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2025
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Samuel Mesfin, Tsion Hiwot, Nanati Jemal Aliye, Elham Yimam, Selmy Awad
Equity in the cardiothoracic surgical workforce: addressing training gaps and workforce distribution in Africa– a narrative review
Cardiothoracic surgery (CTS) remains one of the least diverse surgical specialties, marked by significant gender and racial disparities. Despite increased medical school enrollment and the inclusion of more women and underrepresented minorities in the medical workforce, the number of locally...
2024
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Thembekile P. Myeni, Paul Singh
Implementing B-BBEE: Leader Experiences in the South African Banking Industry
Orientation: Large banking institutions in South Africa remain complex organisations facing a myriad of challenges as they navigate the Fifth Industrial Revolution (5IR) and strive to remain relevant. A significant challenge relates to how these organisations can utilise Broad-Based Black...
2024
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Gonçalo Sítima, Carlos Galhardo-Branco, Paulo Reis-Pina
Equity of access to palliative care: a scoping review
BACKGROUND: Palliative care (PC) has the potential to alleviate suffering and enhance quality of life for patients with serious progressive diseases; however, access to PC remains unequal across different populations. OBJECTIVE: This scoping review aimed to systematically examine the literature...
2024
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Mia Gisselbaek, Laurens Minsart, Ekin Köselerli, Mélanie Suppan, Başak Ceyda Meço, Laurence Seidel, Adelin Albert, Odmara L. Barreto Chang, Sarah Saxena, Joana Berger‐Estilita
Beyond the stereotypes: Artificial Intelligence image generation and diversity in anesthesiology
Introduction: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly being integrated into anesthesiology to enhance patient safety, improve efficiency, and streamline various aspects of practice. Objective: This study aims to evaluate whether AI-generated images accurately depict the demographic racial and ethnic diversity observed...
2024
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Ngozi F. Anachebe, Leila Amiri, Kristen Goodell, Demondes Haynes, Remo Panaccione, Aaron Saguil, Carol A. Terregino, Mike Woodson, Kenneth D. Royal
Approaches to ensure an equitable and fair admissions process for medical training
There has been considerable discussion of how best to address racial and ethnic disparities in health outcomes, both globally and specifically in the United States. Increasing diversity among future clinicians and physician-scientists has been identified as a key strategy for...
2022
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Preeti S. Chauhan, Nir Kshetri
The Role of Data and Artificial Intelligence in Driving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The year 2020 changed the world landscape in ways more than ever before. One of the differences that came about was the increased push to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) at the workplace and in society at large. Data...
2022
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Tristen Brenaé Johnson
The Experiences of Black Women Diversity Practitioners in Historically White Institutions
Mission A solid foundation is essential to the development and success of any organization and can be accomplished through the effective and careful management of an organization’s human capital. Research in human resources management and organizational development is necessary in...
2021
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Schenita Floyd
Assessing African American Women Engineers’ Workplace Sentiment within the AI Field
Artificial intelligence (AI) has infiltrated every industry and every aspect of our society. Business leaders have seen the shift AI has created and they are reacting swiftly to stay competitive. They are investing heavily in AI and hiring engineers and...
2021
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Kendra Lowery
Beyond Representation: African American Administrators’ Experiences as Reflections of Workforce Diversity Perspectives
ABSTRACT The recollections of sixteen African American administrators who were some of the first hired in de/segregated school districts in the North are analyzed in order to understand their work lives and experiences in district processes. Findings are analyzed through...
2021
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Higgins, Robert S. D.
Reflections on Diversity and Inclusion: Déjà vu All Over Again
De´ja` vu is the feeling that one has lived through the present situation before. . . As we reflect on the past, present, and future, it feels like we have seen this before. Despite significant career and professional growth as...
2021
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Kahn, J. M., Gray, D. M., Oliveri, J. M., Washington, C. M., DeGraffinreid, C. R., & Paskett, E. D.
Strategies to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in clinical trials
There is a growing need for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in cancer care. One area requiring immediate attention and solutions is equal access and accrual to clinical trials. Increasing DEI in clinical trials is identified as a high-priority area...
2021
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Hongxia Shan, Amy Cheng, Nasim Peikazadi, Yeonjoo Kim
Fostering diversity work as a process of lifelong learning: A partnership case study with an immigrant services organisation
Diversity work is an area of growing interest for organisations in both the private and public sectors. In a nutshell, the term refers to the work conducted within an organisation that promotes inclusive and equitable engagement with people and communities...
2021
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Kathomi Gatwiri, Darlene Rotumah and Elizabeth Rix
BlackLivesMatter in Healthcare: Racism and Implications for Health Inequity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in Australia
Despite decades of evidence showing that institutional and interpersonal racism serve as significant barriers to accessible healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, attempts to address this systemic problem still fall short. The social determinants of health are particularly...
2021
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Bernadette Baum
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION POLICIES: ARE ORGANIZATIONS TRULY COMMITTED TO A WORKPLACE CULTURE SHIFT?
This paper proceeds from the premise that true change can only be realized after first coming to terms with harsh realities. The murder of George Floyd in 2020 sent shock waves throughout our collective conscience resulting in a racial reckoning...
2021
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Jeffrey A. Flory, Andreas Leibbrandt, Christina Rott, Olga Stoddard
Increasing Workplace Diversity Evidence from a Recruiting Experiment at a Fortune 500 Company
While many firms have set ambitious goals to increase diversity in their ranks, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on effective ways to reach them. We use a natural field experiment to test several hypotheses on effective means to...
2021
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Murray, Teri A. ; Loyd, Vanessa
Advancing Racial Justice and Diversity Through Equity and Inclusion
What better time than now for academic nursing to look critically and intentionally at how the profession addresses racism? The National Commission to Address Racism in Nursing (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2021) announced a call for immediate action earlier this...
2021
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Jeremy W. Bohonos, Stephanie Sisco
Advocating for social justice, equity, and inclusion in the workplace: An agenda for anti-racist learning organizations
Amidst ongoing racist violence in the United States, this article will recognize workplace-based efforts to act against racially motivated discrimination targeted at the Black community. More specifically, this article will examine anti-racist initiatives in the workplace by connecting these efforts...
2021
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Eddy S. Ng, Greg J. Sears, Kara A. Arnold
Exploring the influence of CEO and chief diversity officers’ relational demography on organizational diversity management: An identity-based perspective
Purpose – Drawing on the relational demography literature and a social identity perspective, several research propositions in which the authors postulate that demographic characteristics (e.g. gender and race) of senior leaders will influence the implementation and effectiveness of diversity management...
2021
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Frederick L. Oswald, Gregory Mitchell, Hart Blanton, James Jaccard, Philip E. Tetlock
Predicting ethnic and racial discrimination: A meta-analysis of IAT criterion studies
This article reports a meta-analysis of studies examining the predictive validity of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) and explicit measures of bias for a wide range of criterion measures of discrimination. The meta-analysis estimates the heterogeneity of effects within and...
2021
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Stephen Cave· Kanta Dihal
Race and AI: the Diversity Dilemma
This commentary is a response to ‘More than Skin Deep’ by Shelley M. Park (Park, More than skin deep: A response to “The Whiteness of AI”, Philosophy & Technology, 2021), and a development of our own 2020 paper ‘The Whiteness...