Of Margins and Modalities

2017
Gender Conformity & Nonconformity

Thinking Expansively About Gender Nonconformity and Workplace Anti-Discrimination Strategies

05 Dec 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

Eric Lin, and George Serafeim Abstract—We explore how an organization’s financial misconduct may affect pay for former employees not implicated in wrongdoing. Drawing on stigma theory we hypothesize that although such alumni did not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2015
News

The Business of Love

relationships; OkCupid, founded in 2004, which popularized the idea that data could solve the dating dilemma; and niche sites from JDate and ChristianMingle to FarmersOnly. The number and diversity of the sites helped reduce the stigma... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2004
News

Massport, Back on Course

airplanes with lots of fuel that were going to fly near New York City. Boston is one of the places where you find planes like that. Now that a span of time has passed, I think it’s clearly recognized that Logan was not to blame for what happened. But there’s still that... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Massport; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

2017
Performance & Appearance

How Fabulous is too Fabulous? The Masculinity Dilemmas of Daring Dressers at Work

24 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Who Sets Your Benchmarks?

accomplishments, and milestones. At the same time, we are trained to fear the stigma of failing to achieve these critical metrics. Many of us are encouraged to focus more on extrinsic motivators—those that can be manifested visibly... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Lesson Plans

which will help erode the stigma that still exists around online education. In addition, the way that hiring managers perceive online education will change. We tend to be biased toward what we know, and a lot of hiring managers today had... View Details

Keywords: Jen Mele

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