Brian Crombie Radio Hour - Epi 962 - What Can Barbie Teach us About Jobs? with Professor Madeline Toubiana

Professor Madeline Toubiana talks about “What Barbie can teach us about jobs.” A professor who studies work, after watching the Barbie Movie with its depiction of Barbie Land and Mattel, asked herself:What is the ideal worker? What is the problem ideal workers have for current work places and organizations? Madeline Toubiana is Associate Professor and the Desmarais Chair in Entrepreneurship. Her research looks at work, workers, entrepreneurs and organizations and has studied the ways in which they are shaped and influenced by stigma, emotions and institutions.