A book co-authored by a researcher at the Tippie College of Business has been honored as the best management book of the last two years by a professional management organization.

“Shared Sisterhood: How to Take Collective Action for Racial and Gender Equity at Work” was co-authored by Tippie management and entrepreneurship associate professor Beth Livingston and received the George R. Terry Book Award from the Academy of Management. 

The Terry Award is presented annually to the book judged to have made the most outstanding contribution to the global advancement of management knowledge during the last two years. 

Published in 2022, “Shared Sisterhood” encourages women to move beyond individual solutions toward collective action, where people from historically power-dominant and marginalized groups work together, so all women experience the benefits of professional growth and equity in the workplace.

In its commendation, the academy noted the book offers valuable insights on how to bridge race and gender divides, contributing to an issue faced by businesses across the globe. 

It also notes the authors provide an engaging mixture of evidence and examples to help readers move beyond the thinking to the doing of ‘digging and bridging’ to address inequities at the institutional level. Their focus on relationships between Black and White women is timely and their illustrations of how what have been historically fraught relationships can be healed and lead to collective action and actual change, ultimately offers hope and inspiration. 

The book was co-authored by Tina Opie, associate professor of management at Babson College.

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