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Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge

By: Sandra J. Sucher
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:7
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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

Prejudice And Bias; Leadership; Behavior; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Diversity

Citation

Sucher, Sandra J. "Differences at Work: The Leadership Challenge." Harvard Business School Background Note 609-056, November 2008. (Revised September 2014.)
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