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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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  • November 15, 2021
  • Article

What Do Black Executives Really Want?

By: Frank Cooper III and Ranjay Gulati
Recruiting and retaining Black talent is a priority for many organizations. Most are committed to and investing in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). And yet, according to interviews and focus groups with Black executives working in a variety of blue-chip... View Details
Keywords: Black Executives; Selection and Staffing; Retention; Race; Organizational Culture; Change Management
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  • 2008
  • Book

Moral Gray Zones: Side Productions, Identity, and Regulation in an Aeronautic Plant

By: Michel Anteby
Anyone who has been employed by an organization knows not every official workplace regulation must be followed. When management consistently overlooks such breaches, spaces emerge in which both workers and supervisors engage in officially prohibited, yet tolerated... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Governance Controls; Production; Organizational Culture; Practice; France
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    John A. Quelch

    John A. Quelch is Executive Vice Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Social Science at Duke Kunshan University. He is also John DeButts Professor at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business.  Between 2017 and 2023 he was the Leonard M. Miller University... View Details

    Keywords: advertising; broadcasting; consumer products; e-commerce industry; fashion; fast food; federal government; financial services; food; food processing; health care; high technology; marketing industry; media

      Leslie A. Perlow

      Leslie A. Perlow is the Konosuke Matsushita Professor of Leadership in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. She leads the Crafting Your Life Special Project, dedicated to helping individuals make purposeful life choices while gathering... View Details

      • August 1992 (Revised December 1994)
      • Case

      Sexual Harassment, Free Speech or ...?

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Presents two brief vignettes about female employees who object to gender discrimination in their work environment. In one case, the manager of a convenience store removes "adult" magazines from the store's shelves because she sees them as damaging to women. In the... View Details
      Keywords: Moral Sensibility; Working Conditions; Law; Behavior; Managerial Roles; Crime and Corruption; Groups and Teams; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Gender
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      • 14 Jun 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need

      authors identify four research-backed steps that leaders can take to cultivate psychological safety among their employees. When properly understood, focusing on these four areas can boost team performance and work culture across... View Details
      Keywords: by Kara Baskin
      • 2 Sep 2021
      • Interview

      Amy Edmondson

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Deepak Jayaraman
      Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. Amy has been recognized by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #3 in 2019. She studies teaming,... View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Communication; Performance Effectiveness
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      • 14 Apr 2015
      • First Look

      First Look: April 14

      history. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/815088-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 515-062 Mental Health and the American Workplace Mental illness has been described as an epidemic affecting nearly a quarter... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Faculty & Research

      HBS Book Negotiation: The Game Has Changed By: Max Bazerman The world has changed dramatically in just the past few years—and so has the game of negotiation. COVID-19, Zoom, political polarization, the online economy, increasing economic globalization, and greater... View Details
      • Research Summary

      Dissertation: Is the Ideal Worker Still Real? Sources and Consequences of Men's Professional Identities

      My dissertation examines the implications of men's changing lives for their work identities and for gender inequality in organizations. Current theories of workplace gender inequality hinge upon the widely-shared cultural image of an "ideal worker,"... View Details

      • 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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      • 09 Apr 2024
      • Book

      Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning

      scientists have traditionally approached rituals from a cultural or religious perspective, but we all have our own idiosyncratic rituals we conduct throughout our days,” says Norton, author of the new book The Ritual Effect: From Habit to... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 16 Jun 2021
      • Interview

      Harvard Business School: How to Build Fearless Organizations

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ron Lovett
      Our guest is Amy Edmondson - Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School. Amy has authored multiple books, including her most recent, The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation and... View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Leadership; Diversity; Communication
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      • 25 Feb 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence

      we are willing to contribute ideas in the workplace or try to compete for a promotion,” Coffman says. “If talented women in STEM aren’t confident, they might not even look at those fields in the first place. It’s all about how good we... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
      • 14 Apr 2019
      • Interview

      How to Build Psychological Safety, with Amy Edmondson

      By: Amy C. Edmondson and Dave Stachowiak
      Amy Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School. She has been recognized by the Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers for many years and was honored with their Talent Award in 2017. Amy is the author of... View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Organizational Culture; Groups and Teams; Performance Effectiveness
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      • November 2019
      • Case

      The Boss Has the Wrong Idea: Confidential Role Material for Lee Clancy

      By: Katherine Coffman, Kathleen McGinn, Judith A. Clair and Katherine Chen
      “The Boss Has the Wrong Idea” is a two-person conversation exercise in which an MBA student seeks advice from a mentor in her field about how to handle an incident of workplace sexual harassment. The case consists of two confidential role materials: a role for the... View Details
      Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture
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      • November 2019
      • Case

      The Boss Has the Wrong Idea: Confidential Role Material for Julia Smith

      By: Katherine Coffman, Kathleen McGinn, Judith A. Clair and Katherine Chen
      “The Boss Has the Wrong Idea” is a two-person conversation exercise in which an MBA student seeks advice from a mentor in her field about how to handle an incident of workplace sexual harassment. The case consists of two confidential role materials: a role for the... View Details
      Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture
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      • 27 Nov 2006
      • Research & Ideas

      Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes

      unique characteristics, the concept of masculinity has broad relevance across organizational settings. We focused on masculine identity-constructions in dangerous workplaces because few settings evoke more vividly the dominant View Details
      Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities
      • 05 Sep 2023
      • Book

      Failing Well: How Your ‘Intelligent Failure’ Unlocks Your Full Potential

      necessarily means experiencing failures along the way, Edmondson says. Taking this approach may be especially important now, as employers struggle to retain talent and boost employee morale in workplaces that were completely reshaped by... View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding