To thine own self be true?: Facades of conformity, values incongruence, and the magnifying impact of leader integrity

Authors: Burnett, M., Dumas, T., Hewlin, P.

Publication: Academy of Management

Tipping Points: The Gender Segregating and Desegregating Effects of Network Recruitment

Authors: Fernandez, R. M. and Rubineau, B.

Publications: Organization Science

Misfit and Milestones: Structural Elaboration and Capability Reinforcement in the Evolution of Entrepreneurial Top Management Teams

Authors: Ferguson, A. J., Cohen, L., Burton, M. D. and Beckman, C. M. Publication: Academy of Management Abstract:

Bridging the Gap Between Gender and Leadership: Exploring the Real - Explicit and Implicit - Reasons Behind the Absence of Women on the 2014-2015 MUS Executive Council

McGill Women in Leadership (MWIL), Deautels Women in Business (DWIB), TEDxMontreal Women, the National Women in Business Conference, the Intercollegiate Business Convention. Evidently, as the non-exhaustive list above demonstrates, there are many occasions for women at McGill to thrive and shine in the area of leadership, where they are chronically and critically underrepresented.

Second Generation Bias: A Subtle but Powerful Presence

Deeply embedded and frequently unconscious cultural and organizational biases can be challenged both through small "wins" and by establishing policies that take a whole-organization rather than a women-only approach. Second-generation gender bias is making its way into the lexicon of women's workplace issues as a subtle, covert, and at times unintentional, phenomenon that thwarts women's power and potential. ...

The Erosion of Expert Control Through Censure Episodes

Author: Huising, Ruthanne

Publication: Organization Science, November 2014 

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Elite Business Magazine Nov 2014 - We need to create a level playing field

By: Lisa Cohen, assistant professor, Desautels Faculty of Management

Talking Management with Professor Karl Moore: What makes for a charismatic leader?

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to Raina Brands [assistant professor of organizational behaviour] from the London Business School.

... Raina, you have been looking at charismatic leaders. Do men and women differ in respect to charismatic leadership?

"Exploring Digital Creativity in the Workspace: The Role of Enterprise Mobile Applications on Perceived Job Performance and Creativity," Computers in Human Behavior

Authors: Chung, Sunghun; Lee, Kyungyoung; Choi, Jinho

Publication: Computers in Human Behavior, 2014

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"Professions at the Helm or Left Behind? Trends in the Occupations of American College Graduates since the Second World War in the United States," Journal of Education and Work

Author: Hollister, Matissa

Publication: Journal of Education and Work, 2014

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Making It to the Top

Lisa Cohen, Assistant professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University, Canada, reveals the difficulty women encounter in being hired for higher level roles. 

When Mary Barra became the first female chief executive of General Motors, we celebrated a woman reaching the height of her profession. 

Mattel to Buy Mega Bloks

Mattel has made a friendly takeover offer for Montreal-based toy maker Mega Brands Inc., which has the world’s No. 2 line of construction sets after Lego. Desautels Executive in Residence Melissa Sonberg comments on the takeover.  

Watch full interview: Global Montreal, February 28, 2014 

Male (Job) Insecurity

The long debate over whether America has gotten more economically unequal in the last few decades is over; all but the most recalcitrant acknowledge it. (As a recent New York Times story reported, sharp-eyed salesmen have acted on this reality, increasingly marketing to the top few percent.) The economic argument has now shifted to whether average Americans have nonetheless done alright even as the rich have become super-rich. Here one detects a subtle difference in vocabulary.

Why Female Managers Are in Short Supply?

It took Mary Barra more than three decades at General Motors to become the company’s first female chief executive. Even then we celebrated a woman reaching the pinnacle of her profession. The same happened again when Inga Beale became Lloyd's of London's first female CEO in the company’s 325-year history. -Article by Lisa Cohen

Study Untangles Divergent U.S. Job-Tenure Patterns

Have American jobs become less stable? Do workers change employers more frequently than in the past?

Many Americans would probably say the answer to these questions is an obvious yes. Yet, for the past few decades researchers looking at the data haven’t been so sure: average job tenure (the number of years working for the same employer) has been surprisingly stable over time.