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SAM ADVANCED MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
Exploring Employee Attitudes Toward Inclusivity
Michelle Region-Sebest, Heidi Batiste, and Emmanuel Ekigwe
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Citation: Region-Sebest, M., Batiste, H., & Ekigwe, E. (2022). Exploring employee attitudes toward inclusivity. SAM Advanced Management Journal, 87(3),65-74.
Abstract
Organizational leaders are expected to create diverse work environments fostering inclusivity; initially attracting, engaging, and retaining employees of different ages, races, genders, nationalities, religions, viewpoints, and other important distinctions, and then ensuring an environment that recognizes and nurtures each of these differences towards mission accomplishment. Examining current DEI programs can establish congruence between aspirational employer diversity, equity, and inclusion practices and those present in organizations. To better understand whether employees across diverse boundaries, in particular, racial and/or ethnic boundaries, perceive being included in the same way. Through the perception of a DEI program’s importance, an observation can be made as to whether the characteristics of inclusion, as garnered through research on top employer DEI programs, resonate in the same way among all employees, regardless of race or ethnicity. Such findings have the potential to inform the creation and implementation of more effective and inclusive programming in the future.
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