Sustainable Inclusion through Performance-Driven Practices : An Evidence-Based, Dynamic Systems Framework (Elements in Public and Nonprofit Administration)

Bernstein, Ruth Sessler/ Salipante, Paul

Cambridge University Press（2025/04発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 114 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009551519
• DDC分類 658.3008

Full Description

How can organizations better achieve inclusion, equity, and superior performance from diversity? Decades of stalled progress require a wider range of policies. Applying a system thinking approach to a transdisciplinary synthesis of research findings, the authors' comprehensive framework guides inquiry and practice by identifying problematic dynamics. Comparative case studies reveal, in contrast, favorable dynamics of intergroup contact that result from an evolved elaboration of practices for inclusive interactions, socialization, and accountability. Over time, when promoted for mission attainment, applied to all members, and customized to the workgroup, the practices generate inclusion, equity, and superior performance.

Contents

1. Introduction; 2. System dynamics insights for overcoming policy shortfalls; 3. Policy shortfalls: realities versus beliefs about equity and performance; 4. Dynamics undermining diversity policy efforts; 5. Policy-undermining dynamics driven by three common social practices; 6. A framework of dynamics for diversity success identifying leverage points based on research findings; 7. Structuring practices for sustainable inclusion; 8. Adaptive learning and its timing; 9. Illustrative cases achieving successful inclusion equity and performance; 10. Policy-making research and practice systems thinking insights for diversity success; References.