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Sustainable Inclusion through Performance-Driven Practices

Sustainable Inclusion through Performance-Driven Practices

Sustainable Inclusion through Performance-Driven Practices

An Evidence-Based, Dynamic Systems Framework
Ruth Sessler Bernstein , Pepperdine University
Paul Salipante , Case Western Reserve University
April 2025
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Paperback
9781009551564

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    How can organizations better achieve inclusion, equity, and superior performance from diversity? Decades of stalled progress require a wider range of policies. Applying a system thinking approach to a transdisciplinary synthesis of research findings, the authors' comprehensive framework guides inquiry and practice by identifying problematic dynamics. Comparative case studies reveal, in contrast, favorable dynamics of intergroup contact that result from an evolved elaboration of practices for inclusive interactions, socialization, and accountability. Over time, when promoted for mission attainment, applied to all members, and customized to the workgroup, the practices generate inclusion, equity, and superior performance.

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    April 2025
    Hardback
    9781009551519
    114 pages
    229 × 152 × 8 mm
    0.309kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. System dynamics insights for overcoming policy shortfalls
    • 3. Policy shortfalls: realities versus beliefs about equity and performance
    • 4. Dynamics undermining diversity policy efforts
    • 5. Policy-undermining dynamics driven by three common social practices
    • 6. A framework of dynamics for diversity success identifying leverage points based on research findings
    • 7. Structuring practices for sustainable inclusion
    • 8. Adaptive learning and its timing
    • 9. Illustrative cases achieving successful inclusion equity and performance
    • 10. Policy-making research and practice systems thinking insights for diversity success
    • References.
      Authors
    • Ruth Sessler Bernstein , Pepperdine University
    • Paul Salipante , Case Western Reserve University