Modupe Akinola

Modupe Nyikoale Akinola (an haife ta a ranar 22 ga watan Afrilu, na shekara ta 1974) masanin ilimin zamantakewa ce taa Amurka wanda ke nazarin kimiyyar damuwa, kerawa, da kuma yadda za a kara karfin ɗan adam a cikin kungiyoyi daban-daban. A halin yanzu ita ce Barbara da David Zalaznick Farfesa na Kasuwanci a Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Columbia, inda ita ce Darakta na Cibiyar Jagora da Da'a ta Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. . 

 Rayuwa ta farko 
Akinola 'yar Afirka ce ta ƙarni na farko kuma New Yorker wacce ta girma a Harlem na Mutanen Espanya. An haifi iyayenta kuma sun girma a Yammacin Afirka (Ghana, Najeriya, da Togo), sun yi ƙaura zuwa Amurka a ƙarshen shekarun 1960. Ta bayyana mahaifinta, mai binciken kula da asibiti mai ritaya, da mahaifiyarta, malami mai ritaya. Ita da 'yan uwanta mata biyu sun halarci Makarantar Brearley, makarantar mata mai zaman kanta a Upper East Side na Manhattan. Ta yaba da abubuwan da ta samu a farkon lokacin da take girma a cikin yanayin baƙar fata amma ta halarci makarantar da ke da ilimi sosai a matsayin mai mahimmanci wajen tsara sha'awarta wajen fahimtar kimiyya na damuwa da kuma yanayin bambancin.

 Ilimi 
Akinola ta kammala digiri na biyu a fannin ilimin halayyar dan adam, Magna cum laude, a Jami'ar Harvard a shekarar 1996. Ta sami M.B.A. daga Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Harvard a shekara ta 2001. Ta koma Jami'ar Harvard a shekara ta 2004 inda ta sami MA a cikin ilimin halayyar jama'a a shekara ta 2006 da Ph.D. a cikin halayyar ƙungiya a shekara ta 2009, ta sami lambar yabo ta Wyss na Excellence a cikin Binciken Doctoral a kammala karatunta.

 Ayyukan kasuwanci 
Ayyukan kasuwanci na Akinola sun fara ne a matsayin dalibi a Kwalejin Harvard inda ta kasance mataimakiyar shugaban Harvard Student Agencies, babbar kamfanin dalibai a duniya. Ta ci gaba da aiki a UNICEF a Yammacin Afirka, inda ta kaddamar da wata kungiya mai zaman kanta bayan kwaleji a yankin. Daga nan sai ta shiga Bain &amp; Company a matsayin Mataimakin Mai ba da shawara kuma ta ci gaba a matsayin Mai ba da Shawara da Shugaban Bambancin bayan kammala MBA. Akinola ya kuma yi aiki a Bankin Zuba Jari a Merrill Lynch .

 Ayyukan ilimi 
Sha'awar ilimi ta Akinola ta fara ne a matsayin dalibi lokacin da ta gudanar da bincike don littafin Breaking Through ta hanyar malaminta, farfesa David A. Thomas (yanzu shugaban Kwalejin Morehouse). Wannan gogewa ta ba Akinola bayyanarta ta farko ga ikon da bincike mai ban sha'awa zai iya samu akan kamfanoni da kungiyoyi. Yayinda yake yin haɗari don barin hanyar tuntuɓar da ake so, Thomas, tare da iyalinta, abokai, da masu ba da shawara sun ba da ƙarfafawa kuma Akinola ta bi ta Ph.D. jagorantar kalmar "masu ƙarfin zuciya sune waɗanda suke jin tsoro amma duk da haka su tafi".

Bayan samun Ph.D. a shekara ta 2009, Akinola ta shiga bangaren koyarwa na Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Columbia. Ta koyar da mahimmancin jagorancin da ake buƙata don MBAs na shekara ta farko da laccoci a cikin shirye-shiryen ilimi na zartarwa da yawa a kan batutuwa ciki har da: ci gaban jagoranci, kula da damuwa, da bambancin, daidaito, da hadawa. Tana daya daga cikin farfesa a makarantar kasuwanci mafi girma a Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Columbia kuma ta sami lambar yabo ta Dean ta Makarantar Kasar Columbia don Kwarewar Koyarwa a shekarar 2015. 

A cikin 2018, Akinola ta zama farfesa na farko na Black a tarihin Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Columbia don samun Matsayi. A cikin 2020, ta zama Daraktan Ma'aikatar Cibiyar Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. don Jagora da Da'a a Makarantar Kasuwanci ta Columbia . 

 Bincike 
Binciken Akinola ta binciki yadda damuwa ke shafar aikin wurin aiki, gami da yanke shawara, kerawa, da tattaunawa, da hanyoyin nuna bambanci - dakarun da ke rage hadawa da hana nasarar ma'aikata daga kungiyoyin da ba su da wakilci. Tana nazarin yadda damuwa zai iya rinjayar nasarar ma'aikata kuma ya haifar da - ko ya biyo baya daga - nuna bambanci. Akinola na neman gano hanyoyin da za su iya rage tasirin su - ga manajoji, kungiyoyi, da masu tsara manufofi.   [better source needed]

 Damuwa da aiki a cikin kungiyoyi 
Bincike na gargajiya ya ƙayyade yanayi mai zurfi wanda damuwa na iya taimakawa. Misali, damuwa na iya inganta aikin da aka koya da kuma sababbin ayyuka. Binciken Akinola ya bincika wasu takamaiman nau'ikan aikin da suka dace da tsari, kamar ayyukan da suka shafi yanke shawara mai rikitarwa da kuma buƙatar mai da hankali - kamar lokacin da jami'an 'yan sanda ke buƙatar gano ko wanda ake zargi yana da bindiga  ko kuma lokacin da manajoji ke zaɓar mafi kyawun ra'ayi daga da yawa.  Bugu da ƙari, yayin da aikin da ya gabata ya bincika mafi kyawun bayanin martaba na hormones na damuwa don aikin mutum, Akinola ya bincika yadda bayanin martaba ya shafi aikinta. Akinola ya bambanta tsakanin nau'ikan martani daban-daban na damuwa guda biyu waɗanda za a iya auna su ta hanyar zuciya da hormonal: ruwa vs. martani na damuwa. Ta gano yanayin da ke haifar da kowane nau'in martani na damuwa, kuma ta gwada tasirin su na musamman akan aikin. Ita da abokan aikinta sun gano cewa waɗannan martani na damuwa na iya shafar lafiya da jin daɗi kuma sun gano hanyoyin da za su taimaka wa mutane su sarrafa damuwa.

Akinola ta haɗu da hanyoyi da ma'auni da yawa, gami da martani na hormonal da cardiovascular, lura da halayyar, da kuma lokutan amsawa don fahimtar tasirin damuwa akan ayyukan fahimta.

 Haɗuwa 
Akinola tana nazarin son zuciya wanda ke haifar da sakamako mara kyau ga ma'aikata. Tana bincika lokacin da nuna bambanci zai iya faruwa, inda ya fi bayyana, da kuma yadda yake tasowa. Misali, a cikin binciken filin nuna bambanci a cikin ilimi, Akinola da abokan aikinta sun gano cewa nuna bambanci zai iya fitowa a cikin yanke shawara game da nan gaba maimakon hulɗar yanzu. Sauran ayyukan suna ba da cikakkun bayanai game da yadda kulawa ta ƙungiyoyi ga sababbin hanyoyi na bambancin, kamar salon fahimta da halaye na mutum, zasu iya kawar da ƙoƙarin da aka mayar da hankali kan al'adun gargajiya, kamar launin fata da jinsi. Akinola da abokan aiki sun kuma gano cewa yayin da kungiyoyi suka nemi wuce alamar (watau, samun wakilin mace guda don nuna bambancin jinsi), sun haɗu da irin wannan son zuciya na samun mata biyu a cikin matsayi da ake so. Wannan sabon abu, wanda ita da abokan aikinta ke kira "twokenism", ana ganinsa a cikin allon kamfanoni kuma ana bayyana shi musamman ga kamfanoni a ƙarƙashin babban binciken kafofin watsa labarai. Gabaɗaya, aikin Akinola yana nuna matakai da ayyuka na mutum - da ƙungiyoyi waɗanda zasu iya shafar wakilcin mata da 'yan tsiraru.

 Binciken bincike, girmamawa, da kyaututtuka 
Akinola ta rubuta a kan batutuwan damuwa da hanyoyin nuna bambanci a cikin mujallu masu yawa na ilimi, kuma an rufe bincikenta a kafofin watsa labarai daban-daban ciki har da The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, WIRED, Scientific American, Forbes, The Economist, da The Huffington Post. Rubutun da ta rubuta a ranar Lahadi New York Times mai taken "Profesors are Prejudiced, Too" (tare da Dolly Chugh da Katherine Milkman) na ɗaya daga cikin manyan labaran 20 da aka fi aikawa / karantawa / tweeted a karshen mako da aka buga.

Akinola ta sami kyaututtuka da girmamawa da yawa don bincikenta ciki har da Kyautar Kyautar Dalibai mafi Kyawu, Society of Personality and Social Psychology (2009), Kyautar Rising Star, Association for Psychological Science (2011), da Kyautar Mafi Kyawun Takarda, Academy of Management Journal (2020). An ba ta suna Cibiyar Fasaha ta Massachusetts Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Fellow (2013), Society for Personality and Social Psychology Fellow (2021), Association for Psychological Science Fellow (2020), kuma an haɗa ta a cikin Thinkers50 Radar List of 30 Thinkers to Watch (2022).

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