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Dear Netters,


I'm looking for studies on unintended negative consequences of
organizational efforts to manage diversity and diversity training
programs. Is anyone aware of such studies? Thank you all in advance.




F. Pinar Acar, Ph.D.
Department of Business Administration
Middle East Technical University
Inonu Bulvari
Ankara, TURKEY
Tel: +90 (312) 210-2052
E-Mail: pacar@metu.edu.tr

Dear Pinar,

There is a special issue of Academy of Management Learning and Education on
Diversity Education and Training, guest edited by Myrtle P Bell and David
Kravitz. I am not certain when the issue will be in print. You may wish to
check with Myrtle mpbell@uta.edu This issue may prove useful for the
training aspect of your very interesting topic.

Best wishes,

Mustafa


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Professor Mustafa F. Ozbilgin, Director of Postgraduate Research, Chair in
Human Resource Management, Norwich Business School, University of East
Anglia (UEA), Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7TJ, UK, Telephone: 01603 593340, Email:
m.ozbilgin@uea.ac.uk, Web: www.ozbilgin.net

Director, DECERe (Diversity and Equality in Careers and Employment
Research), UEA

Editor, Equal Opportunities International (Emerald Press)
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/eoi/eoi.jsp


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From: "Pinar Acar" <pacar@METU.EDU.TR>
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Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 2:38 PM
Subject: managing diversity


> Dear Netters,
>
>
> I'm looking for studies on unintended negative consequences of
> organizational efforts to manage diversity and diversity training
> programs. Is anyone aware of such studies? Thank you all in advance.
>
>
>
>
> F. Pinar Acar, Ph.D.
> Department of Business Administration
> Middle East Technical University
> Inonu Bulvari
> Ankara, TURKEY
> Tel: +90 (312) 210-2052
> E-Mail: pacar@metu.edu.tr

hello,
My colleagues have been working on a paper about diversity training
(including how it can go wrong) - please find that attached draft.


Prof. K. Jehn
Social and Organizational Psychology
Leiden University


>
> Dear Netters,
>
>
> I'm looking for studies on unintended negative consequences of
> organizational efforts to manage diversity and diversity training
> programs. Is anyone aware of such studies? Thank you all in advance.
>
>
>
>
> F. Pinar Acar, Ph.D.
> Department of Business Administration
> Middle East Technical University
> Inonu Bulvari
> Ankara, TURKEY
> Tel: +90 (312) 210-2052
> E-Mail: pacar@metu.edu.tr
>
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Katerina Bezrukova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University
311 North Fifth Street
Camden, NJ 08102
Phone: 856-225-6120
Fax: 856-225-6602
Web: www.crab.rutgers.edu/~bezrukov

Also check out a review by Kulik and Roberson in Brief's(2008) Diversity
at Work book published by Cambridge.

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hello,
My colleagues have been working on a paper about diversity training
(including how it can go wrong) - please find that attached draft.


Prof. K. Jehn
Social and Organizational Psychology
Leiden University


>
> Dear Netters,
>
>
> I'm looking for studies on unintended negative consequences of
> organizational efforts to manage diversity and diversity training
> programs. Is anyone aware of such studies? Thank you all in advance.
>
>
>
>
> F. Pinar Acar, Ph.D.
> Department of Business Administration
> Middle East Technical University
> Inonu Bulvari
> Ankara, TURKEY
> Tel: +90 (312) 210-2052
> E-Mail: pacar@metu.edu.tr
>
> **********************************************************************
>
> This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
>
> intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
>
> are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify
>
> the system manager.
>
> **********************************************************************
>
>
>

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Katerina Bezrukova, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University
311 North Fifth Street
Camden, NJ 08102
Phone: 856-225-6120
Fax: 856-225-6602
Web: www.crab.rutgers.edu/~bezrukov

Here are the responses to "managing diversity" thread:

John Hollwitz recommended the following research streams:

1) strong series of studies by Madeline Heilman and her research team
at NYU during the 1990s on potential attributional biases that may
follow from proactive diversity programming, under certain conditions.

2) The National Urban League surveys on differences in attitudinal
responses between exempt and non-exempt employees on the intentions
and effectiveness of corporate diversity initiatives. Wish I could
remember more.

Corinne Post suggested the research on stereotype suppression and its
consequences:

Bodenhausen, G. V. & Macrae, C. N. 1996. The self-regulation of
intergroup perception: Mechanisms and consequences of stereotype
suppression. In C. N. Macrae & N. Stangor & M. Hewstone (Eds.),
Stereotypes and Stereotyping. New York: The Guilford Press.

Macrae, C. N., Bodenhausen, G. V., Milne, A. B., & Wheeler, V. 1996.
On resisting the temptation for simplification: Counterintentional
effects of stereotype suppression on social memory. Social Cognition,
14(1): 1-20.

Mustafa F. Ozbilgin recommended Academy of Management Learning and
Education’s special issue on Diversity Education and Training, guest
edited by Myrtle P Bell and David Kravitz.

Arthur Brief recommended a review by Kulik and Roberson in
Brief's(2008) Diversity at Work book published by Cambridge.

Finally, two working papers were recommended:

Goncalo, J. A., Chatman, J. A., & Duguid, M. M. “On the Unintended
Consequences of Political Correctness in Work Groups.” Working paper
at Cornell University.

Bezrukova , K. , Joshi, A. & Jehn, K. A. “Diversity Training Research
in Organizational Settings: A Theoretical Review and Integration.”
Paper presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational
Psychology. (I don't have the year)


Thanks very much to those who responded.

Best.

Pinar






F. Pinar Acar, Ph.D.
Department of Business Administration
Middle East Technical University
Inonu Bulvari
Ankara, TURKEY
Tel: +90 (312) 210-2052
E-Mail: pacar@metu.edu.tr