New Perspectives on Fostering Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace

This symposium presents current research that aims to advance a nuanced understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in organizations and to provide insights for future research. Across five presentations, this symposium brings together papers that helps organizations to diversify and foster inclusion and equity in the workplace. This set of five papers draws from diverse theoretical perspectives to provide nuanced understanding of DEI topics, including prosocial diveristy behaviors, ally behaviors, and diversity initatives. Overall, each paper contributes empirically to DEI research and provides meaningful implications for DEI issues in organizations. Diversity Self-Efficacy: The Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Scale Author: Lawrence Houston; Rutgers U., School of Management and Labor Relations Author: Cheng-Huan Liu; Rutgers U., School of Management and Labor Relations Author: Hannah Park; Rutgers U., School of Management and Labor Relations A Victim-centric Perspective of Leader Responses to Sexist Behavior at Work Author: Hsuan-Che Huang; Sauder School of Business, U. of British Columbia Author: Jonathan Evans; U. of British Columbia The Politics of Managers’ Ally work: Perceived Manager Liberalism and Its Effect on Volunteering Author: Carolyn Thi Dang; Pennsylvania State U. Author: Marie S. Mitchell; U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Moral Motivations and DEI Business Policies Author: Nicholas Connor Andriese; U. of Central Florida Author: Yoonjin Choi; U. of Central Florida Author: Steven Whiting; U. of Central Florida Author: Robert Folger; U. of Central Florida The Conditional Effects of Organizational Behavioral Integrity on Organizational Attraction Author: Larissa R. Garcia; U. of Houston