Dorothy Harlow Best Conference Paper

Dorothy Harlow Best Conference Paper Award

Sponsor: McGraw-Hill Publishing

This award is given annually to the author(s) of the best paper submitted to the Annual Academy of Management Meeting. It honors the late Dr. Dorothy Harlow, who pioneered the effort to establish DEI as an Interest Group within the Academy of Management. Dr. Harlow’s dedication to organizing efforts and the advancement of professional women continues to be etched in gold through this annual recognition.

Award Recipients

Browse recipients by year. Click a year to view the full paper title, recipients, runner-up details (when available), and committee information.

2025 Walking in Both Worlds – How Alaska Native Employees Create Sustainable Careers Through Dynamic Synergy

Paper Title: Walking in Both Worlds – How Alaska Native Employees Create Sustainable Careers Through Dynamic Synergy

Award Recipient: Shawn Xiaoshi Quan, University of Washington

Runner Up:

Trading Up: How Women CEOs Leverage Directorship Ties to Gain Prestigious Board Appointments

  • Yashodhara Basuthakur, Texas A&M
  • Dana Bement, University of Notre Dame
  • Michael Deane Howard, Iowa State

Committee Chairs: Sujana Adapa, University of New England; Shoshana Schwartz, Christopher Newport University

2024 Mixed-messages: Under-represented minorities receive more conflicting aggregated feedback

Paper Title: Mixed-messages: Under-represented minorities receive more conflicting aggregated feedback

Award Recipients:

  • Ting Zhang, Harvard University
  • Tuna Cem Hayirli, Harvard University
  • Modupe Akinola, Columbia University

Runner Up:

Investigating the effects of workplace flexibility on justice for people with disabilities

  • Nicola Glumann, University of St. Gallen
  • Magdalena Schertler, University of St. Gallen

Committee: Chair: Victor Blocker; Members: Yang Yang

2023 How Male Managers' Allyship Practices Unintentionally Reinforce White Hegemonic Masculinity

Paper Title: How Male Managers' Allyship Practices Unintentionally Reinforce White Hegemonic Masculinity

Award Recipients:

  • Stephanie J. Creary, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Arran Caza, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Hise O. Gibson, Harvard Business School

Runner Up:

  • Letian Zhang, Harvard Business School
  • Xuege (Cathy) Lu, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management
  • Laura Huang, Harvard Business School

Paper Title: Feminists' Irony: The Labor-Market Discrimination against Women Activists in Feminist Movements

Committee: Chair: Brent Lyons; Members: Dan Samosh; Barnini Bhattacharyya

2022 Does Diversity and Inclusion include Immigrants? Employer and Skilled Newcomer Experiences and Perspectives from the Canadian Context

Paper Title: Does Diversity and Inclusion include Immigrants? Employer and Skilled Newcomer Experiences and Perspectives from the Canadian Context

Award Recipients:

  • Rupa Banerjee, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Tingting Zhang, Assistant Professor, School of Labor and Employment Relations, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Aliya Amarshi, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

Committee: Kristen Jones

2021 Am I next? The spillover effects of mega-threats on identity threat, identity labor, and withdrawal at work

Paper Title: Am I next? The spillover effects of mega-threats on identity threat, identity labor, and withdrawal at work

Award Recipients:

  • Angelica Leigh, Duke University
  • Shimul Melwani, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

Committee: Kristen Jones (Chair, University of Memphis); David Arena (University of Texas–Arlington); Sabrina Volpone (University of Colorado–Boulder); Brent Lyons (York University); Christy Nittrouer (Texas Tech University); Jessica Kirk (University of Memphis); Emily Hazen (University of Colorado–Boulder)

2020 The status costs of building high-status network ties: The pivotal role of gender

Paper Title: The status costs of building high-status network ties: The pivotal role of gender

Award Recipients:

  • Siyu Yu, New York University

Committee: Kristen Jones (Chair, University of Memphis); David Arena; Sabrina Volpone; Brent Lyons; Christine Nittrouer; Jessica Kirk

2019 Gender, ethnicity, and emotional responses to daily family interference with work

Paper Title: Gender, ethnicity, and emotional responses to daily family interference with work

Award Recipients:

  • Seonyoung Hwang
  • Shainaz Firfiray
  • Kim Hoque

Committee: Sabrina Volpone (Chair, UC–Boulder); Abdifatah Ali (University of Minnesota); Kristen Jones (University of Memphis); Brent Lyons (York University); Larry Martinez (Portland State University); Phoenix Van Wagoner (UC–Boulder, student member)

2018 Inverting Professional Prototypes Increases the Valuation of Women in Male-Dominated Professions

Paper Title: Inverting Professional Prototypes Increases the Valuation of Women in Male-Dominated Professions

Link: View proceedings

Award Recipients:

  • Felix Danbold
  • Corinne Bendersky

Committee: Sabrina Volpone (Chair); Gwendolyn Combs; Kristen Jones; Brent Lyons; Larry Martinez; Enrica Ruggs

2017 Having an Opinion vs. Knowing the Facts: Success Strategies among Men and Women in a Global Bank

Paper Title: Having an Opinion vs. Knowing the Facts: Success Strategies among Men and Women in a Global Bank

Link: View proceedings

Award Recipient: Alexandra C. Feldberg

Committee: Sabrina Volpone (Chair); Gwendolyn Combs; Kristen Jones; Brent Lyons; Larry Martinez; Enrica Ruggs

2016 Actions speak louder than words: Outsiders’ perceptions of diversity mixed messages

Paper Title: Actions speak louder than words: Outsiders’ perceptions of diversity mixed messages

Link: View proceedings

Award Recipients:

  • Leon Windscheid
  • Lynn Bowes-Sperry
  • Deborah Kidder
  • Michèle Morner
  • Ho Kwon Cheung

Committee: Caren Goldberg (Chair), Bowie State University; Shannon Rawski, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh; Afra Ahmed, Zayed University (Dubai UAE); Tiffany Trzebiatowski, University of Massachusetts–Amherst

2015 Creativity is gendered: The perceived association between masculinity and creative thinking

Paper Title: Creativity is gendered: The perceived association between masculinity and creative thinking

Award Recipients:

  • Devon Proudfoot
  • Aaron C. Kay
  • Christy Zhou Koval

Committee: Lisa Leslie (Chair); Sabrina DeeAnn Volpone; Adela McMurray; Florian Kunze; Yunhung Chung

2014 Does consistency pay? The effects of information sequence and content on women’s negotiation outcomes.

Paper Title: Does consistency pay? The effects of information sequence and content on women’s negotiation outcomes.

Award Recipients:

  • Carol T. Kulik
  • Mara Olekalns
  • Ema T. Swain

Committee: Gail Baugh and Lisa Leslie (Co-chairs); Muhammad Ali; Alison Cook; Jacqueline Hood

2013 Board Age and Gender Diversity: A Test of Competing Linear and Curvilinear Predictions

Paper Title: Board Age and Gender Diversity: A Test of Competing Linear and Curvilinear Predictions

Award Recipients:

  • Muhammad Ali
  • Yin Lu Ng

Committee: Gail Baugh (Chair); E. Holly Buttner; Beth Livingston; Susan Marlow; Whitney Botsford Morgan; Lisa Nishii

2012 The Spillover of Community Racial Diversity and Diversity Climate to the Workplace.

Paper Title: The Spillover of Community Racial Diversity and Diversity Climate to the Workplace.

Award Recipients:

  • Belle Rose Ragins
  • Jorge A. Gonzalez
  • Kyle Erhardt
  • Romila Singh

Committee: David Kravitz (Chair); Alison Cook; Patrick McKay; Whitney Botsford Morgan; Sue Vinnicombe

2011 The complementary effect of managerial diversity and board of directors diversity on performance.

Paper Title: The complementary effect of managerial diversity and board of directors diversity on performance.

Award Recipients:

  • Orlando Richard
  • Goce Andrevski

Committee: Joy Beatty (Chair); Lisa Nishii; Gernanda Wagstaff; David Baldridge; Christine Mahoney

2010 Mothers’ Psychological Contracts: Does Supervisor Breach Explain Intention to Leave the Workforce?

Paper Title: Mothers’ Psychological Contracts: Does Supervisor Breach Explain Intention to Leave the Workforce?

Award Recipient: Whitney Botsford Morgan

Committee: Joy Beatty (Chair); Lisa Nishii; David Baldridge; Maria Fernanda Garcia; Christine Mahoney; Sabrina Volpone

2009 The Impact of Gender Diversity on Performance in Services and Manufacturing Organizations.

Paper Title: The Impact of Gender Diversity on Performance in Services and Manufacturing Organizations.

Award Recipients:

  • Muhammad Ali
  • Carol Kulik
  • Isabel Metz

Committee: Not listed

2008 Considering context in team diversity research: A meta-analytic review.

Paper Title: Considering context in team diversity research: A meta-analytic review.

Award Recipients:

  • Aparna Joshi
  • Hyuntak Roh

Committee: Jeannie Forray (Chair); Mark Roehling; Patrick McKay; Audrey Murrell; Kristina Bourne; Douglas Johnston; Jeanine Andreassi

2007 The interaction of subordinates’ and managers’ diversity climates on store unit sales performance.

Paper Title: The interaction of subordinates’ and managers’ diversity climates on store unit sales performance.

Award Recipients:

  • Patrick McKay
  • Derek Avery
  • Mark Morris

Committee: Stacy Blake-Beard (Chair); Lisa Nishii; Loriann Roberson; Deborah Litvin; Ujvala Rajadhyaksha

2006 Work Outcomes and Personality Antecedents of Perceived Deep-Level Dissimilarity.

Paper Title: Work Outcomes and Personality Antecedents of Perceived Deep-Level Dissimilarity.

Award Recipients:

  • Dhui Liao
  • Aichia Chuang
  • Aparna Joshi

Committee: Not listed

2005 Withholding accommodation requests: The role of workgroup supportiveness and requester attributes.

Paper Title: Withholding accommodation requests: The role of workgroup supportiveness and requester attributes.

Award Recipient: David Baldridge

Committee: Stacy Blake-Beard (Chair); Peggy Stockdale; Orlando Richards; Marta Elvira; Charmine Hartel

2004 Does race matter within a multicultural context: Alternate modes of theorizing and theory testing.

Paper Title: Does race matter within a multicultural context: Alternate modes of theorizing and theory testing.

Award Recipient: Orlando C. Richard

Committee: Not listed

2003 Linking sexual harassment, team processes and team performance.

Paper Title: Linking sexual harassment, team processes and team performance.

Award Recipients:

  • Jana L. Raver
  • Michele J. Gelfand

Committee: Jeffrey Greenhaus (Chair); Myrtle Bell; Lene Foss; Cherry Granrose; Claire Simmers

2002 Examining perceptions of objective and subjective racial harassment and managerial responses.

Paper Title: Examining perceptions of objective and subjective racial harassment and managerial responses.

Award Recipients:

  • Donna Chrobot-Mason
  • William K. Hepworth

Committee: Lynn Bowes-Sperry (Chair); David Porter (Executive Committee); Susan Vinnicombe (Executive Committee)

2001 Walking the line: Fear and disclosure of sexual orientation in the workplace.

Paper Title: Walking the line: Fear and disclosure of sexual orientation in the workplace.

Award Recipients:

  • Belle Rose Ragins
  • John M. Cornwell

Committee: Not listed

2000 Pink triangles: Antecedents and consequences of heterosexism in the workplace.

Paper Title: Pink triangles: Antecedents and consequences of heterosexism in the workplace.

Award Recipients:

  • Belle Rose Ragins
  • John M. Cornwell

Committee: Elaine Yakura (Chair)

1999 Recipients and paper information not listed.

Note: Recipient, paper title, and committee information were not listed for this year.

1998 Racial composition and voluntary turnover in a multiracial setting.

Paper Title: Racial composition and voluntary turnover in a multiracial setting.

Award Recipients:

  • Marta M. Elvira
  • Christopher D. Zatzick

Committee: Not listed

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