{"id":863,"date":"2021-10-27T15:46:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T15:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/?page_id=863"},"modified":"2026-03-30T19:16:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:16:35","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-863\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-863-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-863-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-863-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_mit-pf-wysiwyg widget_mit_pf_wysiwyg panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>Mary P. Rowe\u2019s research and publications encompass a variety of topics encountered both in her career as an MIT Ombuds and as Adjunct Professor of Negotiation and Conflict Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management\u2014topics ranging from the role and work of an organizational ombuds to harassment, micro-affirmations, and bystanders. (To learn more about Rowe\u2019s work and writing, read the <a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/about\/\" rel=\"noopener\">short version of her bio, her<\/a> more detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan-php.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-faculty\/sites\/84\/2023\/10\/24190750\/Mary-P-Rowe-Research-and-Publications-Biography-with-10-2023-updates-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Research and Publications biography<\/a>, or some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/articles-about-mary-rowe-and-her-work\/\">articles that have been written about her<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications by Subject<br \/>\n<\/strong>With generous <a href=\"https:\/\/mitsloan-php.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-faculty\/sites\/84\/2023\/09\/07213950\/Creation-of-Mary-Rowe-Fund-November-1-2015-IWER-Announcement.pdf\">support from Jean-Jacques (SM '93 and PhD '02) and Valeria Degroof<\/a>, Rowe has organized this website as an online resource library that includes links to many of her articles and encompasses a wide range of topics relevant to conflict management and equity within organizations. Each page below contains a list of Rowe\u2019s work on that subject, in reverse chronological order and with links provided to freely available versions of most of the articles. (Note: A number of publications are relevant to more than one subject and thus are listed on more than one page.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/the-organizational-ombuds-role\/\">The Organizational Ombuds\u2019 Role: Functions, Standards of Practice, and Effectiveness and Value<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/ombuds-case-material-stories-and-teaching-notes\/\">Ombuds Case Material, Stories, Teaching Cases, and Teaching Notes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/operationally-useful-data-about-the-value-and-effectiveness-of-organizational-ombuds\/\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Operationally Useful Data About the Value and Effectiveness of Organizational Ombuds: A Resource Repository of Working Papers for Comment<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/icms\/\">Integrated Conflict Management Systems (ICMS) and the Organizational Ombuds\u2019 Role Therein<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/micro-inequities\/\">Micro-inequities (including Micro-aggressions) and Micro-affirmations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/bystanders\/\">Bystanders and the Bystanders of Bystanders<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/harassment\/\">Harassment and Bullying<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/negotiation\/\">Negotiation and Conflict Management<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/mentoring\/\">Mentoring and Mentoring Frameworks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/androgyny\/\">Androgyny and Gender Roles<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/equity\/\">Promoting Equity in Organizations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mitmgmtfaculty.mit.edu\/mrowe\/childcare\/\">Early Research: Child Care Economics and African and Black Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the resources on this website, Rowe organized many materials and her own articles into two collections for the MIT Archives, <a href=\"https:\/\/dome.mit.edu\/handle\/1721.3\/190929\">one<\/a> about her work in the Ombuds Office at MIT and <a href=\"https:\/\/dome.mit.edu\/handle\/1721.3\/190973\">one<\/a> about the beginnings of the organizational ombuds profession.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary P. 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