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The Diversification Of The Us Airline Pilot Career Field: Perceptions Of Collegiate Flight Students., Irene Miller, Timm Bliss

National Training Aircraft Symposium (NTAS)

There will be a tremendous need for commercial pilots over the next ten years. To maintain a pipeline of pilots, a US airline announced a diversity initiative in March 2021 to operate their own flight school with the goal of hiring thousands of pilots, at least 50% of them women or people of color. In December 2021, 80% of the airline’s inaugural class of 30 flight students were women or people of color. In 2022, several other airlines launched similar initiatives. The purpose of this study was to identify perceptions of collegiate flight students regarding these airlines’ new training and …

A Meta-Analysis On Diverse Teams, Jeeyun Han

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

A meta-analysis on the relationship between diversity and effectiveness in teams. This is a follow up to the Journal of Business Studies Decade-Award paper Professor Gunter Stahl & Professor Martha Maznevski published in 2010, applying new, advanced meta-analysis techniques developed by Professor Piers Steel to a much larger database of articles. We will examine all types of diversity in teams, including intersectionalities and their impact.

Emerging Inclusion And Diversity Policies In Military Learning Environments: Supporting Organizational Change And Breaking Down The Status Quo, Susan Yelich Biniecki, Paul Berg

Adult Education Research Conference

Emerging inclusion and diversity policies within the US military require unique adult education approaches to break down the status quo, facilitate learning for social change, and strengthen force resiliency.

Can Algorithms Reduce Unconscious Bias In The It Hiring Process?, Lynette Kvasny Yarger, Fay Cobb Payton

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Cultural Competence: The Missing Piece Of Relationship Marketing, Mario Norman

Atlantic Marketing Association Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Cultural Diversity In Student Ministry Leadership, Steven Zhou

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

In an attempt to contribute to how ministries and Christian academia is addressing issues of diversity, I am conducting a study to analyze correlations between ethnicity and styles/values of leadership. The goal is to uncover whether or not a particular ethnicity generally prefers one style of leadership over another. Past research on the subject has already seen that, in the business world, certain practices work better than others. For example, those from an Asian culture are more likely to prefer formality and authority as opposed to the collaborative and relationship-oriented style of leadership found in America. I will contribute to …

Developing And Supporting The Diversity Of Chairperson Roles, Jean Pawl, Richard Griner, Deborah Richardson, Elizabeth Nesmith

Academic Chairpersons Conference Proceedings

A monthly Chair Professional Development program at Augusta University provides opportunity to mentor new chairpersons and foster collegiality amongst all chairpersons at a university with both liberal arts and health sciences programs. The merits and challenges of this program that addresses needs of such a diverse group will be highlighted

K‐State Polytechnic Diversity Assignment & Project Showcase, William Genereux, Becky Lynn Degreeff

Institute for Student Learning Assessment

On the K-State Polytechnic campus in Salina, KS, five faculty members have identified a project or assignment having a connection with human diversity in a course they teach. These projects and assignments were originally presented in a panel session at the 2013 American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) – Midwest conference.

The panelists were the following faculty members:

Becky DeGreeff (Communication), Fred Guzek (Marketing & Business), Jung Oh (Chemistry), Greg Stephens (Business), and Bill Genereux (Computer Technology). The assignments presented included an activity in speech class that addresses racial and economic privilege, an international marketing exercise that follows a French …