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Why The Workplace Chameleon Is A Paradox For Diversity And Inclusion, Singapore Management University Aug 2021

Why The Workplace Chameleon Is A Paradox For Diversity And Inclusion, Singapore Management University

Perspectives@SMU

Do employees need to be like chameleons to survive certain corporate cultures, despite the best efforts of diversity and inclusion initiatives?


Myth Busted: Why Increased Diversity Doesn't Always Improve Performance, Richard Holden Apr 2021

Myth Busted: Why Increased Diversity Doesn't Always Improve Performance, Richard Holden

Perspectives@SMU

Greater diversity doesn't necessarily equal better performance, and organisations still have to be mindful of how diversity is managed in order to improve performance, writes UNSW Business School's Richard Holden


People In More Racially Diverse Neighborhoods Are More Prosocial, Jared Nai, Jayanth Narayanan, Ivan Hernandez, Krishna Savani Apr 2018

People In More Racially Diverse Neighborhoods Are More Prosocial, Jared Nai, Jayanth Narayanan, Ivan Hernandez, Krishna Savani

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Five studies tested the hypothesis that people living in more diverse neighborhoods would have more inclusive identities, and would thus be more prosocial. Study 1 found that people residing in more racially diverse metropolitan areas were more likely to tweet prosocial concepts in their everyday lives. Study 2 found that following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, people in more racially diverse neighborhoods were more likely to spontaneously offer help to individuals stranded by the bombings. Study 3 found that people living in more ethnically diverse countries were more likely to report having helped a stranger in the past month. Providing …