Future of Work research prize awarded to Eva Lin
Zurich (Switzerland) — 20 December 2021
Eva Lin (London Business School) receives the first annual UZH CLFW Future of Work Research Prize; Isabel Villamor (George Washington University) is honored as runner-up.
The UZH Center for Leadership in the Future of Work (CLFW) is delighted to announce the winner and runner-up for the first annual Future of Work Research Prize.
Eva Lin, a PhD Candidate from London Business School, has been honored with the award for her project entitled “What are the options? Mindsets and perceptions of options in the context of career change” with collaborator Prof. Aneeta Rattan from London Business School. As the future of work brings radical career change to millions of workers across the globe, understanding how workers perceive possible alternative options for their careers is key. The researchers will examine whether people’s mindsets – their beliefs about the malleability of human characteristics – shape whether people see more options for their future careers, while others in essentially the same position see few. The researchers plan to test whether a growth mindset about personality will perceive more options for their career changes by fielding an intervention with a career center.
Discover Eva Lin’s research pitch video:
The jury members also selected a runner-up, Isabel Villamor, a PhD Candidate from George Washington University, for her project entitled “Does the virtual work context reduce gender bias against women in implicit theories of leadership?” with collaborator Prof. Sharon Hill from George Washington University. Their project aims to understand how the virtual work context changes implicit leadership theories, or the characteristics and attributes people associate with leaders. The researchers pose the question: Do implicit virtual leadership theories differ from those associated with face-to-face leadership, and if so, are they less gendered toward women in ways that result in evaluations of women leaders in virtual environments that are more equal to those of men?
The Center would also like to congratulate the eight additional finalists for the submission of their exciting projects:
Francesca Bellasia (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), “Algorithms-life balance: How workers manage work-life balance in the gig economy”
Florence Bernays and Vera Hampel (University of Zurich), “Emotionally intelligent interactions: How leaders’ emotional intelligence fosters employees’ emotional fit”
Nicky Dries (KU Leuven & BI Norwegian Business School), “WorkFutures: Imagining the (distant) future of work”
Daria Morozova (HEC Paris), “Human uniqueness and algorithmic aversion: The theory of mind perspective”
Thomas Mosk (University of Zurich), “Do boards tackle discrimination? Evidence from NHS trust board meetings”
Lakshmi Balachandran Nair (LUISS Guido Carli University), “When the whole is greater than the sum: Role of intersectionality in the work experiences of female employees”
Mojan Naisani Samani (McMaster University), “Leading the future of work”
Suwarna Shukla (Indian Institute of Management Indore), “ICT tools as risks mitigating tool in Agricultural Supply Chain: Emerging economies context”
The team at the CLFW would like to thank all of the submitters for their excellent contributions and inspirational research questions, all of which spoke to important human challenges in the future of work. We wish you all the best of luck with the future of your research!
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