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Jamie Ladge
Professor
Jamie Ladge
Contact
Fulton 426B
Telephone: 617-552-8288
Email: ladge@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0003-0655-9828
Education
- BS, Babson College
- MS, Boston College
- Ph.D, Boston College
Research Interests
Work-family Intersections; Careers; Workplace Inclusion; and Leadership.
Expertise
- Institutions, Culture, and Identity
- Organizational Behavior and Theory
- Work, Occupations, and Family
- Leadership and organizational change
Department
Profile
Jamie Ladge is a professor of Management at the Boston College Carroll School of Management. She is primarily known for her research exploring the intersection of work and family, gender and identity issues in organizations, and career advancement of women and racial minorities. Her work has been published in several top management journals including the Academy of Management Review, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. In 2019, she co-authored the book Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Motherhood, published by Oxford University Press. She has also co-authored many articles in the Harvard Business Review, and her research has been featured in major media outlets, among them The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, Fortune, CNN Money, and Businessweek.
Selected Appointments & Awards
- 2024 Winner of the Responsible Research in Management Award (with Professors Gabriel, Little, MacGowan and Stillwell)
- 2024 Nominee for the Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research (with Professors Gabriel, Little, MacGowan and Stillwell)
- 2024 Named Honorary Professor, University of Exeter Business School
- 2022 Sucheta Nadkarni Award for Outstanding Publication on Women Executive Leadership (with Professors Smith, Baskerville Watkins and Pam Carlton).
- 2022 SIOP Small Grant Award (with Professors Gabriel, MacGowan and Stillwell)
Selected Publications
Books
“Maternal Optimism: Forging Positive Paths through Work and Family.” (With Danna Greenberg.) Oxford University Press, New York, NY. 2019.
Recent Articles:
“Beyond the prototype: Unpacking intersectional identity and image work of female minority founders in startup contexts.” (With Pisitta Vongswasdi, Julia de Groote and Janine Heinrich.) Journal of Applied Psychology (In Press). 2024.
“Introduction to the special issue on allyship and advocacy for underrepresented individuals in organizations.” (With Ellen Kossek, Laura Little, Denise Lewin-Loyd Catherine Tinsley and Alexis Smith.) Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (In Press). 2024.
“Stable anchors and dynamic evolution: A paradox theory of career identity maintenance and change.” (With Keimei Sugiyama and Gina Dokko.) Academy of Management Review, 49 (1), 135-154. January, 2024.
“Profane Pregnant Bodies Versus Sacred Organizational Systems: How Pregnancy Discrimination at Work Persists.” (With Caroline Gatrell and Gary N. Powell.) Journal of Business Ethics, 192, 527-542. August, 2023.
“Sensemaking through the storm: How post-partum depression shapes personal and work family narratives.” (With Allison Gabriel, Laura Little, Rebecca MacGowan and Elizabeth tillwell.) Journal of Applied Psychology, 108 (12), 1903–1923. 2023.
“Calling oneself and others in: Brokering identities in diversity training.” (With Keimei Sugiyama and Diana Bilimoria.) Academy of Management Journal, 66 (6), 1681-1710. December, 2019.
- “Free to be me? Evolving gender expression and the dynamic interplay between authenticity and the desire to be accepted at work.” (With Sophie Hennekam.) Academy of Management Journal, 66 (5), 1529-1553. October, 2023.
Editorial Positions
- Editorial Boards: Academy of Management Journal; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Management; Journal of Management Studies