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  • 22 Nov 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture

Keywords: by Irene Padavic, Robin J. Ely, and Erin M. Reid
  • 10 Sep 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

inequality in the workplace. In particular, the book makes clear how organizational roles and structures shape unequal access to opportunities, resources, and advancement. In a wide-ranging conversation, Robin View Details
Keywords: by Robin J. Ely
  • 20 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

Harvard Business Review Beating the Odds: Leadership Lessons from Senior African-American Women By: Roberts, Laura Morgan, Anthony Mayo, Robin Ely, and David Thomas Abstract—Any list of top CEOs reveals a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

the partners worried the high turnover was damaging the firm’s competitive edge, according to research by Robin Ely, the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Apr 2019
  • Research Event

Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service
  • 21 Jun 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Racial Diversity Pays Off

Increase the diversity of employees in your organization—for example, on the basis of race, gender, religion, nationality, and sexual orientation—and you'll automatically have a better company. Right? That's the prevailing belief anyway. But according to HBS professors... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

organization, but was far from broken. "Women's progress has really leveled off, and has been stuck for at least 10 years," says Robin J. Ely, the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • 15 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 15, 2016

stability—bailouts and regulation—varies with the government's fiscal burden and characteristics of the economy. Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-Family Narrative as a Social Defense against the 24/7 Work Culture By: Padavic, Irene, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

http://hbr.org/2011/12/the-ordinary-heroes-of-the-taj/ar/1 Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Women's Leadership Development Programs Authors:Robin J. Ely, Herminia Ibarra, and Deborah Kolb Publication:Academy of Management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2014
  • First Look

First Look: December 9

Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women By: Ely, Robin J., Pamela Stone, and Colleen Ammerman Abstract—On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2012
  • Article

Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance

By: Robin J. Ely, Irene Padavic and David A. Thomas
This paper argues that learning in cross-race interactions is critical for work teams to realize performance benefits from racial diversity but that diversity is a liability when society's negative stereotypes about racial minorities' competence inhibit such... View Details
Keywords: Groups and Teams; Performance; Learning; Diversity
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Ely, Robin J., Irene Padavic, and David A. Thomas. "Racial Diversity, Racial Asymmetries, and Team Learning Environment: Effects on Performance." Organization Studies 33, no. 3 (March 2012): 341–362.
  • 08 Apr 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Women’s Summit Celebrates ‘Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit’

shows, however, the idea that highly educated women are "opting out" is more media myth than a reality, at least among the School's own graduates. "Life and Leadership After HBS," released on Thursday and discussed in a session with Professor View Details
Keywords: by Katie Koch & Harvard Gazette
  • 14 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides

about 90 percent of them were women. "I wanted to make it clear that we really are taking an intersectional approach to gender," said Robin Ely, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 10 Feb 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Women at Work

"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
  • 06 Mar 2013
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Women MBAs at Harvard Business School

McGinn, the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration, established a set of field studies in which female second-years researched the reasons behind differing academic performances between male and female students. Robin J. View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education
  • 2021
  • Conference Presentation

Intervening to Advance Equity in Tech

By: Robin J. Ely, Sanaz Mobasseri and Wiliam Kahn
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Ely, Robin J., Sanaz Mobasseri, and Wiliam Kahn. "Intervening to Advance Equity in Tech." Paper presented at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 2021.
  • September 2022
  • Teaching Note

Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law

By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-012. View Details
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Ely, Robin, Boris Groysberg, and Colleen Ammerman. "Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 423-035, September 2022.
  • 17 Apr 2013
  • Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

come together for sustained, intensive discussion of the problems we're passionate about," said Robin Ely, following the meeting. "I felt like a kid in a candy store: no matter where I turned, I... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • April 2022
  • Case

Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law

By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman and Olivia Hull
Follows the journey of lawyer Marsha Simms from her childhood in racially-segregated St. Louis to the upper echelons of the New York legal community. Describes her education, career choices, accomplishments, and setbacks. Highlights significant moments such as her... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Career; Career Management; Diversity; Inclusion; Equity; Gender; Race; Corporate Finance; Law; Leadership Development; Personal Development and Career; Relationships; Power and Influence; Social and Collaborative Networks; Status and Position; Social Issues; Legal Services Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
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Ely, Robin, Boris Groysberg, Colleen Ammerman, and Olivia Hull. "Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law." Harvard Business School Case 422-012, April 2022.
  • December 2014
  • Article

Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women

By: Robin Ely, Pamela Stone and Colleen Ammerman
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the admission of women to Harvard Business School's MBA program, the authors, who have spent more than 20 years studying professional women, set out to learn what HBS graduates had to say about work and family and how their... View Details
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Ely, Robin, Pamela Stone, and Colleen Ammerman. "Rethink What You 'Know' about High-Achieving Women." R1412G. Harvard Business Review 92, no. 12 (December 2014): 101–109.
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