workplace diversity - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

symposium, Ely talked about how intersectionality can complicate workplace and societal support systems among women. Would-be support systems often focus solely on the fact that women are women, ignoring the differences among them.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

08 May 2013
Research & Ideas

A Company’s Evolving View of Gender Equity

A company's internal deliberations and changing beliefs about women in the workplace over the course of two decades, particularly about their role as leaders, is the subject of a recent paper that traces how fundamental societal views can... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

21 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

HBS Research Focuses on Gender Issues and Fixes

business management. Here are recent articles and working papers on faculty research that focus on gender issues in the workplace and offer specific actions that companies can use to address them. We will be highlighting more work in this... View Details

01 Jun 2021
What Do You Think?

Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?

you think? Share your thoughts in the comments below. References: Sara Coury, Jess Huang, Ankur Kumar, Sara Prince, Alexis Krivkovich, and Lareina Yee, Women in the Workplace 2020, McKinsey & Leanin.Org, September 30, 2020,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Collections | Working Knowledge

Collections Featured Topics Managing the Business Essential insights on credit access, resilience, remote work, CEO tips, #MeToo lessons, and tech strategies for competitive leadership. Career and Workplace Get expert insights on View Details

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

For the last quarter century, many fought hard to overcome gender discrimination in the workplace by raising awareness, strengthening antidiscrimination policies, and encouraging more women to enter the corporate world. At first blush,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

and maximizing value within my workplace? But also how do I think about using those tools in negotiating my re-entry to the workplace in terms of talking with my family, my spouse, with my childcare provider? How do I think about... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

19 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Racist Umpires and Monetary Ministers

workplace for evidence of discrimination. "We know racism and sexism exist. The question is what can we do about it? Does evaluating the evaluators change discrimination? Does the fact that I know I'm being watched change my... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Information; Publishing

06 Mar 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Glass Ceiling Been Broken (or at Least Cracked)?

About GenderGender discrimination in a typically male workplace is not necessarily driven by misogyny. Rather, employers are less willing to hire applicants associated with a lower performing group—even if that group is defined by a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

of Women World Leaders and Former Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Goldman Sachs, presents "Does the Message about the Importance of Diversity Need to Change?" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Laura Liswood, Secretary General... View Details

03 Jan 2018
What Do You Think?

In the Wake of #MeToo, Should Corporate Boards Hire Compliance Officers?

were proposed. Paula G commented that "Boards need to become more involved to protect the interests of the owners they must look outside to trusted advisors for compliance." Hughe said, "One way to get compliance is to frame harassment as a View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Mar 2017
News

Personalizing the Path to Professional Success for Women

silence. We don’t want anyone to know we’re feeling a little less than certain,” says the Landit cofounder and CEO. “There are millions of women who are looking for how they can bring the full measure of their talent and skills to the View Details

15 Nov 2024
News

Driving Change

and other pressing issues. The diverse audience emphasized the universal nature of the challenges and opportunities facing women in business today, while fostering rich discussions across cultural and generational lines. Dean Srikant... View Details

31 Oct 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers

diversity training programs aimed at attitudes are less effective than putting men and women together to accomplish tasks, which makes both competence and compatibility salient. FOSO is reasonable for some women in circumstances where... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

forthcoming Compensation & Benefits Review The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World By: Landry, Anais Thibault, and A.V. Whillans... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2018
News

In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal

long-standing commitment to diversity and access in her immediate industry and in the workplace more broadly. Encouraged by a growing awareness of what women bring to the table and efforts to enhance View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

chick” and said she performed surgery “like a girl.” Jurors ultimately awarded her $168 million, the largest judgment for a single victim of workplace harassment in United States history. Years later, sexual harassment remains a problem... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Actively Addressing Unconscious Bias in Recruiting

creates a workplace that is lacking in diversity. Diversity across all facets of the workforce including, but not limited to, race, socioeconomic status, gender, and sexual orientation, brings together... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

04 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

How Female Stars Succeed in New Jobs

difficult to create good in-house relationships and there were frequent changes of management, respond much as women do—by investing in external networks. Not all but some of their strategies at poorly managed firms resemble the strategies of women. Q: Are you seeing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

13 Aug 2018
Research & Ideas

Women Heart Patients Have Better Survival Odds with Women Doctors

heart attack. Of those, between 1,500 to 3,000 fewer women may have died if their doctor had been female, Laura Huang, a study co-author and Harvard Business School associate professor, said in an interview. The research mirrors bias found in studies elsewhere, like in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

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