1171: Focusing on Context: How We Can Understand DEI Progress By Examining Minority Representation (20611)

Organizer(s)

• JO

  Jenny Oh

  Carnegie Mellon U. - Tepper School of Business, United States
• CS

  Catherine Shea

  Carnegie Mellon U. - Tepper School of Business, United States

Discussant(s)

• RE

  Robin Ely

  Harvard Business School, United States

Presenter(s)

• JL

  Jun Lin

  Stanford Graduate School of Business
• JO

  Jenny Oh

  Carnegie Mellon U. - Tepper School of Business, United States
• EO

  Ezgi Ozgumus

  London Business School, United Kingdom

To overcome conflicting reports on how diversity interventions and initiatives lead to both positive and negative outcomes, some scholars have called for a greater focus on the context in which certain actions and behaviors take place. As such, our symposium aims to focus on the effects of context, but more specifically how the proportion of organizational diversity, or the representation of underrepresented members from racial/ethnic and gender groups, influences outcomes. In this symposium, three empirical papers explore the implications of proportional demographic representation in organizational diversity and how it influences instrumental outcomes including hiring decisions, status conferral in groups, and organizational practices to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion. At the conclusion of the presentation, Robin Ely, a prolific scholar who has conducted extensive analyses on group diversity and proportional representation of underrepresented minority members in teams, will facilitate an engaging group discussion of the papers with the audience and presenters with key commentary.

Presentations:

• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1171: How Past Contact with Women and Racial Minorities Influences Future Board Diversity (20611)
  

  Author: Jun Lin – Stanford Graduate School of Business

  Author: Edward Chang – Harvard Business School

  Author: Erika Kirgios – U. of Chicago Booth School of business

  Author: Julia D. Hur – New York U.
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1171: How Proportional Representation of Women Affects External Evaluations of One’s Voice and Status (20611)
  

  Author: Jenny Oh – Carnegie Mellon U. - Tepper School of Business
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1171: How Organizational Data Analysis Practices Conceal Racialized Gender Differences in Belonging (20611)
  

  Author: Ezgi Ozgumus – London Business School

  Author: Aneeta Rattan – London Business School

  Author: Oriane Georgeac – Boston U. Questrom School of Business

  Author: Eva Hsin-Lian Lin – London Business School