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Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Management Theorist

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.

Facts
Birth Date
1943-03-15 1
Birth Year
1943 1
Birthplace
Cleveland, Ohio, United States 1
Nationality
American 1
Defining Contribution
Management 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 Work
Men 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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  • Lead paragraph, parenthetical birth note
    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.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    is an American sociologist who is a professor of business at Harvard Business School
  • Bibliography section, title entry
    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
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