Delving deeper into the lasting effects of stereotype threat, authors of the article “Contending with Stereotype Threat at Work: A Model of Long-Term Responses” focus on demographics such as women and people of color being misrepresented in the general workplace. With little research conducted on the long-term effects of stereotype threats, specifically to women and minorities, using intellectual theories the authors collaborate to discuss what some of the long-term effects of this threat could potentially be. This “model” they develop takes into account theories stemming from social, organizational, and counseling psychology. With additional evidence from short-term studies aimed to provide results on stereotype threat, the authors are able to predict the outcome if the data were to continue onward, marking evidence of long-term effects. Examining the positive and negative outcomes further allow this model to be rather subjective towards the idea that there are certainly some consequences to this threat being perceived the general workplace.
Week of 6/1 – Expanding the Canon, Summary
The standards way of thinking about diversity has it that ethnic, gender, and race are the predominant merits companies need to associate at the workplace. Where they often fall short of, however, is in fully realizing the effect language diversity plays in conversation. From the “Journal of Applied Behavioral Science,” researchers Regina Kim, Loriann Roberson, Marcello Russo, and Paolo Briganti stress why global leaders and managers should embrace multilinguist communication more in our increasingly globalized workplace. Their article “Language Diversity, Non-native Accents, and Their Consequences at the Workplace” contends that varying levels of a speakers fluency and the perceived difficulty of an employees’ competence, regardless of their actual competence, creates subtle forms of discriminations, the underevaluation of foreign employees, and fewer opportunities for careers.
Since language and communication ultimately pervade every facet of organization life, challenges between different linguistic backgrounds are inevitable. As a response the authors extend recommendations and intervention strategies based on conducted interviews and surveys. Their research illuminates lesser-known areas of language diversity approaching the actual experiences of nonnative speakers rather than how prior research merely evaluated subjects in the past. In doing so they make clear why organizations should reconcile these issues prior in order to create a more productive and inclusive work environment.
Expanding the Canon, Summary, Benjamin Fisch
In his article, “Dr. Ronit Molko,” explains how individuals with neurological issues, such as autism, should be more represented in the workplace, because of fairness, and because individuals with autism for example could greatly benefit companies. Molko touches on how big corporations such as SAP, Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, Ford, and IBM are starting to tap into the benefits of hiring employees with neurological disorders such as Autism. He notes that small business should also do the same. Hiring individuals with autism is not only fair, but it will also benefit the overall objective of the company. Individuals with autism, for example, have an ability to hyper focus on a topic or a task. This makes them valuable in the work space. What company would be opposed to hiring an employee who is able to hyper focus in on their assigned job or task? The answer should be none. That’s what ever company, small or large, dreams of, employees that are disciplined and able to hyper concentrate on their job. With all this being said, those with neurological disorders, such as autism, are perfect for the work place. Mary Ellen Smith, corporate vice-president of Microsoft, said that “people with autism bring strengths that we need at Microsoft.” This is an example of a huge step forward in the movement of having more individuals with neurological disorders in the work place.
Discussion HW week 6/1 Benjamin Fisch
For my article of choosing, I am looking for some sort of current events article. There is so much going on the world right now, so even narrowing down the subject of my article that I am looking for will be difficult. However, I feel that the topic that is the most important at this time, is the protests that have been going on throughout the major cities in our country, and what they stand for. I am looking for material that addresses the state of the peaceful protests and covers the Black Lives Matter movement. Also, I would like to find an article that identifies the difference between the peaceful protests and the looting that has been going on. The looting is discoloring the beauty of the protests, and spreading a message of fear and hate. That is not at the core of what this movement stands for. I would like to find an author or any type of source that is Black and has experienced any type of police brutality or form of discrimination. I want to hear their story, because by telling each of these stories we are educating the masses. I am using Google Search to find content, and it is working quite well. Whenever I search “Black Lives Matter” or “peaceful protests” a ton of articles come up.