How to Promote Diversity and Inclusion: Learning from Field Data.

This symposium advances knowledge about increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in organizations by examining data obtained from the field. The first half of the symposium will address factors determining support or decisions around organizational diversity efforts. The latter half will be devoted to field interventions that sought to promote diversity in organizational settings. The first paper investigates how female board directors' network connectedness shapes the organization's decisions on increasing future boardroom gender diversity. The second paper investigates the motivations behind the dominant group members' engagement in allyship behaviors that often belie their own interests. The third paper examines how a 9-week debate training increases Asian employees' leadership advancement. Finally, using a large-scale field experiment, the fourth paper explores how providing justifications of why one should attend DEI events differentially impact younger versus older individuals' engagement with these events. The Effects of Female Network Connectedness on Gender Diversity Efforts Author: Jun Lin; Stanford Graduate School of Business Author: Julia D. Hur; New York U. Collective Self-Esteem and Dominant Group Allyship Author: Aastha Chadha; NYU Stern School of Business Author: L Taylor Phillips; NYU Stern Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling and Empowering Asians' Leadership Advancement with Debate Training Author: Jackson Lu; MIT Sloan School of Management Author: Michelle Zhao; Washington U. in St. Louis Generational differences in responses to diversity rationales Author: Eileen Y. Suh; Boston U. Questrom School of Business Author: Evan P. Apfelbaum; MIT Sloan School of Management Author: Nir Halevy; Stanford U. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]