Building the Rainbow Bridge: Diverse Methodologies to Address LGBTQ+ Inequalities in Organizations

This symposium draws on the all academy theme of creating a better world by bringing together a diverse set of methodologies, topics, and scholars on the issues of LGBTQIA+ inclusion and beyond. In this symposium, we gathered a set of papers that helps us to address each of these issues using diverse methodological approaches that can help us to triangulate findings and develop a clearer picture as to how managers and organizations can help to create a better world by improving diversity, equity and inclusion for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, and other invisible identities. The Diversity of Gay Leaders: Superpower or Curse? Presenter: Vanessa Bernauer; Helmut Schmidt U. Presenter: Georg Frederic Bernhard Tamm; U. of Melbourne Presenter: Jasmin Joecks; Eberhard Karls U. Tübingen Presenter: Tanja Reimer; Europa-U. Flensburg Examining the Lived Experience of Authentic Leadership and Its Psychological Impacts for LGBT Managers Presenter: Luke Fletcher; School of Management, U. of Bath Presenter: Shaun Michael Pichler; California State U., Fullerton Presenter: Lakshmi Chandrasekar; Aston Business School Exploring the Job Search Experience of Transgender People: A Phenomenological Study Presenter: Ignacio J. Duran; U. Ramon Llull, ESADE Business School Presenter: Ignasi Lanuza Martí; ESADE Business School-Ramon Llull U. Name Incongruence: A Lab Study on Transgender Bias Presenter: Hyacinthe Michael Schwartz; Organizational Behavior Case Western Reserve U. Presenter: Diana Bilimoria; Case Western Reserve U. Taking LBTQIA+ Research beyond the Rainbow: How LGBT Disclosure Informs Religious Accommodation Presenter: David Kaplan; Saint Louis U.