Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Kanter (left), with Susan Solomont, in 2010
Born
Rosabeth Moss

(1943-03-15) March 15, 1943 (age 81)
Cleveland, Ohio, US
Other namesRosabeth M. Kanter
Occupations
Spouses
  • Stuart A. Kanter (died 1969)
  • Barry Stein (died 2023)
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    (m. 1972)​
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisUtopia[1] (1967)
InfluencesC. Wright Mills[2]
Academic work
Discipline
Institutions
Main interestsTokenism

Rosabeth Moss Kanter (born March 15, 1943)[3] is an American sociologist who is a professor of business at Harvard Business School.[4] She co-founded the Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative and served as Director and Founding Chair from 2008 to 2018.[5] She was the top-ranking woman—No. 11 overall—in a 2002 study of Top Business Intellectuals by citation in several sources.[6] She was named one of the "50 most powerful women in Boston" by Boston Magazine[7] and named one of "125 women who changed our world" over the past 125 years by Good Housekeeping magazine in May 2010.[8]

  1. ^ Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (1967). Utopia: A Study in Comparative Organization (PhD thesis). Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan. OCLC 48240266.
  2. ^ Potia, Zeenat; Ely, Robin; Kanter, Rosabeth Moss (12 September 2018). "Celebrating a Landmark Book on Gender in the Workplace". Boston, Massachusetts: Harvard Business School. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. ^ Royster, Jacqueline Jones (2003). Profiles of Ohio women, 1803-2003. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8214-1508-5.
  4. ^ "Rosabeth M. Kanter". Harvard Business School. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  5. ^ "Rosabeth M. Kanter - Faculty & Research - Harvard Business School". www.hbs.edu. Retrieved 2023-10-31.
  6. ^ "Accenture Study Yields Top 50 'Business Intellectuals' Ranking of Top Thinkers and Writers on Management Topics". Accenture. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  7. ^ Hall, Alexandra (February 2011). "The 50 Most Powerful Women in Boston" Archived 2011-03-08 at the Wayback Machine. Boston. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  8. ^ "125 Women Who Changed Our World". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved April 27, 2012.