1. Diversity Programs that Work
Frank Dobbin, Sociology, Harvard University
Alexandra Kalev, Sociology, Tel Aviv University
Erin Kelly, Sloan School, MIT
Soohan Kim, Sociology, Seoul National University
The Israeli Forum for Employment Diversity
Tel Aviv, May 4, 2017

2. Percent of Workers in Management
Private-Sector Employers with 100 Workers

3. Data and Methods EEO-1 workforce reports, 30+ years
All private employers with 100+ workers
Race, ethnicity, gender, occupation
Retrospective survey of 829 workplaces
History of employment practices
Labor market controls
Analysis: How innovations affect management
Change in management composition
Percent change in group over 5 years

4. Percent of Managers from Each Group

5. Self-Determination Theory
Control
Self-Determination Theory
Job Autonomy Theory

6. Controlling Managers’ Decisions
Civil Rights

7. Tests & Confirmation Bias
At group hiring meetings in an elite consulting firm, interviewers discussed math performance on the scenario part of the interview. White men who blew the math: “having a bad day.” Blacks and women: “not a rock star at math.” Lauren Rivera, Pedigree, 2015

8. Grievance Systems & Retaliation
More than 90,000 discrimination complaints to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 2014.
Forty-five percent included a complaint of retaliation.

9. Grievance Systems & Complacency
At Chicago Electronics Inc., the V.P. of HR bragged
our executive management team [reads] headlines in the newspapers about difficulties other corporations are having – lawsuits – and we have not had any of those problems, and in fact as an indication for you, we have gone almost four years without any kind of complaint.

10. Thought Control

11. Forced Thought Control
Mandatory Training
Voluntary Training

12. Legal Control: Training Curriculum
Legal & Cultural
Legal
Cultural

13. Cognitive Dissonance Theory Responsibility Theory
Engagement
Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Responsibility Theory

14. Special College Recruitment

15. Mentoring & Affinity Groups

16. Engagement through Taskforces

17. Work-Life Integration
Ideal Worker Theory

18. Work-Family Workshops

19. Childcare

21. Conclusion Control Engagement Work-Life Integration