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!

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P.M. Nimmi and William E. Donald
Modelling the interaction between serious leisure, self-perceived employability, stress, and workplace well-being: empirical insights from graduates in India
Purpose – Drawing on a framework of Job Demands – Resources(JD-R), the purpose of this paper is to conceptually develop and empirically validate a moderated mediation model of serious leisure and work place well-being. Design/methodology/approach – The data were collected between December 2020 and March 2021 using an online questionnaire. A total of 225 completed questionnaires were received from employees
2023
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Mai Chi Vu, Nicholas Burton
Beyond the Inclusion–Exclusion Binary: Right Mindfulness and Its Implications for Perceived Inclusion and Exclusion in the Workplace
This study examines non-Western perceptions of inclusion and exclusion through an examination of right mindfulness practitioners in Vietnam. It contributes to the critical inclusion literature that problematizes inclusion by showing how right mindfulness practitioners rejected the concepts of inclusion and exclusion, and moreover, resisted attachments to feelings of inclusion or exclusion, treating both states as empty and non-enduring. Surprisingly, our
2023
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Stephanie Petty · Lydia Tunstall · Hannah Richardson · Niamh Eccles
Workplace Adjustments for Autistic Employees: What is ‘Reasonable’?
Autistic adults are inadequately supported in the workplace. This study sought a definition of ‘reasonable’ and explored facilitators and barriers to employers making reasonable adjustments. 98 employers and employees across a UK city completed a survey; 15% identified as being autistic. Qualitative data were analysed using framework analysis. Reasonable adjustments were defined as having a positive impact on autistic employees’
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Ta C. Chang, Rafael A, Calderon Candelario, Audina M. Berrocal, César A. Briceño, Jenny Chen, Nir Shoham-Hazon, Efraim Berco, David Solá-Del Valle, And Elizabeth A. Vanner
LGBTQ+ Identity and Ophthalmologist Burnout
• PURPOSE: To evaluate lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans- gender, questioning, and other sexual/gender minority (LGBTQ+) orientation as a burnout risk factor among an international ophthalmologist cohort. • METHODS: An anonymous, cross-sectional electronic survey was distributed via an Internet platform to char- acterize the relationship among demographic factors, in- cluding LGBTQ+ orientation, and burnout as measured by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory
2023
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Mikko Ranta and Mika Ylinen
Board gender diversity and workplace diversity: a machine learning approach
Purpose – This study aims to examine the association between board gender diversity (BGD) and workplace diversity and the relative importance of various board and firm characteristics in predicting diversity. Design/methodology/approach – With a novel machine learning (ML) approach, this study models the association between three workplace diversity variables and BGD using a social media data set of approximately 250,000
2022
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Rowan M. Thomson
Advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion: a how-to guide
Looking around the lunchroom on my first day at my first job in physics— as a summer student in a Canadian national laboratory— I was shocked to see that almost all the scientists present were white men! I loved that job and was thrilled to be paid to do physics, but I was disappointed in the lack of diversity at
2022
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Peter T. Coleman, Allegra Chen-Carrel, and Bodi M. Regan
A New Conflict-Resolution Model to Advance DEI
Racism, misogyny, classism, xenophobia — when these chronic problems afflict organizations, they stem from a constellation of forces, not a single attitude, act, or outdated norm. As a result of that complexity, solutions can be elusive, and we often see intransigence even in places explicitly committed to change. Take, for example, our home institution of Columbia University, which invested more
2022
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Natasha Cortis | Meraiah Foley | Sue Williamson
Change agents or defending the status quo? How senior leaders frame workplace gender equality
Senior leaders are usually understood to be ideally positioned to drive the organizational changes needed to promote workplace gender equality. Yet seniority also influences leaders’ values and attitudes, and how they interpret evidence of inequalities, determine organizational priorities, and design and implement remedies. This article examines leaders’ perceptions of workplace gender equality using system justification theory to explain survey data
2022
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Travis J. Grosser| Christopher M. Sterling | Rohit S. Piplani | Kristin L. Cullen-Lester | Theresa M. Floyd
A social network perspective on workplace inclusion: The role of network closure, network centrality, and need for affiliation
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the important role employee inclusion perceptions play in promoting positive employee attitudes and behaviors. Although social networks are frequently cited as being a driver of perceived inclusion, little empirical work has examined the social network conditions that give rise to it. We address this gap by examining how both network position (indegree centrality) and network structure
2022
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Francisco Perales, Christine Ablaza, and Nicki Elkin
Exposure to Inclusive Language and Well-Being at Work Among Transgender Employees in Australia, 2020
Objectives. To provide empirical evidence of the positive effects of exposure to inclusive language on trans employees’ well-being. Methods. We leveraged unique data from a large Australian national survey of workplace diversity and inclusion (2020 Australian Workplace Equality Index Employee Survey), focusing on a subset of trans respondents (n5453). We derived self-reported and aggregate-level measures of exposure to transinclusive language