Gender Characteristics - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Jan 2018
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When Gender Discrimination Is Not About Gender

01 Jun 2017
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Better Hiring Through Brain Science

was already awash with sophisticated algorithms employed to match people with the perfect Amazon purchase, Netflix binge, or Friday night date. Why hadn’t anyone applied these models to match people to their perfect career? MORE Polli matches View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Mar 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016

More at www.WineriesOfTheSierraFoothills.com. Gender Balance: When Men Step Up edited by Marie-Christine Maheas (GMP 8, 2010) (Editions Eyrolles) The business leaders interviewed for this book are categorical: View Details

19 Dec 2024
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The Musts of 2024

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details

01 Dec 2013
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Batteries and Chocolates

the gender biases of those who control them, then historically male places will tend to be harder on women and to promote only those women who essentially behave "like men." Conversely, once an organization becomes dominated by women, the... View Details

Keywords: Spar, Debora; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2010
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Ilene Lang

Lang Related Links “It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t”: New research by HBS associate professor Jordan Siegel finds that multinational companies can spin gender bias into gold by recruiting and hiring well-educated female... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2010
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Fair Trade

complex scents, both of which contrast with the Asian preference for light scents.” For an industry which looks global, it has some decidedly local characteristics . World War I helped launch the beauty revolution. In close quarters, soap... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Chemical Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Health and Personal Care Stores; Retail Trade

01 Jun 2009
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Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace

ELY: Drilling down for valuable perspectives on how gender issues affect efficiency, safety, and productivity in the workplace. Field-based research can take HBS faculty members to some unusual places. Professor Robin Ely’s recent working... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Sep 2008
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The Levitt Brand

woman. With this new information, Brandt’s sectionmates immediately changed their original analysis, based on gender assumptions. “Levitt’s summation was, ‘Boys, you’d better wake up now, because there are going to be more and more women... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

gender for a man, or education for a college graduate. This part of our identity may bring blind spots, but it is the best tool for influencing change. She introduces the psychological reasons that make it hard for us to see the bias in... View Details

01 Sep 2020
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020

notions of marriage and parenthood as reproductive technologies increasingly allow for newfangled ways of creating babies? What will happen to our understanding of gender as medical advances enable individuals to transition from one set... View Details

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