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 | |
|---|---|
| Born | Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | January 15, 2020 |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | diversity in the workplace research |
| Spouse | 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
editBorn 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 PhD 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
editShe 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
editNamed 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
edit- 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
editPhillips died of breast cancer on January 15, 2020, at age 47.[16]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ 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.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Need to Know".
- ^ "Katherine W. Phillips".
- ^ "The Reuben Mark Initiative for Organizational Character and Leadership". 12 August 2019.
- ^ Phillips, Katherine W (October 2014). "How Diversity Makes Us Smarter". Scientific American. 311, 4: 42–47. doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0714-42.
- ^ School, Columbia Business (2014-09-15). "Katherine W. Phillips". Columbia Business School Directory. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ "Katherine W. Phillips | Profile".
- ^ "Katherine W. Phillips". The Centre for Global Inclusion | Home of the GDIB. Retrieved 2020-01-17.
- ^ "Diversity Confirmed to Boost Innovation and Financial Results". Forbes.
- ^ "Diversity Helps Your Business--But Not the Way You Think". Forbes.
- ^ "Denise Lewin Loyd".
- ^ Cowley, Stacy (13 February 2020). "Katherine W. Phillips, 47, Dies; Taught the Value of Difference". The New York Times.
- ^ Galinsky, Adam; Schweitzer, Maurice (29 September 2015). Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, when to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both. Crown. ISBN 9780307720252.
- ^ "Katherine W. Phillips".