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Jamie J. Ladge


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Assistant Professor of Management and Organizational Development


Jamie J. Ladge
112 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000

617-373-8176
j.ladge@neu.edu

Education

Ph.D. in Organization Studies, Boston College, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management
M.S. in Organization Studies, Boston College, Wallace E. Carroll School of Management
M.B.A., Simmons College, Graduate School of Management
B.S., Babson College

Research and Teaching Interests

Professor Ladge’s primary research interests are with the intersection of identity, careers and work-life integration in organizations. Secondarily, she studies stigmatized social identities and gender and diversity issues in organizations.

Awards and Honors

Summer Research Award from the D'Amore-McKim School of Business (2013).

2009 Recipient of Sage Dissertation Award, GDO Division, Academy of Management

2009-2011 Sloan Work-Family Early Career Development Grant Awardee, $45,000

2007-2008 Recipient of Boston College’s Organization Studies Department dissertation completion fellowship of $31,000 (funded in part by the Boston College Center for Work and Family)

Selected Publications

Ladge, J., Clair, J and Greenberg, D. (2012). Cross-domain identity transition during liminal periods: Constructing multiple selves as “professional and mother” during pregnancy, Forthcoming, Academy of Management Journal.

Harrington, B., Ladge, JJ, and Van Deusen, F. (2012). Managerial Support Helps Fathers Balance Work and Family in Mitchell Young (eds.), Opposing Viewpoints: Work and Family. Cengage Learning, Boston.

Ladge, J, Greenberg, D. and Clair, J. (2011) ‘What to expect when she’s expecting: Work-family and identity integration challenges and opportunities of “soon-to-be” working professional mothers,” in Kaiser et al.(eds.) Creating balance? International perspectives on the work-life integration of professionals, Springer, New York.

Harrington, B. and Ladge, J.J. (2009). Got Talent? It Isn’t Hard to Find. Recognizing and rewarding the value women create in the workplace. in Boushey and Oleary (eds) The Shriver Report: A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything. Simon Shuster, New York.

Harrington, B. & Ladge, J.J. (2009). The Evolution of Work-life: Present Dynamics and Future Directions for Organizations. Organizational Dynamics: 2009: 38(2): 131-147.

Valcour, P.M. & Ladge, J.J. (2008). Family and career path characteristics as predictors of women’s career success outcomes. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 73(2): 300-309.

Greenberg, D., Ladge, J.J. & Clair, J.A. (2008). Private and Public Conflicts: Negotiating Pregnancy at Work. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 2(1): 42-56 [Link]

Clair, J.A. Dufresne, R., Jackson, N. & Ladge, J.J. (2006). Being the bearer of bad news: Challenges facing downsizing agents in organizations (with Judy Clair, Ron Dufresne and Nicole Jackson), Organizational Dynamics, 35(2): 131-144.

Selected Presentations

Ladge, J.J. and Greer, T. (2012). Why Mothers Stay at Work: Is Self-Efficacy the Missing Link? Status: Paper presented at the annual Work-Family Research Network Conference, New York, NY.

Ladge, J.J. 2011. Becoming a working mother: Identity, efficacy and resocialization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Chicago, IL.

Ladge, J.J. and Harrington, B. The New Dad: Understanding fatherhood from a careers context. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 2010 Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Ladge, J., Clair, J and Greenberg, D. Neither here nor there: pregnancy as a period of liminality, identity exploration and elaboration, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the 2010 Academy of Management, Montreal, Canada.

Clair, J., Ladge, J. and Cotton, R. Hidden benefits of care: Perceived prosocial impact as a path to resilience for chronic downsizing agents. Part of an All academy Symposium. Present at the 2010 annual Academy of Management, Montreal.

Industry and Academic Experience

Professor Ladge has a professional background in consulting and high technology. She has worked for companies such as Unipower Solutions, Iron Mountain Consulting Services, LLC, and Fidelity Investments. She has also worked as a research associate for Harvard Business School. Prior to joining the D'Amore-McKim School of Business faculty at Northeastern University, Professor Ladge was an instructor at Boston College in the Carroll School of Management.

Professional Services

Professor Ladge is a current member of the Academy of Management, Work-Family Researchers Network and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society. She serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Human Resources Management and Human Relations. She is also a faculty affiliate of the Boston College Center for Work and Family.

Recent Press

Ladge has been quoted in most of the major business media outlets including Wall Street Journal, NY Times, The Atlantic, CNN Money, MSNBC, Forbes, Yahoo News and US News, for her research on careers, parenting, pregnancy and work-life issues.

Mailing Address

Jamie J. Ladge
112 Hayden Hall
Northeastern University
Boston, Massachusetts  02115-5000