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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Ruchi Sinha | Chia-Yen (Chad) Chiu | Santosh B. Srinivas
Shared leadership and relationship conflict in teams: The moderating role of team power base diversity
Shared leadership in teams is believed to be beneficial for team effectiveness. Yet recent empirical evidence shows that it may not always bring positive effects. On the one hand, the team leadership literature suggests that shared leadership allows for frequent interactions among members, improving intrateam harmony and reducing conflicts. On the other hand, the team power literature suggests that frequent
2020
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Robert Livingston
How to promote racial equity in the workplace
Organizations are relatively small, autonomous entities that afford leaders a high level of control over cultural norms and procedural rules, making them ideal places to develop policies and practices that promote racial equity. In this article, I’ll offer a practical road map for making profound and sustainable progress toward that goal. I’ve devoted much of my academic career to the
2020
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Clotilde Coron
What does “gender equality” mean? Social representations of gender equality in the workplace among French workers
Purpose – This work deals with social representations of gender equality in the workplace. Little academic work deals with the way workers define gender equality. My research also deals with the implications of this definition in terms of policy implementation. Design/methodology/approach – This work is based on a mixed-method approach. A quantitative study based on an online survey conducted in
2020
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Lisa Mainiero
Workplace romance versus sexual harassment: a call to action regarding sexual hubris and sexploitation in the #MeToo era
Purpose – The #MeToo movement has brought questions of sexuality and power in the workplace to the forefront. The purpose of this paper is to review the research on hierarchial consensual workplace romances and sexual harassment examining the underlying mechanisms of power relations. It concludes with a call to action for organizational leaders to adopt fair consensual workplace romance policies
2020
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Ivona Hidega, Anne E. Wilson
History backfires: Reminders of past injustices against women undermine support for workplace policies promoting women
Public discourse on current inequalities often invokes past injustice endured by minorities. This rhetoric also sometimes underlies contemporary equality policies. Drawing on social identity theory and the employment equity literature, we suggest that reminding people about past injustice against a disadvantaged group (e.g., women) can invoke social identity threat among advantaged group members (e.g., men) and undermine support for employment
2020
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Anna Halafoff, Andrew Singleton, Gary Bouma & Mary Lou Rasmussen
Religious literacy of Australia’s Gen Z teens: diversity and social inclusion
Australia is a culturally, religiously and linguistically diverse country, however, learning about the religious dimensions of this superdiversity is inadequately reflected in the national school curriculum, notwithstanding recent attempts to address this at the state level in Victoria. Debates regarding the role of religion in school have raged across the country for decades and have impeded the introduction of learning
2020
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Felicity T. Enders, Elizabeth H. Golembiewski, Laura M. Pacheco-Spann , Megan Allyse , Michelle M. Mielke and Joyce E. Balls-Berry
Building a framework for inclusion in health services research: Development of and pre-implementation faculty and staff attitudes toward the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plan at Mayo Clinic
Objective: To mitigate the impact of racism, sexism, and other systemic biases, it is essential for organizations to develop strategies to address their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) climates. The objective of this formative evaluation was to assess Mayo Clinic Department of Health Sciences Research (HSR) faculty and staff perceptions toward a proposed departmental DEI plan and to explore findings
2020
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Sundermeier, Janina; Birkner, Stephanie; Ettl, Kerstin; Kensbock, Julia; Tegtmeier, Silke
Hello Diversity! Opportunities and Challenges of Entrepreneurial Diversity in the Digital Age
This report outlines the key insights gained at the “Hello Diversity! Conference” held in June 2019 at the Freie Universität Berlin (Germany). The two-day event featured 14 talks from experts in academia and practice who shared their perspectives on how entrepreneurial diversity affects the exploration and exploitation of digital innovation potentials. Their insights highlighted the lack of holistic knowledge on
2020
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Tongtan Chantarat , Taylor B. Rogers, Carmen R. Mitchell, Michelle J. Ko
Perceptions of workplace climate and diversity, equity, and inclusion within health services and policy research
Objective: To describe the perception of professional climate in health services and policy research (HSPR) and efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the HSPR workforce and workplaces. Data Source: We administered the HSPR Workplace Culture Survey online to health services and policy researchers. Study Design: Our survey examined participants’ sociodemographic, educational, and professional backgrounds, their perception on
2019
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María del Carmen Triana, Mevan Jayasinghe, Jenna R. Pieper, Dora María Delgado, and Mingxiang Li
Perceived Workplace Gender Discrimination and Employee Consequences: A Meta-Analysis and Complementary Studies Considering Country Context
We draw on relative deprivation theory to examine how the context influences the relationship between employees’ perceptions of gender discrimination and outcomes at work using a metaanalysis and two complementary empirical studies. Our meta-analysis includes 85 correlations from published and unpublished studies from around the world to assess correlates of perceived workplace gender discrimination that have significant implications for employees.