Lisa Adeline Mainiero (born January 18, 1957)[1] is an American writer and academic in the field of management.
Mainiero is one of the first researchers to investigate romance in the workplace, and crafted the Kaleidoscope Career Model (the KCM) with her co-author Sherry E. Sullivan.
[2] In 1983, Maniero completed her dissertation titled Coping With Powerlessness: Power Balancing Strategies Employed by Men and Women Under Conditions of Related Dependency in Organizational Settings.
J. Richard Hackman was the chair of her dissertation committee along with members, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Martha Glenn Cox.
Mainiero is a Full Professor of Management at Fairfield University Dolan School of Business.