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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Lauren Romansky, Mia Garrod, Katie Brown, and Kartik Deo
How to Measure Inclusion in the Workplace
Summary. In an era where companies are paying more and more attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), inclusion remains the most difficult metric to track. From new research, Gartner developed the Gartner Inclusion Index to measure what true inclusion looks like…
2019
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Tammy Cohen
How to leverage artificial intelligence to meet your diversity goals
Purpose – This paper aims to provide insights into how artificial intelligence can be used to eliminate bias in employee screening. Design/methodology/approach – Industry use cases and expert analytics were used in conducting this paper. Findings – Artificial intelligence if used correctly can help to build more diverse and inclusive teams and eliminate bias. Originality/value – This paper shows how
2022
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Michael W. Kraus , Brittany Torrez and LaStarr Hollie
How narratives of racial progress create barriers to diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations
Despite statements in support of racial justice, many organizations fail to make good on their commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). In this review, we describe the role of the narrative of racial progress—which conceives of society as rapidly and automatically ascending toward racial equity— in these failures. Specifically, the narrative (1) envisions organizations as race neutral, (2) creates
2017
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Anouk Lloren & Lorena Parini
How LGBT-Supportive Workplace Policies Shape the Experience of Lesbian, Gay Men, and Bisexual Employees
Support for lesbians’, gay men’s, bisexuals’, and transgender people’s (LGBT) rights has increased over the last two decades. However, these recent trends hide existing disparities between and within countries. In particular, workplace discrimination is still a relatively widespread phenomenon. Although many countries lack legal provision protecting LGBT employees, numerous organizations have adopted LGBT-supportive policies over the last two decades. Many
2023
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Gizem Karaca, Cem Tanova and Korhan Gokmenoglu
How do shared values improve eudaimonic workplace well-being: role of perceived justice and emotional exhaustion among nurses
Purpose – This study aims to explore how shared values improve eudaimonic workplace well-being, the fulfillment that comes from personal development and the utilization of personal capabilities. The authors investigate the serial mediating role that perceived overall justice and emotional exhaustion play in how shared values relate to well-being. Design/methodology/approach – Using data collected from three hundred nurses in Turkish
2022
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Eunmi Jang and Xing Chen
How Can We Make a Sustainable Workplace? Workplace Ostracism, Employees’ Well-Being via Need Satisfaction and Moderated Mediation Role of Authentic Leadership
Ostracism in the workplace is a common phenomenon in modern society that impairs employees’ well-being. This study suggests that workplace ostracism reduces subjective well-being by examining the effect of workplace ostracism on subjective well-being. Based on self-determination theory and resource conservation theory, this study explores the underlying processes and their contingent factors in the relationship between workplace ostracism and employee
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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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
2023
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Dion Sik-Yee Leung | Ben Hok-Bun Ku
Health-seeking, intercultural health communication, and health outcomes: An intersectional study of ethnic minorities’ lived experiences
Aims: To explore ethnic minorities’ lived experiences of health-seeking and healthcare utilization in Hong Kong, and to examine the impact of intersectionality of sociocul- tural identities on intercultural health communication. Design: Qualitative exploratory design. Methods: Data collection methods were semi-structured interviews, unstructured observations, and unstructured informal group discussions. Twenty-five informants, including eight Pakistanis, seven Nepalese, five Indians, four Bangladeshis and
2016
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Darcy L. Harris, ‎Tashel C. Bordere
Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief: Exploring Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Handbook of Social Justice in Loss and Grief is a scholarly work of social criticism, richly grounded in personal experience, evocative case studies, and current multicultural and sociocultural theories and research. It is also consistently practical and reflective, challenging readers to think through responses to ethically complex scenarios in which social justice is undermined by radically uneven opportunity structures,