Faculty & Research
Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn: The Power of Writing to Launch and Sustain a Movement (Abridged)
By:
Julie Battilana, Lakshmi Ramarajan and Michael Norris
- April 2019 |
- Faculty Research
In 2018, New York Times writer Nicholas Kristof and his wife, former Times writer Sheryl WuDunn (HBS ’86) who worked in finance, were planning for their next book. The couple’s earlier books had given rise to social movements around gender equity and poverty issues. They hoped the next book would be equally powerful. What should the book focus on? What additional content should they create to make sure their writing had an impact?
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
- Forthcoming |
- Administrative Science Quarterly
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 advance; moreover, organizations’ effort to mitigate it through flexible work policies has not improved women’s advancement prospects and often hurts them. Hence this presumed remedy has the perverse effect of perpetuating the...
Life & Leadership After HBS is a longitudinal study of the post-MBA paths of Harvard Business School alumni. Study findings have been published in the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, Poets & Quants, and covered in other print, digital, and broadcast media outlets. Life & Leadership examines the role played by race and gender in the life and career outcomes and experiences of alumni.
Faculty
Lynda M. Applegate
Baker Foundation Professor, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration, Emerita
Lynda M. Applegate is the Baker Foundation Professor at HBS and also serves as the Chair of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Masters’ of Liberal Arts in Extension Studies degrees in finance and management. Lynda also continues to play...
Jill J. Avery
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School and Chair for Convening and Special Events. She is an authority on brand management and customer relationship management (CRM). Prior to her academic career, she...
Julie Battilana
Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration
Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the...
Max H. Bazerman
Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration
Max H. Bazerman is Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. Max's research focuses on decision making, negotiation, and ethics. He is the author, co-author, or co-editor of twenty books (including The...
Katherine B. Coffman
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Katherine Coffman is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit. Before joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of economics at The Ohio State University and a visiting assistant professor...
Robin J. Ely
Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration
Robin Ely is the Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. She conducts research on race and gender relations in organizations with a focus on leadership, identity, and organizational culture change....
Christine L. Exley
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Christine Exley is an assistant professor of business administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit. She teaches the Negotiation course in the MBA elective curriculum. Prior to joining HBS, Professor Exley earned her PhD in...
Alexandra C. Feldberg
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Alexandra (Allie) Feldberg is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Feldberg uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine intersections between gender,...
Sara L. Fleiss
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Sara Fleiss was the co-founder and co-portfolio manager of Emeth Partners, an emerging markets arbitrage hedge fund. Prior to founding Emeth, Sara was the lead analyst on the Emerging Markets Equities portfolio at Harvard Management Company (HMC)....
Frances X. Frei
UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management
Frances Frei is a Professor of Technology and Operations Management at Harvard Business School. Her research investigates how leaders create the conditions for organizations and individuals to thrive by designing for excellence in strategy,...
Nori Gerardo Lietz
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Nori Gerardo Lietz is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance and Entrepreneurial Management Units. She presently teaches Real Estate Private Equity and Venture Capital and Private Equity. Nori Gerardo Lietz is the founder of...
Paul A. Gompers
Eugene Holman Professor of Business Administration
Paul Gompers, Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. Professor Gompers has an appointment in both the Finance and...
Boris Groysberg
Richard P. Chapman Professor of Business Administration
Boris Groysberg is a professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at the Harvard Business School. Currently, he teaches courses on talent management and leadership in the school's MBA and Executive Education programs. He...
Janice H. Hammond
Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing
Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community
Senior Associate Dean for Culture and Community
Janice H. Hammond is the Jesse Philips Professor of Manufacturing and the Senior Associate Dean for Culture at Community at Harvard Business School. She currently teaches Supply Chain Management in the HBS MBA program. She serves as program chair...
Laura Huang
MBA Class of 1954 Associate Professor of Business Administration
Laura Huang is an associate professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. Prior to joining HBS, she was an assistant professor of management at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Professor Huang’s research...
Rosabeth M. Kanter
Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration
Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and...
Kathleen L. McGinn
Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Strategy and Recruiting
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Strategy and Recruiting
Kathleen L. McGinn is the Cahners-Rabb Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Professor McGinn studies the role of gender and social class at work, at home, and in negotiations. Her current field research investigates these...
Kristin Williams Mugford
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Kristin Mugford is the Melvin Tukman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Finance Unit at the Harvard Business School. She currently teaches "Creating Value through Corporate Restructuring," a popular elective course that analyzes how...
Das Narayandas
Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration
Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing; Senior Associate Dean for External Relations
Senior Associate Dean for HBS Publishing; Senior Associate Dean for External Relations
Das Narayandas is the Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School. He is currently the Senior Associate Dean, External Relations and Harvard Business Publishing. His academic credentials include a Bachelor...
Lakshmi Ramarajan
Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration
Lakshmi Ramarajan is the Anna Spangler Nelson and Thomas C. Nelson Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research examines the management and consequences of identities in...
Amy W. Schulman
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Amy W. Schulman is an accomplished business leader, widely recognized for growing and stabilizing global businesses, commitment to people, strategic judgment, and efforts to advance women and promote inclusive workplace cultures. Ms. Schulman joined...
Sandra J. Sucher
MBA Class of 1966 Professor of Management Practice
SANDRA J. SUCHER is Professor of Management Practice, Joseph L. Rice, III Faculty Fellow at Harvard Business School and is a member of the General Management unit. She joined the faculty of Harvard Business School after 25 years in industry and...
Letian Zhang
Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Letian (LT) Zhang is an assistant professor of business administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit. He teaches the Leadership course in the MBA required curriculum. Professor Zhang studies social inequality in firms and markets. His research...