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2015
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Francisco C. Rodriguez
Why Diversity and Equity Matter: Reflections from a Community College President
Why do the issues of diversity and equity have such resonance for me? As a first-generation immigrant, English-language learner from a working-class family, access to higher education and the opportunity that followed was the door to personal discovery and professional...
2018
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Stephanie L. Hardacre* and Emina Subašic
Whose Issue Is It Anyway? The Effects of Leader Gender and Equality Message Framing on Men’s and Women’s Mobilization Toward Workplace Gender Equality
Social psychologists have not fully investigated the role of leadership in mobilizing widespread support for social change, particularly gender equality. The burden of achieving gender equality is typically placed on women (particularly female leaders) – the main targets of such...
2023
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Rebecca J. Evan, Stephanie Sisco, Crystal Saric Fashant, Neela Nandyal, Stacey Robbins
White DEI professionals’ perception of their contribution to advancing workplace diversity, equity and inclusion: leveraging and decentering whiteness
Purpose – This research applies social identity theory (SIT) to examine how White diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) professionals perceive their role and contributions to advancing workplace DEI. Design/methodology/approach – Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to structure and guide...
2023
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Michelle Russen, Mary Dawson
Which should come first? Examining diversity, equity and inclusion
Purpose – The purpose of this critical review is to address issues with the current school of thought that diversity must come before inclusion in the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) process and propose an alternate solution. Design/methodology/approach – This...
2026
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Laurence Sperling, Vilma Irazola, Jackie Partarrieu, Lana Raspail, Maciej Banach, Amitava Banerjee, Gene Bukhman, Maria George, Eri Toda Kato, Francisco López-Jiménez, Steven Macari, Jaime Miranda, Ana Mocumbi, Pablo Perel, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Adriana Puente Barragán, Diana Sherifali, Raúl D. Santos
WHF Roadmap for Integrated Care in People Living with – or at Risk of – Cardiovascular Disease and Multiple Long-Term Conditions
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) commonly coexists with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC), including diabetes, chronic kidney disease, obesity, and mental health disorders. This clustering creates a syndemic burden associated with poorer outcomes, polypharmacy, high treatment burden, and rising healthcare costs. Fragmented, single-disease...
2020
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Dawna Ballard, Brenda Allen, Karen Ashcraft, Shiv Ganesh, Poppy McLeod, and Heather Zoller
When Words Do Not Matter: Identifying Actions to Effect Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Academy
It is time to move past the words—the well-crafted statements circulated by groups and organizations across the academy, the scholarly writing as displacement, the formal and informal critiques—as if they had some recognizable impact. Each of these rhetorical moves can...
2023
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Shih Joo Tan
When the Home Is Also the Workplace: Women migrant domestic workers’ experiences with the ‘live-in’ policy in Singapore and Hong Kong
This article examines the link between the mandatory live-in policy and the unsafe working and living conditions of women migrant domestic workers. This policy has been rationalised on the principles of the inviolability of the private home and challenges around...
2023
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Grace O’Farrell, Raymond T. Lee
What we know about Microaggression but were afraid to ask
Microaggression has been defined as “the brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioral, and environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial, gender, and sexual orientation, and religious slights and insults to the target person or...
2022
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Arnela Ceric, Felicity Small & Mark Morrison
What Indigenous employees value in a business training programme: implications for training design and government policies
Indigenous people tend to pursue education in their mature age. Indigenous employees thus, may need additional training opportunities in the workplace. As their preferred way of learning are different from other employees, training programmes for Indigenous employees should be designed...
2019
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Jeremias Adams-Prassl
What if your boss was an algorithm? Economic incentives, legal challenges, and the rise of artifical intelligence at work
The Future of Work is an age-old fascination: with every new wave of technological innovation comes a series of thorny questions about its impact on the labor market. Will jobs be replaced by the new technology? If not, how will...
2022
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Claudio Lucifora, Daria Vigani
What if your boss is a woman? Evidence on gender discrimination at the workplace
In this paper, we exploit rich cross-country survey data covering 15 European countries over the period 2000–2015 to investigate the relationship between the gender of the immediate supervisor (i.e. having a male or a female “boss”) and perceived gender discrimination...
2018
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Aneeta Rattan, Carol S. Dweck
What Happens After Prejudice Is Confronted in the Workplace? How Mindsets Affect Minorities’ and Women’s Outlook on Future Social Relations
Organizations are increasingly concerned with fostering successful diversity. Toward this end, diversity research has focused on trying to reduce prejudice and biased behavior. But what happens when prejudice in the workplace inevitably occurs? Research also needs to focus on whether...
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....
2021
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Katalin Tardos, Veronika Paksi
What do equality plans reveal about workplace equality and diversity in higher education and research performing organisations? : a content analysis approach
In the last two decades implementing Equality/Equal Opportunities/Diversity and Inclusion Plans have been becoming more and more widespread across both private and public organisations (Konrad–Linnehan 1995; Edwin 2001; Kalev–Kelly–Dobbin 2006; Coast 2013; Ali–Konrad 2017). Moreover, as a consequence of internationalisation,...
2021
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Judy Lundy /Robyn Keast /Ben Farr-Wharton /Maryam Omari /Stephen Teo /Tim Bentley
Utilising a capability maturity model to leverage inclusion and diversity in public sector organisations
Diversity and inclusion (D&I) bring many benefits to society, particularly in public sector organisations servicing increasingly diverse communities. To deliver public value, government agencies at all levels must more intentionally direct public sector knowledge, skills, and experiences to shape the...
2019
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Alison Daly , Renee N. Carey , Ellie Darcey, HuiJun Chih , Anthony D. LaMontagne , Allison Milner and Alison Reid
Using Three Cross-Sectional Surveys to Compare Workplace Psychosocial Stressors and Associated Mental Health Status in Six Migrant Groups Working in Australia Compared with Australian-Born Workers
Migrant workers may be more likely to be exposed to workplace psychosocial stressors (WPS) which have an affect on physical and mental health. Given the relative lack of research on this topic, the study objectives were to estimate and compare...
2019
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PAUL R. DAUGHERTY, H. JAMES WILSON, AND RUMMAN CHOWDHURY
Using Artificial Intelligence to Promote Diversity
Artificial intelligence has had some justifiably bad press recently. Some of the worst stories have been about systems that exhibit racial or gender bias in facial recognition applications or in evaluating people for jobs, loans, or other considerations. 1 One...
2022
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Nora, Lois Margaret
Using Accreditation to Transform Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Systems
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education accreditation process is an important component of professional regulation and is used by medical schools to strengthen their medical education programs. Accreditation-related consultations with schools often include a review of relevant documents, stakeholder interviews,...
2026
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Dr. Sagar Manjunath, Dr. Ranjith P V, Dr. Kiran Kumar Thoti, Oscar Abhishek
UPSKILLING AND RESKILLING STRATEGIES FOR EMPLOYEES IN INDUSTRY 5.0
In the context of rapid technological advancements and evolving job requirements, organizations increasingly emphasize upskilling and reskilling initiatives to enhance workforce competencies. The present study examines the impact of upskilling and reskilling strategies on workforce competency levels among software professionals....
2024
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Yang Yang, Lisi Niu, Saqib Amin, Iftikhar Yasin
Unemployment and mental health: a global study of unemployment’s influence on diverse mental disorders
Introduction: Globally, one in five individuals faces unemployment, which substantially increases their risk of developing mental disorders. Understanding the relationship between unemployment and specific mental health outcomes is crucial for formulating effective policy interventions. Methods: This study examines the relationship...