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Sheila Marcelo
Marcelo, who ultimately followed in her parents’ footsteps, building the successful online marketplace Care.com. Marcelo, the fifth of six children, was raised in a tight-knit family. Her parents, who eloped in their late teens, did not fall into View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
imbalanced gender dynamics around them. Now, as experimental economists, their research is helping define the complex factors that contribute to the workplace gender gap—and sparking ideas about how to...
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- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
with a successful entrepreneurial track record and a Boston address. “I am a tech CEO.” With so few women in leadership roles in the information technology sector and a dramatic gender imbalance throughout the field, Kraus’s title is more...
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April White
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
The Power of Women Related LinksThe Accidental Pioneers From Where We Stand Celebrating the Women of HBS W50 Summit Registration A Daring Experiment exhibit Women's Student Association 2013 Dynamic Women in Business Conference Kathleen McGinn was first drawn to the...
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- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
successful online marketplace Care.com. Marcelo, the fifth of six children, was raised in a tight-knit family. Her parents, who eloped in their late teens, did not fall into stereotypical gender roles. “My...
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Susan Young
- 05 Dec 2006
- First Look
First Look: December 5, 2006
traditionally rewarded men for their masculine displays of bravado and their interactions centered on proving masculinity—in which such displays and interactions were notably absent. Although the company did not set out to change the traditional View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
On the Outside at HBS
of my race, gender, age, professional background, or some combination thereof. And it probably doesn’t matter: Assumptions about race and gender exist across all contexts, and those stereotypes are likely no...
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- 04 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
'I Know Why You Voted for Trump' and Other Motivation Misperceptions
senior writer for Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: istockphoto] Related Reading: You Probably Have a Bias for Making Bad Decisions. Here's Why. How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
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...
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- 24 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018
accounting for both personal and social activity, and encourage customers to interact with each other postadoption. Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54735 January–February 2018 Organization Science Gender...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
University of Pennsylvania Creary studies the dynamics of inclusion and allyship in organizations. She has been associated with the HBS community since 2007, as Professor David Thomas’s research associate, as a member of Professor Robin Ely’s View Details
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 12 May 2022
- News
Onboarding
organizations who are in the companies and helping them, providing advice as a board member. JH: The share of women sitting on the boards of Fortune 500 companies has been gradually increasing for decades, rising from 9.6 percent in 1995 to 27 percent in 2019. But in...
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- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Manager or Mentor? Why You Must Be Both
what exactly is a developmental relationship? It pivots on the experience that an individual has when they're engaged in their work, he said. That experience can be heavily slanted along racial or gender lines, he added, offering an...
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by Martha Lagace
- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Employee Analytics: Productivity Dream or Micromanagement Nightmare?
employee and customer data. And new laws may be on the horizon, shaping how organizations respond. “How you put this into practice,” Polzer says, “matters a lot.” You Might Also Like: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions Too Nice...
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by Ben Rand
- 29 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29
women’s career narratives and demonstrate that some women deviate significantly from gender stereotypes by narrating their success using extreme levels of agency typically associated with men. Download...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- 16 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 16
Publications December 2014 Management Science When Performance Trumps Gender Bias: Joint Versus Separate Evaluation By: Bohnet, Iris, Alexandra van Geen, and Max Bazerman Abstract—We examine a new intervention to overcome View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
social messages focused on the fate of the common man in a world of social injustice. The case discusses how women were depicted in Kapoor’s films and enables a discussion of the role of cinema in propagating gender View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
differentiate entrepreneurs: thriving in uncertainty, a passion for ownership, and unique skill at persuasion. In this article Butler dives deep into the skills, mindset, and traits of entrepreneurs, explaining what the stereotypes about...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 May 2018
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New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018
advancement. To ensure gender equity, the authors recommend that managers (1) question the stereotypes behind their practices, (2) consider other factors that might explain the achievement gap, (3) change...
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Dina Gerdeman