Element of Inclusion

When Diversity Harms Individual Wellbeing

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There’s so much talk about why Diversity is good for organisations

Find out if Diversity is bad for you as an individual?

This is based on a paper called Perceived diversity and employee well-being: mediating role of inclusion

By  Akanksha Jaiswal and Lata Dyaram

Here are some key topics covered from this episode:

  • A refreshingly honest research paper
  • The double edged sword of Diversity
  • A problem I want to protect you from and much more

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Here are some key takeaways from this episode: 

Surface level diversity harms work based employee wellbeing

“Surface diversity had a negative relationship with wellbeing”

Knowledge diversity is good for work based employee wellbeing

“Where people were different in terms of educational background, tenure, qualifications… this had a positive effect on wellbeing”

We need to be really clear about what we’re measuring

“wellbeing was defined in terms of work environment and work characteristics;  This is really important for the results”

Here are some resources so you can go deeper: 

Perceived diversity and employee well-being: mediating role of inclusion

PhD Thesis

Check out these related episodes of the show

3 Types of Diversity You Need To Understand To Create Inclusion

Six Rules For An Inclusive Organisation Using Procedural Justice

The Reason People Leave their Boss and Not their Job: Interactional Justice

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