Eliot Sherman

Dr Sherman's research focuses on inequality in the workplace, primarily with respect to gender. His work looking at whether female managers influence the wage gap between their male and female subordinates was published in the American Journal of Sociology. Another project investigates whether women's careers improve when their husbands perform an increased share of household labour and childcare. Dr Sherman also studies workplace social networks, specifically the manner in which network structure influences the initial disclosure and second-hand diffusion of stigmatising information.

After receiving his bachelor's degree, Dr Sherman worked as a research assistant at Harvard Business School and as an investigative analyst at the AON Corporation. He completed his doctoral studies in Business Administration, with a concentration in the management of organisations, at the Haas School of Business.

Work experience

• London Business School Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour
• Haas School of Business PHD Candidate
• Aon Corporation Strategy Analyst
• Harvard Business School Research Associate

Education

• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
• University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business Master’s Degree Business Administration and Management
• University of Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree English

Publications

2020 Discretionary remote working helps mothers without harming non-mothers: evidence from a field experiement Sherman E L

Management Science 2020 Vol 66:3 p 1351-1374

2019 Blurred lines: how the collectivism norm operates through group perceived diversity to boost or harm group performance in Himalayan mountain climbing Chatman J; Greer L; Sherman E L; Doerr B

Organization Science 2019 Vol 30:2 p 235-259

2015 Agents of change or cogs in the machine?: reexamining the influence of female managers on the gender wage gap Srivastava S B; Sherman E L

American Journal of Sociology 2015 Vol 120:6 p 1778-1808