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      • October 2021
      • Background Note

      A Framework for Understanding Racial Disadvantage within Organizations

      By: Alexandra C. Feldberg, Letian Zhang and Anthony J. Mayo
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      Feldberg, Alexandra C., Letian Zhang, and Anthony J. Mayo. "A Framework for Understanding Racial Disadvantage within Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 422-035, October 2021.
      • September 2021
      • Supplement

      Growing Pains at Coohom (B)

      By: Letian Zhang and Anthony J. Mayo
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      Zhang, Letian, and Anthony J. Mayo. "Growing Pains at Coohom (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 422-034, September 2021.
      • September 2021
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      Growing Pains at Coohom (A)

      By: Letian Zhang and Anthony J. Mayo
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      Zhang, Letian, and Anthony J. Mayo. "Growing Pains at Coohom (A)." Harvard Business School Case 422-009, September 2021.
      • September 2021
      • Article

      Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality

      By: Letian Zhang
      This paper develops a theory of how disruptive events could reduce racial and gender inequality in organizations. Despite pressure from regulators and advocates, racial and gender inequality in the workplace remains high. I theorize that because such inequality is...  View Details
      Keywords: Inequality; Equality and Inequality; Diversity; Race; Gender; Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Disruption
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      Zhang, Letian. "Shaking Things Up: Disruptive Events and Inequality." American Journal of Sociology 127, no. 2 (September 2021): 376–440.
      • March–April 2020
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      An Institutional Approach to Gender Diversity and Firm Performance

      By: Letian Zhang
      This study examines data from 35 countries and 24 industries to understand the relationship between gender diversity and firm performance. Previous studies report conflicting evidence: some find that gender-diverse firms experience more positive performance and others...  View Details
      Keywords: Institutional Theory; Cross-cultural; Diversity; Gender; Organizations; Performance; Situation or Environment; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues
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      Zhang, Letian. "An Institutional Approach to Gender Diversity and Firm Performance." Organization Science 31, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 439–457.
      • 2019
      • Article

      When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive

      By: Stephen Turban, Dan Wu and Letian Zhang
      Does diversity make a company more productive? Many say yes—some researchers argue that gender diversity leads to more innovative thinking and signals to investors that a company is competently run. Others say no—conflicting research indicates that gender diversity can...  View Details
      Keywords: Gender; Diversity; Performance; Performance Productivity
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      Turban, Stephen, Dan Wu, and Letian Zhang. "When Gender Diversity Makes Firms More Productive." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 11, 2019).
      • January–February 2019
      • Article

      Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias

      By: Letian Zhang
      Although it is well known that organizational and team performance influences strategic decision-making, little is known about its impact on ascriptive inequality. This study proposes a performance effect on racial bias: higher team performance reduces managers’...  View Details
      Keywords: Discrimination; Race And Ethnicity; Performance Feedback; NBA; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Ethnicity; Performance; Sports
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      Zhang, Letian. "Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias." Organization Science 30, no. 1 (January–February 2019): 40–50.
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      A Fair Game? Racial Bias and Repeated Interaction between NBA Coaches and Players

      By: Letian Zhang
      There is strong evidence of racial bias in organizations but little understanding of how it changes with repeated interaction. This study proposes that repeated interaction has the potential to reduce racial bias, but its moderating effects are limited to the treatment...  View Details
      Keywords: Discrimination; Bias; Interaction; NBA; Prejudice and Bias; Race; Equality and Inequality; Interpersonal Communication; Sports
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      Zhang, Letian. "A Fair Game? Racial Bias and Repeated Interaction between NBA Coaches and Players." Administrative Science Quarterly 62, no. 4 (December 2017): 603–625.
      • Forthcoming
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      Regulatory Spillover and Workplace Racial Inequality

      By: Letian Zhang
      This paper suggests that affirmative action bans in the U.S. public sector may influence racial inequality in the private sector. Since the 1990s, nine states have banned affirmative action practice in public universities and state governments. Though these bans have...  View Details
      Keywords: Inequality; Regulation; Law; Organizational Norm; CEO; Affirmative Action; Organizations; Private Sector; Equality and Inequality; Diversity; Race; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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      Zhang, Letian. "Regulatory Spillover and Workplace Racial Inequality." Administrative Science Quarterly (forthcoming).
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