Why do organizational policies and procedures fail to improve diversity outcomes?
The purpose of diversity initiatives is to help groups that face disadvantages in society achieve better outcomes in organizations, but they often do not work as intended. In this video, Lisa Leslie, Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at New York University, examines four unintended consequence types—backfire, negative spillover, positive spillover, and false progress—and the underlying mechanisms and processes that produce them.
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