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Research: Women Ask for Raises as Often as Men, but Are Less Likely to Get Them

Harvard Business Review

The bottom line of our study is that women do “ask” just as often as men. While that may sound like a modest difference, over a lifetime it really adds up. When early reports of our work appeared in the press, the research was criticized by Sara Laschever and others, in part for not having gone through a full peer review.

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Make Your Knowledge Workers More Productive

Harvard Business Review

One of us (Jordan) had personal responsibility for setting up such a service in Pfizer - it became known as PfizerWorks, and its aim was simply to help employees be more effective in their jobs. Now whenever a PfizerWorks user decides she needs support, she simply pushes a button, describes her need in a pop-up window, and presses send.