Social Class and Class Inequality in Organizations: Facing and Fighting Classism in the Workplace

Social class provides a fundamental lens through which individuals see themselves and others and is a robust predictor of how people behave in organizations. As an intersectional form of diversity that intertwines with many other forms of difference, social class holds the potential to impact a wide range of individual work experiences, team processes, and organizational practices and cultures. This panel aims to contribute to our collective understanding of social class and class inequality in organizations by bringing leading social class experts into a conversation to explore how addressing class issues could uniquely improve organizational functioning amidst the current world challenges. The panel will shed light on understanding what social class is, what it is like to be an employee from a particular social class, and how social class dynamics influence a broad range of outcomes at work.