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The Worldly Mindset Managing Diversity Part 1: Gender

This article discusses gender issues in organizations, explores the reasons for these issues, and provides suggestions for what organizations can do about them. It also highlights the importance of diversity in the workplace and its impact on business growth. The article also includes a discussion about the Implicit Association Test (IAT) experience and its relevance in understanding biases.

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The Worldly Mindset Managing Diversity Part 1: Gender

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  1. The Worldly Mindset Managing Diversity Part 1: Gender OS608 November 29, 2006 Fisher

  2. Agenda • Collect IAT essays; discuss IAT experience • Gender issues in organizations • Why do these issues/differences exist? • What should organizations do about it?

  3. Diversity in the Workplace • Becoming a business imperative at many organizations – not just “the right thing to do” • Wall Street Journal series in 2005 • Need people who understand markets and consumers around the world • PepsiCo – 12% of revenue growth in 2004 came from new products inspired by diversity efforts

  4. IAT Experience • Which test(s) did you take? • What did you think of the test? • What did you think of your results? For further reading: Vedantam, S. (2005). See No Bias. Washington Post Magazine, W12.

  5. Another assessment • Complete 60-item assessment • Transfer your ratings to the score sheet • Add ratings for each column and divide by 20 for your score on each • What do you think this measures?

  6. Cultural Influences on Gender Roles and Expectations • Agamic: “the Victorian term for women who pursued higher education and were therefore considered asexual.” (Fels, 2004, p. 6) • 5.4 million stay-at-home moms; 98,000 stay-at-home dads (Parents.com, 2005) • “I’m now going to look like a bad mom or a bad portfolio manager.” (Foderaro, Nov. 1, 2006, WSJ)

  7. Balancing Work and Family • Still causes challenges • Somebody has to take care of the kids, or the aging parents, or other family members • What about business travel? • FMLA intended to ease the problems • Other types of existing work/family balance programs? • Why don’t people fully utilize these programs?

  8. Summary of Huff article • Special programs to retain talented female employees • Booz Allen Hamilton • Recently departed employees can take on short-term, contract projects • Helps maintain connections, skills • Eli Lilly – three years of dependent care leave

  9. Other gender-related challenges • Stereotypes • Sex roles • Leadership • Glass Ceiling - just 8% of top execs in Fortune 500 firms are women (WSJ, Nov 14, 2005) • Pay differentials • Average salary for men: $37,339 • Average salary for women:$27,355 Data from 2000 US. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P-60

  10. Pay Differences by Occupation

  11. Discussion Questions • Should organizations explicitly consider gender differences in workplace practices? • Or is it more ethical to ignore those differences and treat people as individuals regardless of gender? “Employers can and should develop cultures and specific policies to strike a better balance between” work and family(Tyson, 2005, p. 24)

  12. Take-home exam • Due Dec. 15 • Will distribute questions on Dec. 6 • Ideas for questions? What do you want to explore in greater detail?

  13. For Monday (Dec. 4) • Performance feedback essay due • VCRs will be available in the LDL rooms from 2 pm Thursday until Friday at 4:30 • Read two additional articles on performance management • McGregor (2006) • Scott and Einstein (2001)

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