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Why Aren’t There More Asian Americans in Leadership Positions?

Harvard Business Review

In two separate studies (by Ho and Jackson in 2001 and by Lin and colleagues in 2005), participants generated lists of all stereotypes they had heard about Asians. as Jane Hyun, the author of the 2005 book Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling: Career Strategies for Asians, has suggested.

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All Hail the Generalist

Harvard Business Review

The logic is straightforward: learn more about your function, acquire "expert" status, and you'll go further in your career. To advance in one's career, it was most efficient to specialize. In more straightforward language, a man with a hammer is more likely to see nails than one without a hammer. Why's that?

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