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Background Note
| HBS Case Collection
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2009
(Revised from original 2008 version)
Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge
by
Sandra J. Sucher
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Abstract
This note reviews research findings on the leadership challenges of diversity, including the social psychology of similarity and difference, the value of multiple perspectives to problem-solving, the relationship between diversity and firm performance, and management paradigms for diversity.
Keywords: Diversity Characteristics;
Ethics;
Leadership;
Organizational Culture;
Behavior;
Prejudice and Bias;