Journal of Managerial Issues, Vol. 13, No. 4 (Winter 2001), pp. 450-465 (16 pages) This study examines the relationships between workplace humor, manager gender, and leadership outcomes. Business ...

Gender and status affect how humor comes across at work, research suggests. The findings show that humor in the workplace can be more challenging for women than for men. Factors include a woman’s ...

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. A few years ago, ...

It's no surprise, really. The name of the game in the tech industry is making interactions between people and their gizmos ever more human—and human often equals humorous. That means everything from ...

At the most selective schools, the gender gap in computer science and engineering is nearly closed. skynesher/E+ via Getty Images The share of computer science and engineering degrees going to women ...

As their plane is going down, the woman turns to the man next to her. “Make me a woman before I die,” she says. He takes off all his clothes, hands them to her and says, “Fold these.” One of the best ...

Silicon Valley can no longer ignore its gender-discrimination problem, but will the brilliant men who disrupted so many other industries be able to innovate their way to a solution? These five ...

Joseph Cimpian receives funding from the Institute of Education Sciences, the National Science Foundation, and the Spencer Foundation. The share of computer science and engineering degrees going to ...