A PROVOCATIVE ARTICLE ABOUT DIVERSITY ...
Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas. Getting Serious About Diversity: Enough Already About the Business Case. Harvard Business Review. November - December 2020.
THE IDEA IN BRIEF ...
THE CONTEXT
Business leaders often make a business case for diversity, claiming that hiring more women or people of color results in better financial performance.
THE PROBLEM
THERE'S NO EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE that simply diversifying the workforce, absent fundamental changes to the organizational culture, makes a company more profitable.
A BETTER APPROACH
Companies can benefit from diversity if leaders create a psychologically safe workplace, combat systems of discrimination and subordination, embrace the styles of employees from different identity groups, and make cultural differences a resource for learning and improving organizational effectiveness.
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