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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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The Impact of Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs on Corporate Purchasers' Decision-Making Regarding Women-Owned Enterprises: An Empirical Test Using the Theory of Planned Behavior

Wu, Jiyun 01 May 2008 (has links)
Though 48% of all privately-held firms are at least 50% owned by a woman or women, women-owned enterprises received only 9% of the institutional investment deals and 2% of the dollars in 1999 in 2006. In the corporate supplier market, women-owned enterprises obtained only 4% of the market share. These figures indicate that women or women-owned enterprises face some level of hurdles in the marketplace. Drawing on Ajzen's (1991) theory of planned behavior, the study explored the impact of corporate supplier diversity programs on corporate purchasers' intention to purchase from women-owned enterprises. Two hundred seventy two corporate purchasers across a diverse range of industries and geographical regions in the U.S. participated in a scenario-based mail survey. The findings suggest that corporate supplier diversity programs did influence the purchasers' intention to purchase, and the influence was more direct than indirect, contrary to some of the hypotheses proposed in the study. The findings contribute to both the corporate social responsibility literature and the women's entrepreneurship studies. With regard to the corporate social responsibility literature, the findings demonstrate that it is possible for business to incorporate positive duty into its core economic activities without compromising its financial gains and that the economic-aligned and duty-aligned orientations can be integrated. With reference to the women's entrepreneurship studies, the findings point to a way to overcome the hurdles that women-owned enterprises face. Given that 40% of the corporations do not have a supplier diversity program, the findings have practical implications as well; corporations are urged to implement a supplier diversity program if they do not have one, and to be committed to implementing their programs if they already have established one, for doing so is simply another case of doing well by doing good. / Ph. D.
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Perceived Effectiveness Of Diversity Management Initiatives: After The Black Lives Matter Movement Of 2019

Daniel, Dexter, 0009-0001-3661-0180 05 1900 (has links)
Corporations closely monitor social change to assess potential risks to their strategic objectives. As seen in the social unrest of 2019, their reliance on diversity initiatives demonstrated their solidarity. Such efforts, heightened by stakeholder influence can obscure the attitudes and perceptions of those they most rely upon to carry out these policies. While corporate leaders set these initiatives, managers implement and oversee them. This dissertation explores managerial attitudes and perceptions toward diversity management initiatives. It benchmarks this endeavor through two studies. Study 1 establishes the groundwork for this investigation by building a theoretical framework and identifying a research gap concerning the need for validated Diversity Management Initiatives (DMI) scales. Study 2 methodologically develops novel DMI measurements and assesses the current state of managers’ demeanors toward diversity mechanisms. This research provides valuable, scholarly insights into diversity management's contemporary, shifting landscape. / Business Administration/Strategic Management
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Diverse Students' Perceptions of Cultural Congruity and Environment at a University

Thacker, Effie J. 27 August 2007 (has links) (PDF)
The Culturally Responsive Special Education/English as a Second Language (ESL) program was designed to assist students from diverse backgrounds in being academically successful in a large western private university. Utilizing the Cultural Congruity Scale (CCS) and University Environment Scale (UES), this study analyzed the perceptions of 28 students who are ethnically diverse and enrolled in the Culturally Responsive Special Education/ESL Program. The data will be used to evaluate the program's success in addressing the barriers that have historically kept students who are ethnically diverse from succeeding in higher education. Participating students completed CCS and UES surveys questioning their perceptions regarding cultural congruity and how they perceived the university environment. Descriptive data based on responses to survey questions were summarized and examined. Additionally, individual survey items were examined to determine specific areas of student concern. Results from the current sample were compared against the instrument's validating normative sample to find the difference between perceptions of students from a more diverse university setting and this program's ethnically diverse students who are attending a program at a predominately white private institution. Results indicate that the students in the current sample perceive high levels of cultural congruity and positive university environment. Compared with students from a more diverse setting, the current sample perceived similar levels of cultural congruity and significantly greater perceptions of positive university environment.
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A atuação de consultores na gestão da diversidade em organizações / The consultant´s performance at managing diversity in organizations

Colosso, Marina 10 May 2013 (has links)
A discriminação no trabalho e a gestão da diversidade nas organizações têm sido um tema para a Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho no Brasil desde 1995, sendo que, ora os estudos caracterizam a discriminação, ora apontam as medidas e os efeitos da gestão da diversidade nas organizações. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo descrever e analisar a atuação de consultores nas ações de gestão da diversidade em organizações. Com base em entrevistas realizadas com seis consultores, foi possível formular cinco categorias. A primeira, denominada os consultores, evidenciou as diversas formações deles, o compromisso ético assumido, as sugestões que fazem para os procedimentos de gestão de pessoas com vistas à promoção da igualdade e seu papel de facilitador da mudança cultural na organização. A segunda categoria significados da gestão da diversidade, descreveu as diferenças que os consultores percebem entre realizar promoção da igualdade para pessoas com deficiência e realizar promoção da igualdade para negros, bem como o horizonte positivo que envolve a mudança de práticas de discriminação para as de valorização da diversidade nas organizações, e as práticas que são denominadas de gestão da diversidade. Na terceira categoria, denominada benefícios da gestão da diversidade, foram apontados os benefícios para a organização, para o público-alvo e para todos os funcionários da organização. A quarta categoria, descreveu a forma de atuação dos consultores na ação de mudança cultural sensibilizar: promover a identificação e empatia, sensibilizar para a experiência, induzir a uma nova formação de grupo; - conscientizar: estabelecer a diversidade como um valor, evidenciar a discriminação, desfazer a padronização de uma única referência identitária, explanar sobre o respeito às diferenças e informar sobre a promoção de igualdade. A quinta categoria dificuldades enfrentadas pelos consultores mostrou a resistência à mudança nas organizações e a pouca priorização do tema da diversidade no país. Os resultados do estudo indicam que a atuação dos consultores em gestão da diversidade tem como foco a mudança cultural nas organizações. O consultor é um facilitador que se utiliza de conhecimentos da psicologia, em especial da psicologia social e organizacional, focalizando a mudança dentro da própria cultura organizacional, com a reversão dos estereótipos atribuídos às pessoas com deficiência e aos negros. A realização do presente estudo permitiu formular três níveis de recomendações: a) recomendações acadêmicas de desenvolver estudos teóricos que aproximem a psicologia social da gestão da diversidade e pesquisas que analisem os resultados das ações de gestão da diversidade; b) recomendações para as organizações de desenvolverem as ações em forma de programa de diversidade; c) recomendações para os psicólogos organizacionais chamando a atenção para o potencial de atuação desses profissionais nos programas de diversidade realizado nas organizações / Discrimination at work and diversity management in organizations has been an issue for Work and Organizational Psychology in Brazil since 1995, and, now studies characterize discrimination, sometimes pointing measures and the effects of diversity management in organizations. This study aimed to describe and analyze the role of consultants in the actions of diversity management in organizations. Based on interviews with six consultants, it was possible to formulate five categories. The first, called \"the consultants\", showed them the various formations, the ethical commitment assumed, suggestions for procedures that make people management with a view to promoting equality and its role as a facilitator of cultural change in the organization. The second category \"meanings of diversity management\", described the differences between the consultants perceive accomplish equality for people with disabilities and realize equality for blacks, as well as the positive horizon that involves changing practices of discrimination for appreciation of diversity in organizations, and practices that are called diversity management. In the third category, called \"benefits of diversity management\", were appointed the benefits for the organization, for the audience and for all employees of the organization. The fourth category, described the manner of performance of the consultants in the action of cultural change - awareness: promoting the identification and empathy, awareness of the experience, inducing the formation of a new group; - consciousness: establish diversity as a value, highlight the discrimination, standardization undo a single identity reference, explain about respect for differences and report on the promotion of equality. The fifth category \"difficulties faced by the consultants showed resistance to change in organizations and that the issue is not a priority for the country. The study results indicate that the performance of consultants in diversity management focuses on cultural change in organizations. The consultant is a \"facilitator\" who uses knowledge of psychology, especially social psychology and organizational change focusing within the organizational culture, with the reversal of stereotypes attributed disabled people and blacks. The study design allowed formulate three levels of recommendations: a) academic recommendations - to develop theoretical studies that approximate the social psychology of diversity management and research analyzing the outcome of the actions of diversity management, b) recommendations for organizations - to develop actions in the form of program diversity, c) recommendations for organizational psychologists - drawing attention to the potential of these professionals in diversity programs conducted in organizations
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A atuação de consultores na gestão da diversidade em organizações / The consultant´s performance at managing diversity in organizations

Marina Colosso 10 May 2013 (has links)
A discriminação no trabalho e a gestão da diversidade nas organizações têm sido um tema para a Psicologia Organizacional e do Trabalho no Brasil desde 1995, sendo que, ora os estudos caracterizam a discriminação, ora apontam as medidas e os efeitos da gestão da diversidade nas organizações. Esta pesquisa teve como objetivo descrever e analisar a atuação de consultores nas ações de gestão da diversidade em organizações. Com base em entrevistas realizadas com seis consultores, foi possível formular cinco categorias. A primeira, denominada os consultores, evidenciou as diversas formações deles, o compromisso ético assumido, as sugestões que fazem para os procedimentos de gestão de pessoas com vistas à promoção da igualdade e seu papel de facilitador da mudança cultural na organização. A segunda categoria significados da gestão da diversidade, descreveu as diferenças que os consultores percebem entre realizar promoção da igualdade para pessoas com deficiência e realizar promoção da igualdade para negros, bem como o horizonte positivo que envolve a mudança de práticas de discriminação para as de valorização da diversidade nas organizações, e as práticas que são denominadas de gestão da diversidade. Na terceira categoria, denominada benefícios da gestão da diversidade, foram apontados os benefícios para a organização, para o público-alvo e para todos os funcionários da organização. A quarta categoria, descreveu a forma de atuação dos consultores na ação de mudança cultural sensibilizar: promover a identificação e empatia, sensibilizar para a experiência, induzir a uma nova formação de grupo; - conscientizar: estabelecer a diversidade como um valor, evidenciar a discriminação, desfazer a padronização de uma única referência identitária, explanar sobre o respeito às diferenças e informar sobre a promoção de igualdade. A quinta categoria dificuldades enfrentadas pelos consultores mostrou a resistência à mudança nas organizações e a pouca priorização do tema da diversidade no país. Os resultados do estudo indicam que a atuação dos consultores em gestão da diversidade tem como foco a mudança cultural nas organizações. O consultor é um facilitador que se utiliza de conhecimentos da psicologia, em especial da psicologia social e organizacional, focalizando a mudança dentro da própria cultura organizacional, com a reversão dos estereótipos atribuídos às pessoas com deficiência e aos negros. A realização do presente estudo permitiu formular três níveis de recomendações: a) recomendações acadêmicas de desenvolver estudos teóricos que aproximem a psicologia social da gestão da diversidade e pesquisas que analisem os resultados das ações de gestão da diversidade; b) recomendações para as organizações de desenvolverem as ações em forma de programa de diversidade; c) recomendações para os psicólogos organizacionais chamando a atenção para o potencial de atuação desses profissionais nos programas de diversidade realizado nas organizações / Discrimination at work and diversity management in organizations has been an issue for Work and Organizational Psychology in Brazil since 1995, and, now studies characterize discrimination, sometimes pointing measures and the effects of diversity management in organizations. This study aimed to describe and analyze the role of consultants in the actions of diversity management in organizations. Based on interviews with six consultants, it was possible to formulate five categories. The first, called \"the consultants\", showed them the various formations, the ethical commitment assumed, suggestions for procedures that make people management with a view to promoting equality and its role as a facilitator of cultural change in the organization. The second category \"meanings of diversity management\", described the differences between the consultants perceive accomplish equality for people with disabilities and realize equality for blacks, as well as the positive horizon that involves changing practices of discrimination for appreciation of diversity in organizations, and practices that are called diversity management. In the third category, called \"benefits of diversity management\", were appointed the benefits for the organization, for the audience and for all employees of the organization. The fourth category, described the manner of performance of the consultants in the action of cultural change - awareness: promoting the identification and empathy, awareness of the experience, inducing the formation of a new group; - consciousness: establish diversity as a value, highlight the discrimination, standardization undo a single identity reference, explain about respect for differences and report on the promotion of equality. The fifth category \"difficulties faced by the consultants showed resistance to change in organizations and that the issue is not a priority for the country. The study results indicate that the performance of consultants in diversity management focuses on cultural change in organizations. The consultant is a \"facilitator\" who uses knowledge of psychology, especially social psychology and organizational change focusing within the organizational culture, with the reversal of stereotypes attributed disabled people and blacks. The study design allowed formulate three levels of recommendations: a) academic recommendations - to develop theoretical studies that approximate the social psychology of diversity management and research analyzing the outcome of the actions of diversity management, b) recommendations for organizations - to develop actions in the form of program diversity, c) recommendations for organizational psychologists - drawing attention to the potential of these professionals in diversity programs conducted in organizations

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