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      • March 2020
      • Article

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

      By: Irene Padavic, Robin J. Ely and Erin M. Reid
      It is widely accepted that the conflict between women’s family obligations and professional jobs’ long hours lies at the heart of their stalled advancement. Yet research suggests that this “work-family narrative” is incomplete: men also experience it and nevertheless...  View Details
      Keywords: 24/7 Work Culture; Hegemonic Narrative; Social Defense; Work-family Conflict; Systems-psychodynamic Theory; Work-life Balance; Personal Development And Career; Gender; Equality And Inequality; Organizational culture
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      Padavic, Irene, Robin J. Ely, and Erin M. Reid. "Explaining the Persistence of Gender Inequality: The Work-family Narrative as a Social Defense Against 24/7 Work Culture." Administrative Science Quarterly 65, no. 1 (March 2020): 61–111.
      • March–April 2020
      • Article

      What's Really Holding Women Back? It's Not What Most People Think

      By: R. Ely and Irene Padavic
      Ask people to explain why women remain so dramatically underrepresented in the senior ranks of most companies, and you will hear from the vast majority a lament that goes something like this: High-level jobs require extremely long hours, women's devotion to family...  View Details
      Keywords: Overwork; Employment; Gender; Equality And Inequality; Work-life Balance; Organizational culture
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      Ely, R., and Irene Padavic. "What's Really Holding Women Back? It's Not What Most People Think." Harvard Business Review 98, no. 2 (March–April 2020): 58–67.
      • February 2020 (Revised March 2020)
      • Case

      Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe...  View Details
      Keywords: Aluminum; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Gamze Yücaoğlu, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-056, February 2020. (Revised March 2020.)
      • February 2020
      • Supplement

      Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)

      By: Joseph B. Fuller, Gamze Yücaoğlu and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case opens in 2017 as Tim Murray, CEO of Aluminum Bahrain (Alba), the largest single-site aluminum smelter in the world outside China and a major contributor to the Bahraini economy, was contemplating the recovery options as the company was facing the most severe...  View Details
      Keywords: Aluminum Industry; General Management; Cultural Change; Change Management; Crisis Management; Decision Making; Organizational culture; Safety; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Bahrain; Middle East
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      Fuller, Joseph B., Gamze Yücaoğlu, and Youssef Abdel Aal. "Managing Blackout at Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 320-057, February 2020.
      • 2020
      • Working Paper

      Shaking Things Up: Unintended Consequences of Firm Acquisitions on Racial and Gender Inequality

      By: Letian Zhang
      This paper develops a theory of how disruptive events shape organizational inequality. Despite various organizational efforts, racial and gender inequality in the workplace remains high. I theorize that because the persistence of such inequality is reinforced by...  View Details
      Keywords: Inequality; Diversity; Equality And Inequality; Mergers And Acquisitions
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      Zhang, Letian. "Shaking Things Up: Unintended Consequences of Firm Acquisitions on Racial and Gender Inequality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-022, August 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
      • 2018
      • Book

      The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

      By: Amy C. Edmondson
      The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth offers practical guidance for teams and organizations who are serious about success in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation,...  View Details
      Keywords: Psychological Safety; Knowledge Economy; Teaming; Management; Organizational culture; Innovation And Management; Learning
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      Edmondson, Amy C. The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2018.
      • June 2018
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      The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World

      By: Anais Thibault Landry and A.V. Whillans
      How can workplace rewards promote employee well-being and engagement? To answer these questions, we utilized self-determination theory to examine whether reward satisfaction predicted employee well-being, job satisfaction, intrinsic motivation, and affective...  View Details
      Keywords: workplace; Rewards; Motivation; Employees; Satisfaction; Motivation And Incentives; Welfare
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      Landry, Anais Thibault, and A.V. Whillans. "The Power of Workplace Rewards: Using Self-Determination Theory to Understand Why Reward Satisfaction Matters for Workers Around the World." Compensation & Benefits Review 50, no. 3 (June 2018): 123–148.
      • May–June 2018
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      What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women: Research Shows the Sexes Aren't So Different

      By: Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely
      Why have women failed to achieve parity with men in the workplace? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because women prioritize their families over their careers, negotiate poorly, lack confidence, or are too risk averse. Meta-analyses of published studies show that...  View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Gender; Equality And Inequality; Organizational culture; Change Management
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      Tinsley, Catherine H., and Robin J. Ely. "What Most People Get Wrong about Men and Women: Research Shows the Sexes Aren't So Different." Harvard Business Review 96, no. 3 (May–June 2018): 114–121.
      • March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
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      Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (A)

      By: Tatiana Sandino and Olivia Hull
      A year after Norwegian grocery chain REMA 1000 adopted Workplace, Facebook’s enterprise social network, Chief Human Resource Officer Tore Høylie is asked to evaluate its impact on company culture and communication. Almost 90% of the workforce is engaged with the...  View Details
      Keywords: Social Network; Social Media; Enterprise Social Media; Facebook; workplace; Social And Collaborative Networks; Communication Technology; Performance Improvement; Organizational culture; Knowledge Sharing; Retail Industry; Norway
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      Sandino, Tatiana, and Olivia Hull. "Knowledge Sharing at REMA 1000 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 118-007, March 2018. (Revised June 2018.)
      • December 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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      NatureSweet

      By: Jose Alvarez, Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
      This case describes the business model and workplace philosophy of NatureSweet, a privately owned, vertically integrated greenhouse grower and marketer of fresh tomatoes with sales across the United States and $329 million in 2016 revenues. CEO Bryant Ambelang treated...  View Details
      Keywords: Naturesweet; Tomatoes; Agriculture; Greenhouse; Ambelang; Cherry Tomatoes; Organizational Culture; Incentives; Worker Empowerment; Empowerment; Toyota Production System; Leadership; Branding; Produce; Manufacturing; Organizational Change; Agribusiness; Business Model; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions; Organizational culture; Success; Problems And Challenges; Agriculture And Agribusiness Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Mexico; North America
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      Alvarez, Jose, Forest Reinhardt, and Natalie Kindred. "NatureSweet." Harvard Business School Case 518-002, December 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
      • 2017
      • Book

      The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

      By: Tsedal Neeley

      For nearly three decades, English has been the lingua franca of cross-border organizations, yet studies on corporate language strategies and their importance for globalization have been scarce. In The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley provides an...  View Details

      Keywords: Communication; Residency; Corporate Strategy; Globalized Firms And Management; Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues; Brazil; France; Germany; Indonesia; Japan; Taiwan; Thailand; United States
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      Neeley, Tsedal. The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2017.
      • June 2017 (Revised October 2017)
      • Case

      Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Jay W. Lorsch and Quinn Pitcher
      Uber Technologies Inc., the popular ride-hailing company, entered 2017 having doubled its bookings in 2016 and achieving a valuation of nearly $70 billion, making it the largest venture capital-backed company in the world. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick embodied...  View Details
      Keywords: Governance; Technology; Transportation; Venture Capital; Organizational culture; Technology Industry; Transportation Industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Jay W. Lorsch, and Quinn Pitcher. "Uber in 2017: One Bumpy Ride." Harvard Business School Case 117-070, June 2017. (Revised October 2017.)
      • 2016
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      Envy and Interpersonal Corruption: Social Comparison Processes and Unethical Behavior in Organizations

      By: Julia J. Lee and Francesca Gino
      Book Abstract: Competition for resources, recognition, and favorable outcomes are all facts of life in professional settings. When one falls short in comparison to colleagues or subordinates, feelings of envy may arise. Fueled by inferiority, hostility, and resentment,...  View Details
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      Lee, Julia J., and Francesca Gino. "Envy and Interpersonal Corruption: Social Comparison Processes and Unethical Behavior in Organizations." In Envy at Work and in Organizations, edited by Richard H. Smith, Ugo Merlone, and Michelle K. Duffy, 347–372. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
      • June 2016
      • Article

      Managing the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors

      By: Erin M. Reid and Lakshmi Ramarajan
      People today are under intense pressure to be “ideal workers”—totally committed to their jobs and always on call. But after interviewing hundreds of professionals in many fields, the authors have concluded that selfless dedication to work is often unnecessary and...  View Details
      Keywords: Risk Management; Working Conditions; Work-life Balance; Management Practices And Processes; Organizational culture
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      Reid, Erin M., and Lakshmi Ramarajan. "Managing the High Intensity Workplace: An 'Always Available' Culture Breeds a Variety of Dysfunctional Behaviors." Harvard Business Review 94, no. 6 (June 2016): 85–90.
      • July 2015
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      Executives' 'Off-the-Job' Behaviors and Financial Reporting Risk

      By: Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith
      We examine how executives' behavior outside the workplace, as measured by their ownership of luxury goods (low “frugality”) and prior legal infractions, is related to financial reporting risk. We predict and find that chief executive officers (CEOs) and chief financial...  View Details
      Keywords: Management Teams; Behavior; Personal Characteristics; Crime And Corruption; Governance Compliance; Financial Reporting; Organizational culture
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      Davidson, Robert, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith. "Executives' 'Off-the-Job' Behaviors and Financial Reporting Risk." Journal of Financial Economics 117, no. 1 (July 2015): 5–28.
      • June 2014 (Revised September 2014)
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      Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness

      By: John A. Quelch and Carin-Isabel Knoop
      To create the world's healthiest workforce, diversified health care giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) mandated participation in its "Culture of Health" program globally, customized by location, culture, and specific health needs to offer prevention-focused education,...  View Details
      Keywords: Healthcare; Human Resources; Employee Motivation; Transformation; Ethics; Health; Human Resources; Leadership; Management; Personal Development And Career; Problems And Challenges; Strategy; Health Industry; Medical Devices And Supplies Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; North And Central America; Middle East; Latin America; Europe; Asia
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      Quelch, John A., and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Johnson & Johnson: The Promotion of Wellness." Harvard Business School Case 514-112, June 2014. (Revised September 2014.)
      • June 2010
      • Article

      The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      To achieve growth and profitability in the world's third-largest economy, multinationals need strong leadership--but China is tough on top executives. Pulsating with opportunity, China attracts foreigners, yet HR professionals continue to rank it as one of the most...  View Details
      Keywords: Cross-cultural And Cross-border Issues; Multinational Firms And Management; Leadership; Management Skills; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Adaptation; China
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      Paine, Lynn S. "The China Rules: A Practical Guide for CEOs Managing Multinational Corporations in the People's Republic." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 6 (June 2010).
      • 2010
      • Article

      An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms

      By: Robin J. Ely and Debra E. Meyerson
      This case study of two offshore oil platforms illustrates how an organizational initiative designed to enhance safety and effectiveness created a culture that unintentionally released men from societal imperatives for "manly" behavior, prompting them to let go of...  View Details
      Keywords: Safety; Goals And Objectives; Behavior; Organizational culture; Performance Effectiveness; Gender; Emotions
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      Ely, Robin J., and Debra E. Meyerson. "An Organizational Approach to Undoing Gender: The Unlikely Case of Offshore Oil Platforms." Research in Organizational Behavior 30 (2010): 3–34.
      • 2007
      • Chapter

      Disrupting Gender, Revising Leadership

      By: D. E. Meyerson, R. Ely and Laura Wernick
      In this chapter, we present a case study of men on two off-shore oil platforms—a workplace that has traditionally rewarded men for their masculine displays of bravado and their interactions centered on proving masculinity—in which such displays and interactions were...  View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change And Adaptation; Safety; Leadership; Interpersonal Communication; Practice; Gender; Business Processes; Energy Industry
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      Meyerson, D. E., R. Ely, and Laura Wernick. "Disrupting Gender, Revising Leadership." In Women and Leadership: The State of Play and Strategies for Change, edited by D. Rhode and B. Kellerman. Warren Bennis book. Jossey-Bass, 2007.
      • September 2003
      • Module Note

      Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life

      By: Leslie A. Perlow
      Outlines how instructors can facilitate discussion within the Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life module to encourage students to begin a process of self-assessment that focuses on personal values, career development needs, and workplace culture.  View Details
      Keywords: Working Conditions; Goals And Objectives; Organizational culture; Work-life Balance; Value
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      Perlow, Leslie A. "Managing the Competing Goals of Work and Life." Harvard Business School Module Note 404-063, September 2003.
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