Women and Public Policy Program Research Seminar

Co-Sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School and the Center for Gender in Organizations at the Simmons School of Management

Gender and Negotiation

November 1 & 2, 2007

 

AGENDA DAY 1

Gender and Negotiation: Experimental Evidence

Thursday, November 1, 2007

Seminar Chairs: Iris Bohnet and Hannah Riley Bowles

Note: this seminar is part of a two-day series, with the first day, Nov. 1, focusing on Gender and Negotiation: Experimental Evidence, organized by Iris Bohnet and Hannah Riley Bowles. Participants in either seminar are welcome to attend both days. Unless otherwise noted, all seminar events will be held in the Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

 

 

8:30am

Breakfast and Welcome by Iris Bohnet and Hannah Riley Bowles

8:45 – 9:30am

Rachel Croson

Groups Work for Women: Gender and Group Identity in the Provision of Public Goods

Discussant: Ragan Petrie
Chair: Hannah Riley Bowles

9:30 – 9:45am

Break

9:45 – 10:30am

Laura Kray

Negotiating Flirts: Likable Losers

Discussant: Frank Flynn
Chair: Hannah Riley Bowles

10:30 – 10:45am

Break

10:45 – 11:30am

Muriel Niederle

How Costly is Diversity? Affirmative Action in Light of Gender Differences in Competitiveness

Discussant: Linda Babcock
Chair: Hannah Riley Bowles

11:30 – 11:45am

Break

11:45am – 12:30pm

Catherine Eckel

Gender and Financial Advice in the Lab

Discussant: Iris Bohnet
Chair: Hannah Riley Bowles

12:30 – 1:30pm

Lunch

1:30 – 2:30pm

Keynote speaker: Claudia Goldin

The Bazaar Economy: Brief Comments on Negotiation from an Outsider

Chair: Iris Bohnet

2:30 – 2:45pm

Break

2:45 – 3:30pm

Adam Galinsky

From Power Differences to Gender Differences
Discussant: Celia Gonzalez

Chair: Iris Bohnet

3:30 – 3:45pm

Break

3:45 – 4:30pm

Hannah Riley Bowles

Getting Past No: Gender and the Propensity to Persist in Negotiation

Discussant: Melissa Thomas-Hunt
Chair: Iris Bohnet

4:30 – 4:45pm

Break

4:45 – 5:30pm

Student Presentations and Final Discussion

Modupe Akinola
Julia Bear

Chair: Iris Bohnet

 

DAY 2: Gender and Negotiation: Research from the Field

Friday, November 2, 2007

Seminar Chairs: Deborah Kolb and Kathleen McGinn

Note: This seminar is part of a two-day series, with the second day, Nov. 2, focusing on Gender and Negotiation in Organizations, organized by Deborah Kolb and Kathleen McGinn. Participants in either seminar are welcome to attend both days. Unless otherwise noted, all seminar events will be held in the Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, John F. Kennedy School of Government, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge

Format: Chairs will lead with a discussion of field-based research on gender and negotiations. Two morning presentations will be followed by a panel discussion featuring scholars representing organizational, gender, and negotiation research realms. Susan Sturm will speak at lunch. Two afternoon sessions will be followed by a panel discussion. Alice Stuhlmacher will close the day and the conference.

8:00- 8:30am

Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00am

Negotiations and Gender in Organizations: Thoughts and Evidence from the Field

Deborah Kolb, Simmons Graduate School of Management
Kathleen McGinn, Harvard Business School

9:00 – 9:30am

Experiences of Gender and Negotiations in Organizations

Group Discussion

9:30 – 11:15am

Negotiations at the Intersection of the Public and Private Spheres

“Expecting”: Negotiating Identity during Pregnancy

Judy Clair, Boston College
Jaimie Ladge, Boston College
Danna Greenberg, Babson College

Break 10:15 – 10:30am

Negotiating during a Time of Change

Linda Putnam, University of California-Santa Barbara
Jaime Bochantin, Texas A&M University

11:15am – 12:15pm

Panel and Group Discussion:

Gender, Negotiations & Organizations: Implications of Negotiations at the Intersection of the Public and Private Spheres

Lotte Bailyn, MIT
Harris Sondak, University of Utah
Debra Meyerson, Stanford University

12:15 – 1:15pm

Lunch with Keynote Speaker

Microprocesses Leading to Greater Gender Equity within Universities

Susan Sturm, George M. Jaffin Professor of Law and Social Responsibility, Columbia Law School

1:15 – 2:45pm

Changing the Negotiated Order of Gender in Organizations

Nurse Practitioners: Gaining Legitimacy through Negotiated Change

Karen Golden-Biddle, Boston University

A Rainbow Coalition or Separate Wavelengths? Negotiations among Employee Network Groups

Maureen Scully, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Stereotyping, Homophily and Reward Systems on Wall Street

Louise Marie Roth, University of Arizona

2:45 – 3:0 pm

Break

3:00 – 4:00pm

Panel and Group Discussion:

Changing the Negotiated Order of Gender in Organizations

Robin Ely, Harvard University
Harris Sondak, University of Utah
Debra Meyerson, Stanford University

4:00 – 4:30pm

Pulling it all Together: Lab and Field Research on Gender and Negotiation

Alice F. Stuhlmacher, DePaul University

4:30 – 5:00pm

Group Reflections