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Author Biography

 

 
 
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Tina Opie

BABSON COLLEGE

 







Dr. Tina Opie is an Associate Professor in the Management Division at Babson College and has taught organizational behaviour courses to undergraduates and MBA students.

Dr. Opie’s research focuses on how organizations and individuals can co-create workplaces that successfully leverage individual difference, convey respect for individuals’ unique identities and contributions, and encourage authenticity in the workplace. The overarching goal of Dr. Opie’s research is to acknowledge historical inequities and provide action-oriented solutions to redress these historical inequities.

Dr. Opie is a valued media contributor, appearing on shows about topics as diverse as identity, natural hair in the workplace, the political landscape, the #MeToo movement, and sexual harassment. She is also the founder of hairasidentity.com and naturalhairatwork.com.

 

Article Citations

MLA: Opie, Tina. “Let My Hair Be Me: An Investigation of Employee Authenticity and Organizational Appearance Policies Through the Lens of Black Women’s Hair.” Fashion Studies, vol. 1, no. 1, 2018, 1-27. https://doi.org/10.38055/FS010111.

APA: Opie, T. (2018). Let my hair be me: An investigation of employee authenticity and organizational appearance policies through the lens of black women’s hair. Fashion Studies, 1(1), 1-28. https://doi.org/10.38055/FS010111 

Chicago: Opie, Tina. “Let My Hair Be Me: An Investigation of Employee Authenticity and Organizational Appearance Policies through the Lens of Black Women’s Hair.” Fashion Studies 1, no. 1 (2018): 1-28. https://doi.org/10.38055/FS010111.

 

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