a snapshot of siop 2016 part 4: diversity

A Snapshot of

SIOP 2016

I/O at Work presents

2016 SIOP ConferenceEa ch week I / O a t W o rk i s r e l e a s i ng “Wha t you need t o

know” abou t t h e p r e s en t a t i o n s f r om t h i s yea r ’s S IOP

c on fe r en ce . We ’ ve g rouped t he s e ke y t a keaway s i n t o

f o u r t o p i c s .

Emp l oyee Su c ce s s

Bus i ne s s Su c ce s s

Fa i r ne s s

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Part Four

Diversity

What You Wi l l Learn

Lea rn how t o un l o c k t e am po t en t i a l t h r ough

i n c l u s i o n

Lea rn how i n c l u s i o n p ra c t i c e s c an boo s t bu s i ne s s

ou t comes

D i s cove r t h e many bene f i t s o f d i v e r s i t y

F i nd ou t a bou t t h e l a t e s t EEOC l e ga l upda t e

Putting the I in Team:

Unlocking Team Potential

through Inclusion

Authors

Dr. Melinda Key-Roberts

Dr. Miliani Jiménez-Rodríguez

Wha t you need t o know

Ba sed on s t r ong r e s ea r ch r e s u l t s a bou t t h e bene f i t s

o f i n c l u s i v e c l ima t e s f o r i n d i v i dua l s a nd t e ams ,

o rgan i z a t i o n s a r e s e e k i ng s o l u t i o n s f o r enhanc i ng

i n c l u s i v ene s s o f wo r kg roup c l ima t e s . I n r e s pon s e , a

2 x2 e xpe r imen t a l s t udy wa s de s i gned ba s ed on two

p r ima r y i n t e r ven t i o n s : 1 ) t e am l e ade r t ra i n i ng f o r

how t o de ve l op i n c l u s i v e c l ima t e s ; 2 ) po s t - t ra i n i ng

i n t e r ven t i o n t a rge t ed a t l e ade r s ’ d i r e c t r e po r t s o n

how t o c o - p roduce i n c l u s i v e c l ima t e s . The unde r l y i ng

mo t i v e f o r t h e s e cond i n t e r ven t i o n i s t o enhance

t ra n s fe r o f t ra i n i ng , a nd t o e x am ine t h e i n dependen t

e f f e c t s o f l e ade r ve r s u s i n t a c t t e am t ra i n i ng on

imp rov i ng i n c l u s i o n . – By L i s a N i s h i i & B rad Be l l

Putting the I in Team: Unlocking Team Potential through Inclusion


I n r e s pon s e t o a de s i r e t o r e i n fo r c e wha t l e ade r s

l e a r n i n t ra i n i ng r ega rd i ng i n c l u s i o n , t h e I n c l u s i o n

App wa s deve l oped . The app p romo t e s i n c l u s i v e

t e am p ro ce s s e s b y i n c r e a s i ng i n t e ra c t i o n w i t h

t e amma te s on t o p i c s r e l a t ed t o i n c l u s i o n , d e s c r i b i ng

a c t i o n s t e am membe r s c an t a ke t o be mo re

i n c l u s i v e , f a c i l i t a t i n g t he deve l opmen t o f t e am

ag reemen t s , a nd a s s e s s i ng t h e e vo l u t i o n o f i n c l u s i v e

c l ima t e s i n pa r t i c i p a t i n g t e ams . – By Za c k Ho rn



The m i l i t a r y h a s an endu r i ng i n t e r e s t i n f a c i l i t a t i n g

i n c l u s i v e c l ima t e s t h a t a r e c ha ra c t e r i z ed b y f a i r

t r e a tmen t , o penne s s t o d i f f e r en ce s , i n t eg ra t i o n o f

pe r s onne l i n t o un i t s , va l u e i n d i v e r s i t y, a nd s ha red

unde r s t and i ng i n c ommun i c a t i o n . A s k i ng s pe c i f i c

que s t i o n s t o unde r s t and t e am membe r s ba c kg rounds ,

us i ng t a s k a s s i gnmen t s t o h i gh l i gh t t h e va l u e o f

ea ch t e am membe r, a nd engag i ng i n t e am -ba sed

a c t i v i t i e s wh i c h empha s i z e o rgan i z a t i o na l

h i s t o r y / t ra d i t i o n s a r e s ome o f t h e r e s ea r ch - ba sed

s t ra t eg i e s a s s o c i a t ed w i t h t h e s e d imens i o n s . – By

Me l i n da Key -Robe r t s , M i l i a n i J iméne z -Rod r í gue z , &

Ra che l l J one s


Maximizing Organizational

Productivity: Leader

Strategies for Promoting

Inclusive Climates

Authors

Dr. Miliani Jiménez-Rodríguez

Dr. Melinda Key-Roberts

Dr. Brigid Lynn

Maximizing Organizational Productivity: Leader Strategies for Promoting Inclusive Climates


Fo r hea l t h c a r e s e t t i n g s , h i gh qua l i t y e x changes

be tween s ubo rd i n a t e s a nd l e ade r s a r e a c r i t i c a l

con t r i bu t o r t o po s i t i v e un i t c l ima t e f o r i n t e r pe r s ona l

j u s t i c e . Spe c i f i c a l l y, when l e ade r s wo r k t o c r e a t e

c on s i s t e n t l y h i gh qua l i t y r e l a t i o n sh i p s equa l l y w i t h

a l l u n i t membe r s ( i . e ., l ow l e ade r -membe r e x change

va r i a b i l i t y a c r o s s t h e un i t ) , s ubo rd i n a t e s w i l l

pe r c e i ve t h e i r un i t c l ima t e a s one t h a t i s f a i r a nd

j u s t , wh i c h i n t u r n p romo t e s s ubo rd i n a t e s ’

comm i tmen t t o t h e un i t . – By Na s t a s s i a Savage ,

Ma r i s s a L . Shu f f l e r, & Sha ron W i l s on



Su r ve y r e s u l t s o f emp l oyee s i n a pub l i c s e c t o r

o rgan i z a t i o n s how t ha t l e ade r s who empha s i z e

i n c l u s i o n w i t h i n t h e o rgan i z a t i o n and w i t h i n wo r k

t e ams impa c t bo t h i n d i v i dua l a nd o rgan i z a t i o na l

o u t c omes . The f i n d i ng s s ugge s t t h a t i n c l u s i o n may

be bene f i c i a l i n t ra n s l a t i n g o rgan i z a t i o na l a c t i v i t i e s

a imed a t s uppo r t a nd t r u s t t o t a ng i b l e emp l oyee

f e e l i n g s o f f a i r n e s s a nd c ohe s i o n . I n c l u s i o n may a l s o

he l p m i t i g a t e nega t i v e impa c t s o f o rgan i z a t i o na l

po l i t i c s a nd c yn i c i sm on f a i r n e s s a nd c ohe s i o n . – By

A rmando X . E s t ra da , Co l i n R . Ha rbke , & J am i e Se ve r t



Wi th i n t h e f e de ra l g ove rnmen t , l e ade r s ’ s uppo r t f o r

engagemen t (mean i ng fu l n e s s , r e s ou r c e s , a nd

ps ycho l og i c a l s a fe t y ) a nd d i ve r s i t y l e d t o i n c r e a s e s

i n emp l oyee s a t i s f a c t i o n . I n t en t i o n t o l e a ve wa s

nega t i v e l y impa c t ed b y s e x ( f ema l e ) , emp l oyee s ’

a s s e s smen t s o f t h e mean i ng fu l n e s s o f t h e i r wo r k ,

and emp l oyee s a t i s f a c t i o n . – By Aga t a G l u s ze k &

L i s a M . F r eh i l l

Current state of diverse teams:

Going beyond the diversity-

performance link

Authors

Jennifer Feitosa, Ph.D.

Maritza Salazar, Ph.D.


Emp i r i c a l s t ud i e s s howed ( 1 ) t empo ra l d i v e r s i t y a nd

t a s k de s i gn have an i n t e ra c t i v e e f f e c t o n t o s e l e c t i o n

and gene ra t i o n o f i d ea s , a nd ( 2 ) s u r f a c e - and deep -

l e ve l d i v e r s i t y i n f l u en ce s ha red l e ade r s h i p i n sw i f t -

s t a r t i n g a c t i o n t e ams

Qua l i t a t i v e ana l y s i s s howed o rgan i z a t i o na l a nd

na t i o na l d i v e r s i t y c an i n f l u en ce d i f f e r en t t y pe s o f

c on f l i c t i n mu l t i - t e am s y s t ems i n Spa ce

Me ta - ana l y t i c r e s u l t s s howed t e am t r u s t c an s e r ve a s an unde r l y i ng mechan i sm fo r deep - l e ve l d i v e r s i t y va r i a b l e s and pe r fo rmance , bu t t h e impa c t o f d i v e r s i t y on t o t r u s t c hange s ove r t ime

Current state of diverse teams: Going beyond the diversity-performance link

A View from the Trenches:

EEOC/OFCCP Practitioner

Update

Author

Joanna Colosimo


OFCCP r e c en t en fo r c emen t t r end s have s een an

i n c r e a s e i n a l l e ged “ s t e e r i ng ” a l l e ga t i o n s and a

he i gh t ened fo cu s on c ompensa t i o n d i s c r im i na t i o n .

EEOC ha s p ropo sed t o r e v i s e t h e EEO -1 fo rm ,

r equ i r i n g c ove red emp l oye r s t o annua l l y s ubm i t W -2

compensa t i o n da t a b y pay bands f o r e a ch EEO -1 j o b

c a t ego r y ba s ed on s e x o r ra c e / e t hn i c i t y. Da t a

c o l l e c t i o n t o beg i n app rox ima t e l y i n S ep t embe r

2017, a nd w i l l b e u s ed t o i d en t i f y o rgan i z a t i o n s t h a t

may be engag i ng i n c ompensa t i o n d i s c r im i na t i o n .

A View from the Trenches: EEOC/OFCCP Practitioner Update


Bo th EEOC and OFCCP a re i n c r e a s i ng t he i r

mon i t o r i ng o f b a c kg round che c k s and o rgan i z a t i o n s

s hou l d en su re t ha t t h e y c a r e fu l l y t h i n k t h rough t he

j o b r e l a t edne s s o f e a ch ba c kg round c omponen t u s ed

i n t h e s e l e c t i o n p ro ce s s .

A View from the Trenches: EEOC/OFCCP Practitioner Update

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