Author

Brenda Major

Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of California Santa Barbara

brenda.major@psych.ucsb.edu

Articles

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Presumed Fair: Ironic Effects of Organizational Diversity Structures

Introduction ​​Most organizations use diversity structures including targeted recruitment and promotion, diversity training, committees, and managers to promote diversity and create a positive environment for underrepresented groups. These structures may, however, create a mere “illusion of fairness.” The authors conducted several experiments using four types of diversity structures across several forms of discrimination to test…

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