Laura Sabattini: Expertise
Laura Sabattini, Ph.D., Director, Women in Leadership Research
Laura Sabattini, Ph.D., leads research related to women in leadership, talent management strategies, and barriers to women's corporate advancement. She is the co-leader of Catalyst’s Work-Life Issue Specialty Team.
Expertise | Biography
Expertise
Women in Leadership; Work-Life Effectiveness; Global Diversity; Organizational Change & Effectiveness
Career Highlights
Adjunct Faculty, Psychology, Iona College, 2008–Present
Director, Research, Catalyst, 2005–Present
Teaching Fellow/Lecturer, University of California at Santa Cruz, 2002–2005
Program Evaluator, University of California College Prep Initiative (UCCP) and Education Partnership Center (EPC), 2001–2002
Research Consultant, One Small Step, San Francisco, 2000–2002
Human Resources Consultant, Gap, Inc., 1999–2000
Catalyst Reports worked on/authored
After-School Worries: Tough on Parents, Bad for Business
The Double-Bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership: Dammed if You Do, Doomed if You Don’t
Leaders in a Global Economy: Talent Management in European Cultures
Women in Technology: Maximizing Talent, Minimizing Barriers
Unwritten Rules: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt Your Career
Affiliations/Awards/Recognitions/Honors
Member, Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology Inc. (SIOP); Member, American Psychological Association (APA); Member, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI); Member, Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP); Advisory Board Member, Linkage Women in Leadership Summit.
Education
Ph.D., Social Psychology with parenthetical notation in Women’s Studies, University of California at Santa Cruz
M.S., Social Psychology, University of California at Santa Cruz
B.A., Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Padua, Italy