Diversity, equity, and inclusion in workplaces
This project synthesised the academic literature regarding initiatives for equity, diversity and inclusion in workplaces. A focus was placed on evaluated initiatives, for which impact on employee and organisational outcomes was documented.
The reviews of three focal areas – gender equity, disability inclusion, and sexual and gender minority inclusion - covered over 13,250 scientific articles. A rigorous data extraction process was applied to summarise the evidence about best practices for advancing progress to workplace equity in these domains.
Explore each of these focal areas below.
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Led by Dr. Jesse Bergman, this project reviewed published articles on initiatives aiming to support workplace gender equity, anti-harassment, and pay equity.
Initial results of this research were presented in Sections 2-4 of Initiatives for Workplace Equity and Inclusion: A series of rapid systematic reviews of the peer-reviewed literature released in November 2023.
An updated report on this research Workforce Gender Equity was released in May 2024.
More about this research can be found at the project website on the Open Science Framework.
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Led by Dr. Sarah E. Ratcliffe, this research systematically analysed published reviews about initiatives aiming to improve the workplaces inclusion of people with disability. The evidence base covers many initiative types for various types of disability.
Initial results of this research were presented in Section 5 of Initiatives for Workplace Equity and Inclusion: A series of rapid systematic reviews of the peer-reviewed literature released in November 2023.
An updated report on this research Inclusion of People with Disability was released in May 2024.
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Jointly led by Dr. Sarah E. Ratcliffe and Dr. Jesse Bergman, this research systematically reviewed the evidence about initiatives aiming to support the inclusion of gender and sexuality minority groups in workplaces.
An initial report on this research Workplace Inclusion of Sexual and Gender Minority Groups was released in May 2024.
More about this research can be found at the project website on the Open Science Framework.
The team
- Dr Jesse Bergman, Research Associate at the Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador UNSW Sydney
- Dr Sarah E. Ratcliffe, Research Associate at the Office of the Women in STEM Ambassador, UNSW Sydney
- Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, Australian Government’s Women in STEM Ambassador, Professor of Practice, UNSW Sydney
- Associate Professor Lisa A Williams, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
A team of research assistants including Dylan Barrett, Antonia Boulton, Rebecca Caton, Amanda Chan, Shannon Eckhardt, Nicholas Ho, Fun Kaoru Hui Sato, June Kim, Tayla McCutcheon, Kyle Morrison, Kate Nicholls, and Sarah Rubenstein supported this research.