New Perspectives on Increasing Diversity and Reducing Inequality in Organizations

Recently, there has been a growing push for organizations to diversify and address issues of inclusion and inequality. In the wake of both scholarly and corporate attention to diversity, research attempting to understand how organizations can increase their diversity has proliferated. However, initiatives to increase organizational diversity often fail or produce mixed results, and overall progress towards increasing diversity in organizations has been slow. Across five presentations, this symposium brings together papers that examine issues of diversity and inequality in organizations, with two key areas of focus: (1) identifying hurdles that may impede organizational diversity efforts, (2) illuminating theory-driven solutions organizations can implement to diversify. Following the presentations, Dr. Peter Belmi, a renowned scholar who studies diversity and inequality in organizations, will facilitate a discussion about the papers and insights generated to advance future research on this topic. Thus, this symposium will illuminate key considerations that can help organizations effectively address issues of diversity and inequality. Insider versus Outsider Judgments of Group Diversity Presenter: Aneesh Rai; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Erika Kirgios; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Katherine Milkman; U. of Pennsylvania Equality is Prevented from the Misperception that it Harms Advantaged Groups Presenter: N. Derek Brown; Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley Presenter: Drew Jacoby-Senghor; - Presenter: Isaac Raymundo; Columbia Business School On the Limits of Anonymization for Promoting Diversity in Organizations Presenter: Linda Chang; The Wharton School, U. of Pennsylvania Presenter: Edward Chang; Harvard Business School Participation through Collaboration: Evidence from the United Nations Presenter: Colleen Stuart; Johns Hopkins U. Presenter: Alexander Oettl; Georgia Institute of Technology Presenter: Trudy Fraser; Policy Advisory Benefits of Women's Representation in Leadership: Evidence from the Field Presenter: Matthew Asher Lawson; Fuqua School of Business, Duke U. Presenter: Ashley E. Martin; Stanford Graduate School of Business Presenter: Imrul Huda; Columbia U. Presenter: Sandra Matz; Columbia Business School