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, curated from verified and reputable sources. This resource is designed to provide our members with quick access to valuable research that can inform and enhance your DEI initiatives.

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2021
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Aneesya Panicker , Avnish Sharma
Ethnocentrism: Enemy of Productive and Happy Multicultural Workplace
Organizations and professionals are usually unaware about the fundamental rationale behind workplace ethnocentrism. Due to globalization today’s workplace are becoming multi-cultural, thus to address and understand the intricacies of ethnocentrism and being sensitive towards the issue is the need of the hour. Effective management of culturally diversified workplace is significant point of concern. As it may germinate challenges before the
2014
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Preeya Daya
Diversity and inclusion in an emerging market context
Purpose – The extreme demographic misrepresentation of organisations is a key business and societal issue in South Africa (SA). The purpose of this paper is to provide organisations that are committed to the creation of a diverse and inclusive environment with key considerations that need to be managed in order to create more diverse drive transformation. Design/methodology/approach – This research
2021
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Karsten Jonsen, Sébastien Point, Elisabeth K. Kelan & Adrian Grieble
Diversity and inclusion branding: a five-country comparison of corporate websites
In their quest to attract talent and appear as an employer of choice, organizations must articulate the benefits of having a diverse and inclusive workforce. By communicating the attractiveness of the workplace, a company increases its exposure to the environment as an employer of choice. Within the context of employer branding, we highlight two emerging concepts that encompass corporate communication
2015
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Loan N.T. Pham, Lam D. Nguyen and Thomas Tanner
Cross-Culture Management: An Empirical Examination on Task and Relationship Orientations of German and Omani
Globalisation has increased the demand for an international group of leaders who can lead multinational corporations across cultures successfully. Understanding the leadership orientations of the international workforces becomes a necessity for these companies. This paper distinctively examines the task and relationship orientations of working adults in Japan and Oman. Through the analysis of 419 responses including 231 respondents from Japan
2021
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Noé Gaudencio Alba-Baena and Aldo Salcido-Delgado
Adaptability of the Lean-Sigma Methodology for Operations in a Multicultural Workplace
Overseas operations, as beneficial as there are, present challenges such as the adoption of the organizational culture, working methodologies, and practices. Different strategies have been exercised to successfully reach the expected benefits of these operations and take advantage of the local resources. Managers have faced local resistance and miscommunication barriers, moreover, the cultural differences have impacted the operations reducing in
2015
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Elaine Farndale, Michal Biron, Dennis R. Briscoe, Sumita Raghuram
A global perspective on diversity and inclusion in work organisations
This Academy of Management, Human Resources Division, Ambassadors’ Programme special issue presents a collection of empirical papers examining workplace diversity and inclusion in a global context. We introduce this topic raising three overarching challenges: to develop more context-specific definitions of diversity and inclusion; to include dimensions pertinent to a global context in the definition of diversity and inclusion; and to
2019
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Tran Nguyen
“Working Together with Difference” in an Australian Multicultural Workplace
Culturally diverse workplaces are becoming commonplace. Amidst growing concerns about workplace racism and discrimination in multicultural societies like Australia, how positive relationships across difference at work are built has not been clearly understood. This article contributes to this discussion by exploring the development of cross-cultural conviviality in the Australian welfare workplace. Findings are based on thirty qualitative interviews with frontline