A Snapshot of SIOP 2016 (Pt. 4) – Diversity
We’ve partnered with numerous SIOP presenters, and they’ve provided us with the nitty-gritty on some of the very best presentations, offered to you in a multi-part series.
Categories : Discrimination Diversity Fairness Gender Performance Appraisal
Getting Credit for Speaking Up: Sub-Conscious Bias and Employee Voice
If you speak up at work, will people listen? Will they even acknowledge that you are trying to make a contribution?
Categories : Diversity Teams Training Workplace Culture1 Comment
Workforce Diversity: Does Diversity Training Improve Creativity?
Companies talk all the time about the incredible value of diversity in driving innovation and creativity, yet the research tells us it’s not quite so clear-cut. Most companies already utilize some form of diversity training to try to get the most out of their diverse workforces, but even that is no guarantee of success. New research looks at the effectiveness of diversity training, and shows us the conditions in which it should—and shouldn’t—be used.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology Culture Diversity Strategic HR
Age-Inclusive HR Practices Lead to Improved Organizational Outcomes
Recent demographic shifts in the population have HR practitioners scrambling to face the challenge of managing an increasingly age-diverse workforce. A new study shows that employing age-inclusive HR practices may improve organizational outcomes and promote employee retention.
Categories : *Industrial & Organizational Psychology - Perspectives on Science and Practice Diversity Job Attitudes Performance
Combating Stereotype Threat in the Workplace
Employees are often concerned that they are being judged or stereotyped based on their demographics, and their job performance and work attitudes are often negatively affected. This perceived stereotype threat may be eliminated if actively confronted by organizational leaders using training or affirmation, rather than being passively ignored and allowed to fester.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Diversity Human Resources Recruiting
Diversity Cues on Recruitment Websites: How to Stand Out to Jobseekers
Many organizations may not realize that their recruitment websites provide diversity cues about their company culture. Research looks at how Black and White viewers process the information they see. The findings might surprise you.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology Diversity
Come a Little Closer: Community diversity and inclusiveness affect organizational outcomes (IO Psychology)
Topic: Diversity Publication: Personnel Psychology (Winter 2012) Article: Crossing the threshold: The spillover of community racial diversity and diversity climate to the workplace Authors: B. R. Ragins, J. A. Gonzalez, K. Ehrhardt, & R. Singh Reviewed by: Alexandra Rechlin Organizations are looking to increase diversity in the workplace, and the
Categories : *Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Diversity
Diversity in team training is helpful, but only to minorities (Human Resource Management)
Topic: Diversity Publication: Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (SEP 2010) Article: Ethnic Diversity as a Multilevel Construct : The Combined Effects of Dissimilarity, Group Diversity, and Societal Status on Learning Performance in Work Groups Authors: Felix C. Brodbeck, Yves R. F. Guillaume and Nick J. Lee Reviewed By: Nupur Deshpande What
Categories : *Journal of Vocational Behavior Diversity
Career success? The differences are Black and White
Topic: Diversity
Publication: Journal of Vocational Behavior (online pre-publication)
Article: Evaluating career success of African American males: It’s what you know and who you are that matters.
Authors: Johnson, C. D. & Eby, L. T.
Reviewed by: Larry Martinez
Categories : *Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Diversity
Are Whites’ Perceptions of Exclusion Driving Their Negative Reaction to Diversity Initiatives?
Topic: Diversity
Publication: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (MAY 2011)
Article: “What About Me? Perceptions of Exclusion and Whites’ Reactions toMulticulturalism
Authors: Victoria C. Plaut, Flannery G. Garnett, Laura E. Buffardi, Jeffrey Sanchez-
Burks
Reviewed by: Mary Alice Crowe-Taylor