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- 02 Dec 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Will It Take to Achieve Gender Equality in Leadership?
Are Investors the Ultimate Antidote to Gender Inequality in Leadership? Once respondents came to terms with my use of “gender equality” in the title of this month’s column they described several ways in which it might be achieved in our... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 29 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Will I Stay or Will I Go? How Gender and Race Affect Turnover at ‘Up-or-Out’ Organizations
Date of Event: May 10, 2010 Speakers: Kathleen McGinn Gender and racial inequalities continue to persist at "up-or- out" knowledge organizations such as law firms, making it difficult for women and minorities to advance to... View Details
- January–March 2020
- Article
Improving Decisions that Affect Gender Equality in the Workplace
By: Edward H. Chang and Katherine L. Milkman
Chang, Edward H., and Katherine L. Milkman. "Improving Decisions that Affect Gender Equality in the Workplace." Special Issue on 21st Century Decision Making. Organizational Dynamics 49, no. 1 (January–March 2020).
- Fall 2021
- Article
Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991
By: Sudev Sheth, Geoffrey Jones and Morgan Spencer
This article examines how the film industry influenced prevailing gender and skin color stereotypes in India during the first four decades after Independence in 1947. It shows that Bollywood, the mainstream cinema in India, shared Hollywood's privileging of paler skin... View Details
Keywords: Bollywood; Film Industry; Hollywood; Tamil Cinema; Male Gaze; Stereotypes; Social Impact; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Film Entertainment; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; India; United States
Sheth, Sudev, Geoffrey Jones, and Morgan Spencer. "Emboldening and Contesting Gender and Skin Color Stereotypes in the Film Industry in India, 1947–1991." Business History Review 95, no. 3 (Fall 2021): 483–515.
- Article
Gender Difference in Patenting in the Academic Life Science
Ding, Waverly, Fiona Murray, and Toby E. Stuart. "Gender Difference in Patenting in the Academic Life Science." Science 313, no. 5787 (August 4, 2006): 665–667.
- December 2005
- Article
Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation
By: Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda C. Babcock and Kathleen McGinn
Bowles, Hannah Riley, Linda C. Babcock, and Kathleen McGinn. "Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 89, no. 6 (December 2005): 951–965.
- 29 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Will Demand for Women Executives Finally Shrink the Gender Pay Gap?
Pressure to increase gender diversity in C-suites is so intense that companies are trying to draw women candidates with higher salary offers, a phenomenon that is closing the gender pay gap among senior... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- March 2020
- Case
Girls Who Code
By: Brian Trelstad, Amy Klopfenstein and Olivia Hull
In 2012, Reshma Saujani founded Girls Who Code (GWC) with the mission of closing the technology (tech) industry’s gender gap. While GWC offered coding education programs to middle- and high-school-aged girls, the organization also sought to alter cultural stereotypes... View Details
Keywords: Coding; Gender Stereotypes; Information Technology; Gender; Education; Programs; Performance Effectiveness; Technology Industry; Information Technology Industry
Trelstad, Brian, Amy Klopfenstein, and Olivia Hull. "Girls Who Code." Harvard Business School Case 320-055, March 2020.
- 2005
- Working Paper
Constraints and Triggers: Situational Mechanics of Gender in Negotiation
By: Hannah Riley Bowles, Linda Babcock and Kathleen L. McGinn
- Fall 2021
- Article
Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation
By: Boris Groysberg, Paul M. Healy and Eric Lin
Changing employers has been linked to larger pay increases for executives and managers. Although survey-based studies suggest that men gain more than women, an analysis of more than 2,000 job moves found that executive women are commanding bigger increases than men... View Details
Groysberg, Boris, Paul M. Healy, and Eric Lin. "Job-Hopping Toward Equity: Changing Employers Can Help Narrow the Gender Gap in Executive Compensation." MIT Sloan Management Review 63, no. 1 (Fall 2021).
- 1999
- Chapter
Exploration of the Venture Capital Industry: Is Gender An Issue?
By: Myra Hart, C. Brush, P. Greene and P. Saparito
Hart, Myra, C. Brush, P. Greene, and P. Saparito. "Exploration of the Venture Capital Industry: Is Gender An Issue?" In Frontiers of Entrepreneurship, 1999: Proceedings of the 19th Annual Entrepreneurship Research Conference. Edited by W. Bygrave et al.. Babson Park, MA: Babson College, 1999.
- Article
Backlash Against Male Elementary Educators
By: Corinne A. Moss-Racusin and Elizabeth R. Johnson
We investigated the existence, nature, and processes underscoring backlash (social and economic penalties) against men who violate gender stereotypes by working in education, and whether backlash is exacerbated by internal (vs. external) behavioral attributions.... View Details
Moss-Racusin, Corinne A., and Elizabeth R. Johnson. "Backlash Against Male Elementary Educators." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 46, no. 7 (July 2016): 379–393.
- March 2007
- Article
Gender Effects and Stock Market Reactions to the Announcement of Top Executive Appointments
This study uses Kanter's token status theory to link announcements of top executives to shareholder reactions, highlighting possible gender effects. Using a sample of top executive announcements from 1990 to 2000, our results show that investor reactions to the... View Details
- 1997
- Article
Are Computers Gender-neutral? Gender Stereotypic Responses to Computers with Voices
By: C. I. Nass, Y. Moon and N. Green
Nass, C. I., Y. Moon, and N. Green. "Are Computers Gender-neutral? Gender Stereotypic Responses to Computers with Voices." Journal of Applied Social Psychology 27, no. 10 (1997): 864–876.
- January 22, 2020
- Article
Gender Diversity at the Board Level Can Mean Innovation Success
By: J. Yo-Jud Cheng and Boris Groysberg
Cheng, J. Yo-Jud, and Boris Groysberg. "Gender Diversity at the Board Level Can Mean Innovation Success." MIT Sloan Management Review (website) (January 22, 2020).
- May 2019
- Teaching Note
Gender and Free Speech at Google (A), (B), & (C)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Sarah Mehta
Teaching Note for HBS No. 318-085, 319-095, and 319-097. View Details
- April 2021
- Case
Glass-Shattering Leaders: Jack Rivkin
By: Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Jack Rivkin’s innovative approach to hiring, developing, and retaining employees created opportunities for female analysts to thrive at the equity research department he led, and also made the entire department more effective. Rivkin fostered a culture of gender... View Details
Keywords: Gender Inclusivity; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Gender; Talent and Talent Management
Groysberg, Boris, and Colleen Ammerman. "Glass-Shattering Leaders: Jack Rivkin." Harvard Business School Case 421-074, April 2021.
- 2011
- Chapter
Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in Race and Gender
By: R. Ely
Ely, R. "Seeing and Being Seen Across Differences in Race and Gender." In Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing Qualitative Research. Vol. 27, edited by Arne Carlsen and Jane E. Dutton. Advances in Organization Studies. Copenhagen Business School Press, 2011.
- 02 Jul 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Mums the Word! Cross-national Effects of Maternal Employment on Gender Inequalities at Work and at Home
- 2009
- Article
Shedding Light on the Gender Gap through Randomized Field Studies
By: Connie Chen, Felipe Kast and Dina D. Pomeranz
Chen, Connie, Felipe Kast, and Dina D. Pomeranz. "Shedding Light on the Gender Gap through Randomized Field Studies." Insights: Closing the Global Gender Gap (2009).