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Jamie J. Ladge


Ladge, Jamie J.
Assistant Professor of Management and Organizational Development


112 Hayden Hall
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

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)

2007 Best Student Paper Award Nominee, Careers Division, Academy of Management

2007 Best Reviewer Award, Career Division, Academy of Management

2006 Recipient of Boston College’s Donald J. White Award for Excellence in Teaching

2005 & 2006 Recipient of the Best Student Paper Award, Careers Division of the Academy of Management

2005 MER Institute Fellowship Award Recipient; Management Education Research Institute is a division of the Graduate Management Admissions Council, $16,000.

Selected Publications

Ladge, J., English, L. (2010). Enhanced Employee Health, Well-Being, and Engagement through Dependent Care Supports.

Harrington, B., Van Deusen, F., Ladge, J. (2010). The New Dad.Understanding Fatherhood within a careers context.

Ladge, J.J., Greenberg, D. & Clair, J.A. (2010). What to expect when she's expecting: Work-life and identity integration challenges of "soon-to-be" working professional mothers.

Ladge, J., Harrington, B. (2009). Got Talent?  It Isn't Hard to Find. Simon and Schuster.

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., Clair, J. (Presenter & Author), Greenberg, D. (Presenter & Author), Academy of Management, "Neither here nor there: Pregnancy as a period of liminality, identity elaboration and exploration,” Academy of Management, Montreal.

Ladge, J. (Presenter & Author), Harrington, B., Academy of Management, "Working father identity,” Academy of Management, Montreal.

Ladge, J. (Presenter & Author), Greenberg, D. (Presenter & Author), Harrington, B. (Presenter Only), OBTC, "Finding Your Passion? Do What You Love? CEO Of Me?: Introducing Management Students To A Protean Orientation To Career Development,” OBTS, Albuquerque, NM.

Ladge, J., New England HERC Annual Meeting, "Dependent Care Supports and Employee Health and Well-being,” New England HERC, Cambridge, MA. (November 2010).

Ladge, J., "Mothers and Fathers and Home and at Work,” UC Dublin, Dublin. (November 26, 2010).

Ladge, J. (Presenter & Author), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, "Becoming a working mother: Identity, efficacy and resocialization following re-entry,” GDO Division, Chicago, IL. (August 2009).

Ladge, J. (Presenter & Author), 3rd Annual Work-Family Conference, "Becoming a working mother: Identity, efficacy and resocialization following re-entry,” IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. (July 2009).

Ladge, J. (Presenter & Author), Harrington, B. (Presenter & Author), 3rd Annual Work-Family Conference, "Working Father Identity: Exploring Fatherhood Within An Organizational And Careers Context,” IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. (July 2009).

Ladge, J.J. (with Judy Clair). 2008. Co-organizer of a symposium: Bouncing Back from Negative Events: Individual, Interpersonal and Organizational Experiences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Ladge, J.J. (with Monique Valcour). 2008. Family and career path characteristics as predictors of women’s career success outcomes (with Monique Valcour). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, CA.

Ladge, J.J. 2007. In the eyes of the beholder: Self evaluation in women’s career re-entry experiences after first birth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Philadelphia, PA.

Ladge, J.J. 2006. Identity Altering Role Transitions: A Study of Career Women and the Transition into Motherhood and Back to Work. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA.

Ladge, J.J. & Valcour, P.M. 2006. Better late than earlier? Timing Childbirth and its impact on career success. Presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA. Part of symposium that was nominated for Best Symposium Award.

Ladge, J.J. 2005. Transitioning from working woman to working mother: Re-socialization after maternity leave. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI.

Ladge, J.J. 2005. Never a good time? Exploring Relationships between Timing Childbirth and Perceived Career Success. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, Honolulu, HI.

Ladge, J.J. & Walsh, I. 2005. When Politics and Ethics Collide: The case of TechPower. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Springfield, MA.

Ladge, J.J. 2004. Left out in the cold: Consequences for socially excluded individuals in the Workplace. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Academy of Management, New Orleans, LA.

Ladge, J.J. & Ingols, C.A. 2002. Wendy Zinn at the YMCA of East Boston. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Academy of Management, Providence, RI.

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 College 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 member of the Academy of Management, Organizational Behavior Teaching Society and the Eastern Academy of Management. She serves as an ad-hoc reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal and Career Development International.

Recent Press

“Back-to-work moms face unique challenges.” New Jersey Record, August 12, 2009.

“New Parents Re-Entering the Workplace: The Importance of Supportive Colleagues.” Wall Street Journal. June 8, 2009.

“When New Moms Head Back to Work.” Boston Parent’s Paper, August 2008.

Mailing Address

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