Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a renowned researcher on work and family, inspired Ivey Professor Alison Konrad to pursue research on women in leadership.
That’s why it’s fitting that Konrad has received an award bearing Kanter’s name for her own research examining the impact of work-life benefits on career success.
Konrad and Yang Yang, a post-doctoral fellow at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, were awarded the 2013 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research in Boston on October 3 for their article in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, “Is using work-life interface benefits a career-limiting move? An examination of women, men, lone parents, and parents with partners.”
The award is given from both the Center for Work and Family at Boston College and the Center for Families at Purdue University for the best research paper published during the year and Konrad and Yang were selected from among six finalists short-listed from 2,500 articles published in 2012.
Konrad said it was an honour to be recognized by these institutions and particularly meaningful to her because Kanter wrote one of the books that inspired her own research as a graduate student.
“Kanter’s insights in Men and Women of the Corporation changed the way I viewed gender and management,” said Konrad. “She is one of the founding mothers of the field, and I am doubly honoured to receive an award named after her.”
Konrad’s winning paper revealed that people who use work-life flexibility benefits were more likely to be promoted. Read the Q&A with Konrad.
