Missed one reference I really wanted to include. This paper, which won the ASQ Award for Scholarly Contribution in 2007:
http://web.mit.edu/cortiz/www/Diversity/Ely%20and%20Thomas,%202001.pdf This article is especially important because it contrasts and compares three perspectives on diversity: integration-and-learning, access-and- legitimacy, and discrimination-and-fairness. All three of these perspectives have come up in our recent discussions, and the research in this paper is quite informative. A callout from the Implications section: "When a work group views cultural differences among its members as an important resource for learning how best to accomplish its core work, group members can negotiate expectations, norms, and assumptions about work in service of their goals, and conflicts that arise are settled by a process of joint inquiry." Having worked with disabled individuals, LGBTQ-identifying people, gender-diverse and culturally diverse teams, I am convinced this is the truth. We are just starting steps to learn about who we are as a group, moving towards understanding and incorporation of our differences. Let us continue to do so! -Joan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org
