Academic Papers
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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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2022
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Tone Langjordet Johnsen, Tonje Fyh , Anika Jordbru, Steffen Torp, Torill Helene Tveito and Irene Øyeflaten
Workplace Inclusion of People With Health Issues, Immigrants, and Unemployed Youths—A Qualitative Study of Norwegian Leaders’ Experiences
Aim: To explore leaders’ perceptions and experiences of facilitators and barriers for successful workplace inclusion of immigrants, unemployed youths, and people who are outside the labor market due to health issues. Methods: Semi-structured individual interviews with 16 leaders who actively engaged in inclusion work, representing different occupations, were conducted. Systematic Text Condensation was used to structure the analysis. Results: The
2019
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Eline Ree, Tone Langjordet Johnsen, Anette Harris, and Kirsti Malterud
Workplace inclusion of employees with back pain and mental health problems: A focus group study about employees’ experiences
Aim: To explore how employees experience workplace inclusion of their colleagues or themselves when having back pain or mental health problems. Methods: Three focus group interviews with a sample of 16 kindergarten employees were conducted. Systematic Text Condensation was used for analysis. Results: The participants emphasized that it was easier to include colleagues whose health problems were specific, especially when
2022
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Aziz Mensah, Susanna Toivanen , Martin Diewald , Mahmood Ul Hassan, Anna Nyberg
Workplace gender harassment, illegitimate tasks, and poor mental health: Hypothesized associations in a Swedish cohort
Workers exposed to gender harassment and illegitimate tasks may experience adverse mental health outcomes such as depression and burnout. However, the longitudinal effects and the complex interrelationships between these variables remain largely unexplored. We investigated the cross-lagged relationships between gender harassment, illegitimate tasks, and mental health outcomes among working adults in Sweden over a period of two years, as well
2021
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Meraiah Foley and Rae Cooper
Workplace gender equality in the post-pandemic era: Where to next?
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed and accelerated many gendered labour market inequalities in Australia and around the world. In this introduction to our special issue, ‘Workplace Gender Equality: Where are we now and where to next?’, we examine the impact of the pandemic on women’s employment, labour force participation, earnings, unpaid care work and experience of gendered violence. We identify five
2014
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Sofia Elwér , Klara Johansson and Anne Hammarström
Workplace gender composition and psychological distress: the importance of the psychosocial work environment
Background: Health consequences of the gender segregated labour market have previously been demonstrated in the light of gender composition of occupations and workplaces, with somewhat mixed results. Associations between the gender composition and health status have been suggested to be shaped by the psychosocial work environment. The present study aims to analyse how workplace gender composition is related to psychological
2021
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Mohamed Atef Abdel Khalk Mousa
Workplace Fun, Organizational Inclusion and Meaningful Work: an Empirical Study
Purpose – This paper addresses nurses working in public hospitals in order to find out how workplace fun may affect their perception of both organizational inclusion and meaningful work. Moreover, and given the novelty of organizational inclusion (OI) and meaningful work, more specifically in the context of developing countries, the authors explore the relationship between OI and meaningful work. Design/
2022
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Sulaimon Giwa, Roddrick A. Colvin, Rosemary Ricciardelli & Amanda P. Warren
Workplace Experiences of Lesbian and Bisexual Female Police Officers in the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary
Research into Canadian workplace experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) public safety personnel is scant. This exploratory ethnographic study examined reasons for lesbian and bisexual female officers joining the police, their shared workplace experiences, perceived career barriers based on sexual orientation, and perceptions of police leadership in advancing the inclusion of LGBTQ officers in the profession. Informed
2016
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Paul J. Davis, Yuliya Frolova and William Callahan
Workplace diversity management in Australia: What do managers think and what are organisations doing?
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify Australian managers’ attitudes and understandings regarding workforce diversity management (WDM) and the practices and incorporation of WDM in organisations. Design/methodology/approach – Methodology is quantitative. A questionnaire in the form of a self-administered survey instrument was mailed to 650 managers (325 HR managers and 325 other managers) in Sydney, Melbourne and
2021
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Islam, Tahsin
Workplace Diversity in a Canadian Context: Evaluating Moderators as a Means of Improving Organizational Performance
In an effort to address an increasingly heterogenous workforce created by a progressively integrated global economy, as well as to uphold justice among employees in the workplace, organizations continue to leverage workplace diversity as a fundamental component of organizational strategy. In doing so, organizations assess the relationship between diversity and organizational performance, and whether the pursuit of a heterogenous workforce
2018
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Lindsay Y. Dhanani, Jeremy M. Beus, Dana L. Joseph
Workplace discrimination: A meta-analytic extension, critique, and future research agenda
Despite a large and growing literature on workplace discrimination, there has been a myopic focus on the direct relationships between discrimination and a common set of outcomes. The aim of this metaanalytic review was both to challenge and advance current understanding of workplace discrimination and its associations with outcomes by identifying the pathways through which discrimination affects outcomes, examining boundary