Intersectional Invisibility in Women's Diversity Interventions.

ABSTRACT: Many diversity interventions for women are ineffective. One reason for this may be that the field that diversity interventions are usually based on, the social sciences, often do not consider intra-group differences among women. Specifically, differences by racialization may be excluded from such diversity interventions. The present research examines whether racially marginalized women have different diversity interventions needs than White women, and whether organizations are less likely to represent those needs (i.e., intersectional invisibility). Across an open-ended coding (n = 293) and a ranking study (n = 489), Black women noted a need to incorporate intersectional differences, Asian women prioritized methods to address challenges to their authority, and White women ind

SUBMITTER: Wong CYE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9176663 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature