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Invitation to AOM panel symposium, Mon 8/8 - Changing Organizations Toward Inclusion: A Multiparty Dialogue

  • 1.  Invitation to AOM panel symposium, Mon 8/8 - Changing Organizations Toward Inclusion: A Multiparty Dialogue

    Posted 08-02-2016 18:13
    Colleagues:
    Please join us on Monday 8/8 for an interactive and engaging symposium at AOM, featuring an international panel, on how to create inclusive and diverse workplaces.
    Description and details below.
    See you in Anaheim!
    Best,
    Bernardo Ferdman

    Session Type: Symposium
    Program Session: 1051 | Submission: 13819 | Sponsor(s): (GDO, CMS, ODC)
    Scheduled: Monday, Aug 8 2016 11:30AM - 1:00PM at Sheraton Park Hotel in Plaza C
    Changing Organizations Toward Inclusion: A Multiparty Dialogue
    Change to Inclusion

    Chair: Yvonne Benschop, Radboud U. Nijmegen
    Panelists: 
    Marieke van den Brink, Radboud U. Nijmegen
    Katherine Giscombe, Catalyst 
    Aleida Meijerink, Twijnstra Gudde 
    Ann Peters, U. Hasselt 
    Patrizia Zanoni, U. Hasselt 
    The creation of inclusive organizational practices is arguably one of the most pressing concerns for organizations today. After decades of calls for equal opportunity, equality, diversity, and diversity management, we are at a point where it is clear that a diverse, heterogeneous workforce is not enough to reap the benefits of diversity. Organizations have to develop practices of inclusion (Ferdman & Deane, 2014), providing both a sense of belonging and a sense of uniqueness for all employees, regardless of their class, race/ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation and abilities (Shore et al., 2011). Inclusion is the removal of obstacles to the full participation and contribution of employees in the organization (Roberson, 2006). Unfortunately, we have very few examples of inclusive organizations (yet see Janssens & Zanoni, 2014; Roos & Zanoni, forthcoming), which implies that to achieve inclusion a process of organizational change is often required.

    This panel starts from the assumption that collaborative efforts by multiple actors are needed to bring about this change in organizations. We identify two crucial groups of these actors: academics, whose main task is conducting theoretical and empirical research on inclusive organizations; and practitioners, who can be either consultants, as external advisers to organizations, or diversity staff, insiders tasked with the design and implementation of policies and practices. The panel consists of international representatives of these different actors, who will engage in a dialogue with each other and with the audience about what it takes to change organizations into inclusive workplaces.

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    Bernardo M. Ferdman, Ph.D. <bferdman@alliant.edu>
    Distinguished Professor, Organizational Psychology Program
    California School of Professional Psychology
    Alliant International University (http://www.alliant.edu)
    10455 Pomerado Rd., San Diego, CA 92131-1799, USA
    Tel. +1 858 635-4408
    Web: <    http://www.alliant.edu/advanced-search/faculty-profile.php?profile_no=171> <http://practiceofinclusion.com> <http://ferdmanconsultng.com>

    Inclusion means everyone's voice matters.
    "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter."  -Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. 
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