Strangers in a strange land: how diversity professionals navigate their marginal leadership identity
Bruno Felix, Mariana Clementino Brandão, Jasmin Mahadevan, Anja Schmitz, Samir Lótfi Vaz, Hélio Arthur Reis Irigaray · 2024
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Description
Bruno Felix and co-authors study how diversity chiefs in Brazil build their leader identity in 2024. These roles sit at the margin of firm power, unlike finance or marketing roles. The team held deep interviews with such leaders in sixty six firms. Their model starts from unclear duties, few resources, and low confidence in the role.
Three leader types emerged from the talks. One acts as a business partner, stressing results. One acts as a repairer of injustice, stressing inclusion. One tries to hold both aims at once as a paradox manager. Each type drew a unlike slur when its identity was pushed: fake voice, poor politics, or fence sitter. The study joins identity and boundary ideas.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bruno Felix, Mariana Clementino Brandão, Jasmin Mahadevan, Anja Schmitz, Samir Lótfi Vaz, Hélio Arthur Reis Irigaray |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 63 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |