Research Summary
Research Summary
Diversity Orientations: Construct, Antecedents, and Consequences
Description
Researchers have identified a number of different methods with which a group can handle its diversity. Some of the methods gaining the most attention mirror popular ideologies around colorblindness, pride in one's own subgroup, or integrative cultural pluralism. However, little is known about how these particular methods of handling diversity come to be adopted. I am exploring the degree to which cognitive frameworks instantiated early in group setup and launch (called diversity orientations) propel groups towards distinct diversity orientations with significant consequences for the group's ability to draw effectively on its diversity in the process of collaboration.