Lisa Mainiero


Lisa Adeline Mainiero is an American writer and academic in the field of management. Her research focuses on women in management. Mainiero is considered one of the first researchers to investigate romance in the workplace.

Education

Mainiero completed a doctorate in organizational behavior from Yale University. She worked with Victor Vroom on a pre-dissertation project. 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.

Career

Mainiero is a Full Professor of Management at Fairfield University Dolan School of Business. Her research focuses on women in management. Mainiero is one of the first researchers to investigate romance in the workplace. She has appeared on Good Morning America, The Oprah Winfrey Show, and Larry King Live. Formerly, Mainiero served on the editorial board and was the research translation editor for the Academy of Management Executive. She was a division and program chair of the Women in Management Division of the Academy of Management.

Selected works

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