Academic Papers

Empowering inclusion with insightful research.

Welcome to the Diversity Atlas Academic Papers repository!

We are delighted to offer you this collection of academic papers on diversity, equity, and inclusion, gathered from reputable sources across the internet. This resource is designed to provide our members with quick access to valuable research that can inform and enhance your DEI initiatives.

Please note that all papers included in this repository have been collected with respect for and in accordance with the rights of the original authors and publishers.

We hope you find this resource useful and enriching. Happy reading!

2014
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Ingrid Piller
EDITORIAL: LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION IN AUSTRALIA
This editorial introduction orients the reader to current public debates and the state of research with regard to the intersection of linguistic diversity and social inclusion in contemporary Australia. These are characterised by a persistent lack of attention to the consequences of linguistic diversity for our social organisation. The editorial introduction serves to frame the five original research articles that
2014
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Yuka Fujimoto, Ruth Rentschler, Huong Le, David Edwards and Charmine E. J. Härtel
Lessons Learned from Community Organizations: Inclusion of People with Disabilities and Others
Workforce diversity requires broader vision and scope in managing diversity so that there is greater inclusion inside and outside organizations. This paper provides this vision by extending the stream of workforce diversity research to community-oriented inclusion and its processes. The authors interviewed 34 people with disabilities and 40 people without disabilities who were stakeholders of community arts and sports organizations.
2014
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Yesenia Rivera
Managing Diverse Employees at Starbucks: Focusing on Ethics and Inclusion
Workforce diversity is a reality of the modern times for every organization and managing it effectively can lead to a sustainable competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the management of diversity at one of the most admired companies in America, and one of the 100 best companies to work for, Starbucks. We will discuss how managers
2013
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"Satoshi T AKAHASHI, Tomomi K OBAYASHI, Masaaki KUNIGAMI, Takashi Y AMADA ,Gaku YAMAMOTO, Atsushi Y OSHIKAWA, and Takao TERANO"
Relations between Partial Diversity and Organizational Performance in an Organization
This paper presents an agent-based simulation model to analyze performance of organization with heterogeneous members. A hierarchical landscapes model with organizational and personal landscapes is proposed and it puts difference of skills and values into difference of personal landscapes. The use of this model shows that an organization needs to have a certain amount of diverse members to improve the
2013
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Lisa H. Nishii
The benefits of climate for inclusion for gender-diverse groups
I introduce the construct of climate for inclusion, which involves eliminating relational sources of bias by ensuring that identity group status is unrelated to access to resources, creating expectations and opportunities for heterogeneous individuals to establish personalized cross-cutting ties, and integrating ideas across boundaries in joint problem solving. I show that within inclusive climates, interpersonal bias is reduced in such
2012
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Barjinder Singh, T. T. Selvarajan
Is it Spillover or Compensation? Effects of Community and Organizational Diversity Climates on Race Differentiated Employee Intent to Stay
Business ethics scholars have long viewed organizational diversity climate as a reflection of organizational ethics. Previous research on organizational diversity climate, for the most part, has neglected to consider the influence of community diversity climate on employment relations. In order to address this gap in the literature, we examined the relationship between organizational and community diversity climates in impacting employees’
2012
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JESSE E. OLSEN AND LUIS L. MARTINS
Understanding organizational diversity management programs: A theoretical framework and directions for future research
With the changing demographic composition of the workforce, managing diversity in organizations is an important organizational function. Organizations have employed varying approaches to diversity management (DM), resulting in varying organizational outcomes. Meanwhile, researchers have called for more theoretical development within the DM area. We present a framework rooted in social and cross-cultural psychological research, to foster theory development and empirical
2011
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Romana Pasca • Shannon L. Wagner
Occupational Stress in the Multicultural Workplace
Occupational stress is a well researched topic leading to the development of strong, viable models of workplace stress. However, there is a gap in the literature with respect to the applicability of this research to specific cultural groups, in particular those of immigrant status. The present paper reviews the extant literature regarding occupational stress from a multicultural perspective, evaluates the
2010
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Wido G.M. Oerlemans and Maria C.W. Peeters
The multicultural workplace: interactive acculturation and intergroup relations
Purpose – The paper’s aim is to introduce the interactive acculturation model (IAM) of Bourhis et al. to predict how disconcordance in acculturation orientations between host community and immigrant workers relates to the quality of intergroup work-relations. Design/methodology/approach – The sample consisted of 141 host community (Dutch) and 41 non-western immigrant workers of a postal service company who filled out
2010
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Janice Witt Smith, Stephanie E. Joseph
Workplace challenges in corporate America: differences in black and white
Purpose – This article aims to provide a qualitative analysis of the diversity management challenges of professionals in corporate America. A specific focus is on the differential outcomes of women and ethnic minorities and their equal employment opportunities in the workplace. Design/methodology/approach – This paper examined the workplace experiences of 42 African- American and Caucasian men and women in corporate