Katherine W. Phillips
Katherine Williams Phillips (March 4, 1972 – January 15, 2020)[1] was an American business theorist and the Reuben Mark Professor of Organizational Character at Columbia University's Business School. She headed the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics at Columbia, and was Senior Vice Dean.[2][3][4]
Katherine W. Phillips | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois |
Died | January 15, 2020 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | diversity in the workplace research |
Spouse(s) | Damon Phillips |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Stanford University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Business |
Sub-discipline | Leadership and Ethics |
Institutions | Columbia Business School |
Main interests | Workplace Diversity |
Career
Born Katherine Y. Williams to Adolph Williams and Amelia (Rogers), Phillips was the youngest of six siblings. She grew up in a black Chicago neighborhood, and in the third grade, was chosen to attend a nearly all-white magnet school where she was one of the few black students.[5] She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned a Ph.D from Stanford. Phillips was known for her research into diversity in the workplace, demonstrating that diversity on teams leads to greater innovation and creativity.[6] She was a Senior Vice dean at Columbia and had published collaborations with other faculty on Diversity and other topics. She was its Reuben Mark professor of organizational character.[7] Her latest position was as the director of its Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics.[8]
Biography
She married fellow Stanford graduate and Columbia Business School professor Damon Phillips, the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia.[9][10][11] Phillips was a three-time All American in Track and Field at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign where she competed in the 400 m dash, long jump and relays.[4]
Honors
Named one of the "Top 40 Business School Professors Under the Age of 40" by Poets and Quants in 2011, Phillips was also an Academy of Management Fellow.[12][13][14]
Publications
- When surface and deep-level diversity collide: The effects on dissenting group members - Authors: Katherine W Phillips, Denise Lewin Loyd -Publication date:2006/3/1, Journal -Organizational behavior and human decision processes-Volume 99/Issue2
- Social category diversity promotes premeeting elaboration: The role of relationship focus - Authors:DL Loyd, CS Wang, KW Phillips, RB Lount Jr., Organization Science 24 (3), 757-772, 2013
- Expertise in your midst: How congruence between status and speech style affects reactions to unique knowledge - Authors:D Lewin Loyd, KW Phillips, J Whitson, MC Thomas-Hunt, Group processes & intergroup relations 13 (3), 379-395,2010
- Duo status: Disentangling the complex interactions within a minority of two - Authors: DL Loyd, J White, M Kern, KW Phillips, E Mannix, MA Neale, Research on Managing Groups and Teams, JAI Press, Amsterdam, 75-92,2008
- Managing perceptions of ethical behavior in evaluative groups: The implications for diversity in organizations - Authors: DL Loyd, KW Phillips, Research on Managing in Groups and Teams 8, 225-45,2006
- Social Similarity and Opinion Conflict: The Impact of Relationship Concerns - Authors: C Wang, K Williams Phillips, D Loyd, R Lount, IACM. 2006
- Reactions to Disagreement from an In-group Member: The Impact of Out-group Member Status - Authors: D Loyd, K Williams Phillips, SY Kim-Jun, SH Shim, MIT Sloan Research Paper, 2010
- Group Processes & Intergroup - Authors: DL Loyd, KW Phillips, J Whitson, MC Thomas-Hunt, Group Processes & Intergroup Relations 13 (3), 379-395, 2010.[15]
- Negational categorization and intergroup behavior - Authors: CB Zhong, KW Phillips, GJ Leonardelli, AD Galinsky, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 34 (6), 793-806, 56 2008
Death
Phillips died of breast cancer on January 15, 2020 at age 47.[16]
References
- School, Columbia Business. "Columbia Business School". Columbia Business School. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
- School, Columbia Business (2014-03-13). "Katherine Phillips Named Senior Vice Dean". Newsroom. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- School, Columbia Business (2018-08-02). "Katherine W. Phillips Appointed Director of the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics". The Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Center for Leadership and Ethics. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- Andrea Carter (2011-02-07). "Best Profs: Katherine Phillips". Poets&Quants. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- Cowley, Stacy (2020-02-13). "Katherine W. Phillips, 47, Dies; Taught the Value of Difference". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- http://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/briefs/2019/10/diversity-talk.html
- http://centreforglobalinclusion.org/The-Centre/katherine-w-phillips/
- https://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/leadership/reubenmarkinitiative
- Phillips, Katherine W (October 2014). "How Diversity Makes Us Smarter". Scientific American. 311, 4: 42–47.
- School, Columbia Business (2014-09-15). "Katherine W. Phillips". Columbia Business School Directory. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/profile/katherine_phillips
- "Katherine W. Phillips". The Centre for Global Inclusion | Home of the GDIB. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesinsights/2020/01/15/diversity-confirmed-to-boost-innovation-and-financial-results/
- https://www.forbes.com/2009/06/02/diversity-collaboration-teams-leadership-managing-creativity.html
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uAq6Z_QAAAAJ#
- https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/13/business/katherine-w-phillips-dead.html
- https://books.google.com/books?id=gd4MBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA270&lpg=PA270&dq=michael+and+adam+galinsky+brothers&source=bl&ots=Q-dlNDZ3Ee&sig=ACfU3U11pSol0uQ5NjgvnTWUEK6J1IXLTw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG1aOl1sLlAhUIJzQIHXRwAfkQ6AEwEHoECD4QAQ#v=onepage&q=michael%20and%20adam%20galinsky%20brothers&f=false
- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=LtMuT7IAAAAJ&hl=en