• Managing in the Digital Economy

With a more diverse range of people interviewed and hired for entry-level tech roles, we would expect to see the same shift across management over time. But that is not yet the case. HBS Gender Initiative Director, Colleen Ammerman shows us that companies need to actively plug “leaks” by driving culture change and improving policies from the top-down.

• Managing in the Digital Economy

How can your company improve working conditions for women in tech? The EQUALS Research Group provides a handful of recommendations — along with the caveat to think long and hard about what approach works best for each team in order to avoid unintended consequences.

• Managing in the Digital Economy

Smooth sailing for female engineers once they claw their way into the profession? Not exactly. The overt and subtle stresses that come with being female in a male-dominated field have resulted in a high attrition rate. Here are a few strategies from the Journal of Organization Science to help build resiliency.

• Managing in the Digital Economy

While equality of opportunity and compensation has improved for women in the workforce, the high-paying, high-status financial services and tech industries continue to display significant gender gaps. Research at Harvard explores our bias issue and the extent that these biases prop up unsound perceptions about women as professionals.

• Platforms & Crowds

Hostility on social media is almost impossible to get away from — particularly when certain platforms are an integral part of how your company communicates. Online harassment researcher, Caroline Sinders takes a look at what technically doesn't break social platform rules, but ultimately can create conditions unwelcoming to women.

• Managing in the Digital Economy

Surprising to no one, managers tend to hire, evaluate, and promote based on their own “templates for success.” Research from the Stanford VMware Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab has shown that employing two simple tactics can move the needle towards building more inclusive and diverse organizations.