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- 05 Feb 2024
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
The Middle Manager of the Future: More Coaching, Less Commanding
by Ben Rand
Skilled middle managers foster collaboration, inspire employees, and link important functions at companies. An analysis of more than 35 million job postings by Letian Zhang paints a counterintuitive picture of today's midlevel manager. Could these roles provide an innovation edge?...
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- 08 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Black Employees Not Only Earn Less, But Deal with Bad Bosses and Poor Conditions
by Michael Blanding
More than 900,000 reviews highlight broad racial disparities in the American working experience. Beyond pay inequities, research by Letian Zhang shows how Black employees are less likely to work at companies known for positive cultures or work-life balance.
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- 13 Dec 2021
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
The Unlikely Upside of Mergers: More Diverse Management Teams
by Lane Lambert
Mergers shake up the status quo at companies and help women and people of color move up the ladder. Research by Letian Zhang mines data from 37,000 deals.
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- 20 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Gender-Diverse Companies Thrive Only Where Diversity is Embraced
by Sean Silverthorne
Researchers have produced murky, conflicting results about whether gender-diverse companies perform better than those managed mostly by men. Letian Zhang offers new insight that explains why.
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- 31 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
It’s Not All About Pay: College Grads Want Jobs That ‘Change the World’
by Rachel Layne
Many college graduates will accept lower salaries for roles that have the potential to give back to society, says research by Letian Zhang. Could trading pay for altruism help shrink the income gap?...
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- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
by Michael Blanding
Research finds that NBA coaches give slightly more playing time to players of their own race, but the gap disappears at playoff time. Research by Letian Zhang.
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- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
Dina Gerdeman
The same goes for basketball teams that win or lose in the NBA, says Letian Zhang in a forthcoming Organization Science article. Who Loses When a Team Wins? Better Performance Increases Racial Bias. Why academics seek out top-ranked journals Faculty seem to pursue research that is favored by the...
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- 06 Nov 2018
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018
Dina Gerdeman
...affects a firm's performance Do firms with more gender diversity perform better? In studying 1,069 leading public firms in 35 countries and 24 industries, Letian Zhang finds that gender diversity has different effects on a company’s performance depending on how accepted gender diversity is in the...
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- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
- Working Knowledge
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Dina Gerdeman
Turban, Stephen, Dan Wu, and Letian Zhang Abstract—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
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