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last updated 11/22/2013 Gender and Ethnicity Barriers Organizational and Career outcomes tend to be different for women and minorities than for the "typical white male." Why? Several possibilities exist.
Research suggests perceptions (on both sides) play an important role. A.
Perceptual
Bias #1 - We see what we expect and or want to see (in both what we
attend to and how we interpret it. And
we have a preference for similarity (same behaviors are interpreted
differently by sex) (see meritocracy handout) Strategies that may help overcome this problem:
B.
Perceptual
Bias #2 - Requirement of Loyalty
Strategies that may help overcome this problem:
C.
Perceptual
Bias #3 - The Visibility paradox. As a
minority you are likely to be especially visible as a "role model"
but old boy networks don't carry information on women's successes as well men’s
successes.
Some Resources on Sexual Harassment
Diversity Management
Principles
Accommodation vs Its Critics. (The
approach described above is often called “accommodation.”)
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