1120: New Directions in Facilitating and Supporting Stigmatized Conversations in the Workplace (12363)

Session Chair(s)

• AD

  Aqsa Dutli

  Purdue U., West Lafayette, United States

Participant(s)

• AJ

  Aparna Joshi

  Ross School of Business, U. of Michigan, United States
• MS

  Mary Eve Speach

  U. of Georgia, United States

Session Chair(s)

• AG

  Allison Gabriel

  Purdue U., West Lafayette, United States

Discussant(s)

• IS

  Isaac Sabat

  Texas A&M U., College Station, United States

Presenter(s)

• JL

  Janice Lam

  Schulich School of Business, York U., Canada
• TJ

  Tiffany Johnson

  Georgia Institute of Technology, United States
• BB

  Barnini Bhattacharyya

  Ivey Business School, Canada

Participant(s)

• JM

  Jean-Marc Moke

  York U., Canada
• BL

  Brent Lyons

  Schulich School of Business, York U., Canada
• DS

  Daniel Samosh

  Queen's U., Canada

Although concealable stigmatized identities are fundamental to individual identity and carry positive benefits for the individual when shared with others, individuals are still hesitant to disclose such identities in the workplace due to risk of social devaluation and negative stereotypes. As such, given the taboo nature of such identities, employees with concealable stigmatized identities often grapple with the decision whether to disclose their identity at work or keep their identity hidden, and how to effectively manage workplace relationships and social interactions at work. In an effort to further understand how people navigate such disclosures and subsequent relationships in the workplace, the papers in this symposium highlight various concealable stigmatized identities and examine: (a) what motivates individuals to disclose their concealable identities; (b) what disclosure strategies exist for specific identities; (c) how employees navigating work relationships in relation to their identities; and (d) how individuals engage in identity work to understanding one’s identity.

Presentations:

• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1120: Understanding Menstruation Motives and Disclosures in the Workplace: A Mixed Methods Investigation (12363)
  

  Author: Aqsa Dutli – Purdue U., West Lafayette

  Author: Allison S. Gabriel – Purdue U., West Lafayette
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1120: Bipolar Disorder Disclosure: How Identity Management and Educational Affiliation Matter (12363)
  

  Author: Janice Yue-Yan Lam – Schulich School of Business, York U.

  Author: Jean-Marc Moke – York U.

  Author: Brent John Lyons – Schulich School of Business, York U.

  Author: Daniel S. Samosh – Queen's U.
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1120: Lessons on How Social Interaction Norms Become Stigmatized Through the Lens of Workers with Autism (12363)
  

  Author: Tiffany Dawn Johnson – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Author: Aparna Joshi – Ross School of Business, U. of Michigan

  Author: Mary Eve Speach – U. of Georgia
• 08:00 – 09:30 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1120: Caste System in North America: An Intersectional Examination of Overlapping Systems of Power at Work (12363)
  

  Author: Barnini Bhattacharyya – Ivey Business School

  Author: Aparna Joshi – Ross School of Business, U. of Michigan