Rosabeth Moss Kanter is an American sociologist and Harvard Business School professor, born 15 March 1943 in Cleveland, Ohio. She co-founded Harvard University's Advanced Leadership Initiative, serving as its founding director and chair from 2008 to 2018. She is known for a groundbreaking 1977 study of tokenism and its effects on minority group performance in the workplace, and for books including Men and Women of the Corporation and The Change Masters.
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BirthplaceCleveland, Ohio, United States 1 Defining ContributionManagement theorist and Harvard Business School professor whose 1977 study of corporate structure and gender, Men and Women of the Corporation, became a foundational work in management and organizational studies. 1 Notable WorkMen and Women of the Corporation 1 Connections
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Kanter's research on corporate entrepreneurship and innovation, including her influential book The Change Masters, drew on case studies at large corporations including General Electric.
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Rosabeth Moss Kanter (born March 15, 1943) is an American sociologist who is a professor of business at Harvard Business School.
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born March 15, 1943
Early life section, opening sentence
Rosabeth Moss was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to Helen (Smolen) Moss, a schoolteacher, and Nelson Nathan Moss, a lawyer and small-business owner.
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is an American sociologist who is a professor of business at Harvard Business School
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Men and Women of the Corporation is a classic in critical management studies, bureaucracy analysis and gender studies
- Associated With: General Electric
- Associated With: Management Consulting Industry
In Group: Management Consultants and Business Authors, Article text
Kanter has written numerous books on business management techniques, particularly change management; she also has a regular column in the Miami Herald.
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