2022 Kanter Lecture
From Kathryn L Kester
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From Kathryn L Kester
Conventional wisdom says “yes.” But is it true? When companies create solutions to address work-life conflict instead of rethinking the 24/7 work culture, they find their partner ranks depleted of some of their brightest female stars.
At this year’s Kanter Lecture, Drs. Irene Padavic and Robin Ely present highlights of their 2021 Kanter Award-winning paper (with Erin Reid) explaining how the work-family narrative sustains gender inequality by acting as a social defense against acknowledging the damage wrought by a 24/7 work culture.
Padavic, I., Ely, R. J., & Reid, E. M. (2020). Explaining the persistence of gender inequality: The work–family narrative as a social defense against the 24/7 work culture. Administrative Science Quarterly, 65(1), 61-111. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839219832310