Corinne Post, PhD
The Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair in Business Leadership, Professor of Management Villanova School of Business | Villanova University
- Villanova PA
Corinne Post, PhD, is an expert in workplace diversity with a focus on women on boards, in top management teams and in leadership roles.
Areas of Expertise
Biography
Dr. Post earned her bachelor's in Organization Management and a master's in International Management from HEC, University of Geneva, and HEC, University of Lausanne, respectively. She received her doctorate in Organization Management from Rutgers University. Prior to joining academia, she was an IT analyst and human resource specialist for Accenture.
Education
Rutgers Business School
PhD
Organization Management
HEC (Business School), University of Lausanne (Switzerland)
MA
International Management
HEC (Business School), University of Geneva (Switzerland)
BA
Organization Management
Select Accomplishments
Fred J. Springer Endowed Chair in Business Leadership
Villanova School of Business
Select Media Appearances
$2.8 Trillion Hispanic Market: Why CEOs Must Recommit to Inclusion
Forbes
2025-10-04
"Political and legal currents are softening U.S. Hispanic consumers' confidence and changing their behaviors. They are shopping less in person and more online and have pivoted to new brands and retail stores in response to firms pulling back on diversity initiatives... With this demographic projected to spend $2.8 trillion in 2026, according to eMarketer, CEOs must reassess how they can stay culturally attuned and responsive to shifts in Hispanic consumer sentiment, both in the short and long term."
More Women in the Boardroom Can Lead to Safer Companies
Fast Company
2025-06-18
Including women in corporate boardrooms does more than diversify leadership—recent research shows it can also lead to safer job sites, potentially saving companies from costly safety incidents... These safety benefits were even more pronounced when women held positions of power on the board, such as seats on influential committees, researchers found. When women have these positions of power, they are not only able to express their perspectives more freely, but others also pay more attention to their ideas, explained Corinne Post, coauthor of the study and professor of business leadership, management and operations at Villanova University.
How to Address Global Complications of the DEI Backlash
Charter
2025-03-11
When they are talking about DEI—no matter where—CHROs said they were reconnecting it to business outcomes... But be specific, rather than leave it in general terms, says Corinne Post, a professor at Villanova University who studies workplace diversity. For example, share that greater diversity on the product development team led to new product lines for new demographic groups, rather than just "it helped the business."
Meta, McDonald's: These Companies Are Rolling Back Some DEI Policies
ABC News
2025-01-10
Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—confirmed on Friday that it plans to end some of its DEI policies... Still, the exact implications of the recent rollbacks remain unclear, and alarm among DEI advocates may prove overstated, Corinne Post, a professor of management at Villanova University who specializes in diversity programs, told ABC News.
The AI Skills Gaps Is a Leadership Crisis—Women Could Be the Solution
Forbes
2024-11-21
"The future of the AI and IT workforce in the U.S. is likely to hinge on successful diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. Addressing this gap with a DEI mindset could also catalyze a much-needed shift in leadership and innovation, especially by bringing more women into AI roles."
In 2023, Women's Gains in Corporate C-Suites Were Reversed
APM's Marketplace
2024-04-04
Corinne Post, chair in business leadership at Villanova University, said it takes more than a few promotions to sustain change at a company. "Are our processes fair, what are the biases that exist, how do we eradicate them? All that stuff is really hard change-management work," she said.
Research: Adding Women to the C-Suite Changes How Companies Think
Harvard Business Review
2021-04-06
"Research has shown that firms with more women in senior positions are more profitable, more socially responsible and provide safer, higher-quality customer experiences—among many other benefits. And of course, there is a clear moral argument for increasing diversity among top management teams (TMTs). But when it comes to explaining why having more female executives is associated with better business outcomes, and what specific mechanisms cause those positive changes, existing research is much more limited."
Adding Women to Corporate Boards Improves Decisions About Medical Product Safety
The Conversation
2020-06-11
"Medical supply companies with boards that included at least two women recalled life-threatening products almost a month sooner than those with all-male boards, according to our forthcoming study examining thousands of medical product recalls from 2002 to 2013... We also examined if women on the board were tied to class 3 recalls, or product defects such as labeling or packaging misprints that are not safety-related."
The Dark Side of Silicon Valley Diversity Targets
Newsweek
2015-09-19
"Firms in the tech industry have recently signaled their commitment to diversifying their workforces by creating—and publicizing—self-imposed gender and racial numerical targets... Though well intentioned, research shows that such signals actually undermine tech firms' ability to create—and capitalize on—a truly diversified workforce by reinforcing stereotypes and alienating high-performing candidates."
Research Grants
"Leveraging Thought Diversity," Decision, Risk and Management Science Program
National Science Foundation
February 2009–February 2011. Co-PI with Nancy DiTomaso, Rutgers Business School (Newark and New Brunswick). Collaborative proposal, with Rutgers University and Lehigh University.
Select Academic Articles
From the Boardroom to the Jobsite: Female Board Representation and Workplace Safety
Journal of Operations ManagementYoonseock Son, Kaitlin D. Wowak & Corinne Post
2025
What Changes After Women Enter Top Management Teams? A Gender-Based Model of Strategic Renewal
The Academy of Management JournalCorinne Post, Boris Lokshin & Christophe Boone
2022
Women on Boards and Firm Financial Performance: A Meta-Analysis
The Academy of Management JournalCorinne Post & Kris Byron
2015
