Welcome to the first of our research-to-social cycle blogs, where we take a research paper that has had a large impact on our thinking and examine it through a day-to-day lens.
Perhaps importantly, these blogs will be written by humans rather than AI, so we can really understand the human element of the research and why it matters to us.
The idea behind the research-to-social cycle blog series is to help overcome the research-practice gap in EDI. Currently, valuable research insights are often missed, which slows down our ability to improve our practice and our environments. We want to help bridge that gap.
Not everyone has the time or luxury to get up close with academic research in EDI, and even if they do, they might not have stumbled upon these papers.
So we want to bring you closer to the research we have found important by introducing you to a new research paper each month, on the third week of the month, with five blogs across that week.
We will discuss the research, its real-world impact, and what you can do to implement its findings.
We hope you enjoy the series. Let us know if we successfully bring you closer to EDI research so you can implement what is useful in your practice.
Here is our schedule for the next six months, starting tomorrow:
June
McCarthy, C., Barnard, S., Thomson, D. and Dainty, A., 2021. Understanding gender equality policy and practice gaps through the lens of organisational justice: Development of an employee alignment model. Frontiers in Sociology, 6, p.681086.
July
Van den Brink, M. and Benschop, Y., 2012. Slaying the seven‐headed dragon: The quest for gender change in academia. Gender, Work & Organization, 19(1), pp.71-92.
Aug
Leslie, L.M., 2019. Diversity initiative effectiveness: A typological theory of unintended consequences. Academy of Management Review, 44(3), pp.538-563.
Sept
Kleinman, S. and Copp, M., 2009. Denying social harm: Students’ resistance to lessons about inequality. Teaching Sociology, 37(3), pp.283-293.
Oct
Kaiser, C.R., Major, B., Jurcevic, I., Dover, T.L., Brady, L.M. and Shapiro, J.R., 2013. Presumed fair: ironic effects of organizational diversity structures. Journal of personality and social psychology, 104(3), p.504.
Nov
Mor Barak, M.E., Lizano, E.L., Kim, A., Duan, L., Rhee, M.K., Hsiao, H.Y. and Brimhall, K.C., 2016. The promise of diversity management for climate of inclusion: A state-of-the-art review and meta-analysis. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 40(4), pp.305-333.
