Lisa Adeline Mainiero (born January 18, 1957)[1] is an American writer and academic in the field of management. Her career focuses on the careers of women and men, and workplace romance. Mainiero is one of the first researchers to investigate romance in the workplace, and crafted the Kaleidoscope Career Model (the KCM) with her co-author Sherry E. Sullivan.

Lisa Mainiero
Born
Lisa Adeline Mainiero

(1957-01-18) January 18, 1957 (age 67)
Academic background
Alma materYale University (Ph.D., 1983)
ThesisCoping With Powerlessness: Power Balancing Strategies Employed by Men and Women Under Conditions of Related Dependency in Organizational Settings (1983)
Doctoral advisorJ. Richard Hackman
Academic work
Discipline
  • Management
  • Women's studies
InstitutionsFairfield University Dolan School of Business

Education

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Mainiero completed a doctorate in organizational behavior from Yale University.[2] In 1983, Maniero completed her dissertation titled Coping With Powerlessness: Power Balancing Strategies Employed by Men and Women Under Conditions of Related Dependency in Organizational Settings. J. Richard Hackman was the chair of her dissertation committee along with members, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Martha Glenn Cox.[3] She also worked with Victor Vroom on a pre-dissertation project.

Career

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Mainiero is a Full Professor of Management at Fairfield University Dolan School of Business.[4][5] Her research focuses on women in management, career paths for women and men, gender and diversity, workplace romance, and sexual harassment issues.[6] Mainiero is one of the first researchers to investigate romance in the workplace.[7] She is also well known for her career model, the Kaleidoscope Career Model (the KCM), co-authored with Sherry E Sullivan, which describes the parameters of authenticity, balance, and challenge for women and for men as they move through their careers. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, CNN, Fox News with Neal Cavuto, Larry King Live and numerous other television talk shows and programs. She is frequently contacted by journalists all over the world for her expertise and has been noted as a source in The New York Times, USA Today, Time Magazine, Business Week, and many other publications. She served on the editorial board for the Academy of Management Perspectives journal and was division and program chair of the Woman in Management division, now the Gender and Diversity division of the Academy of Management.[8]

Selected works

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Books

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  • Mainiero, Lisa (1989). Office Romance: Love, Power & Sex in the Workplace. Macmillan. ISBN 1501109677. OCLC 894026258.[9]
  • Mainiero, Lisa A.; Tromley, Cheryl L. (1994). Developing Managerial Skills in Organizational Behavior (2 ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall. ISBN 013226028X. OCLC 402350565.
  • Brindle, Margaret; Mainiero, Lisa A. (2000). Managing Power Through Lateral Networking. Westport, Conn.: Quorum. ISBN 0585385807. OCLC 49569484.[10]
  • Mainiero, Lisa; Sullivan, Sherry E. (2006). The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers. Mountain View, Calif.: Davies-Black Pub. ISBN 9780891063322. OCLC 243598672.[11]

Articles

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References

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  1. ^ "ISNI 0000000083018206 Mainiero, Lisa A. (born 1957-01-18)". www.isni.org. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "Study says office romance can help". Asbury Park Press. September 1, 1987. Retrieved May 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Mainiero, Lisa (1983). Coping With Powerlessness: Power Balancing Strategies Employed by Men and Women Under Conditions of Related Dependency in Organizational Settings (PhD thesis). Yale University. ProQuest 303195683.
  4. ^ Taylor, Frances Grandy (August 7, 1989). "Despite the Risks, Office Romances Remain Attractive". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Dr. Lisa A. Mainiero". Fairfield University. Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  6. ^ Taylor, Frances Grandy (July 24, 1989). "Smitten workers may have hearts in right place". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved May 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Schellhardt, Timothy D. (November 3, 1991). "Beauty can hinder a competent woman". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved May 9, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Mainiero, Lisa A.; Sullivan, Sherry E. (2006). The Opt Out Revolt: Whe People are Leaving Companies to Create Kaleidoscope Careers. Mountain View, Calif.: Davies-Black Pub. ISBN 9780891063322. OCLC 243598672.
  9. ^ Reviews of Office Romance: Love, Power & Sex in the Workplace:
  10. ^ Reviews of Managing Power Through Lateral Networking:
    • Konczak, Lee J. (Winter 2000). "Managing Power Through Lateral Networking". Personnel Psychology. 53 (4). Durham: 1021.
  11. ^ Reviews of The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies To Create Kaleidoscope Careers:
    • Baruch, Yehuda (February 2007). "The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies To Create Kaleidoscope Career". Academy of Management Perspectives. 21 (1): 80–82. doi:10.5465/amp.2007.24286171.
    • Senior, Heidi (September 2006). "The Opt-Out Revolt: Why People Are Leaving Companies To Create Kaleidoscope Career". Library Journal. 131 (14): 155.