Diversity Managers: Angels of Mercy or Barbarians at the Gate: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Relationship between Diversity Management and Organizational Effectiveness

Diversity managers who want to integrate cost-effective, battle-tested initiatives dont have enough tools and resources to identify and apply best practices to actual work situations. These programs demand time, energy, and money"and the empirical evidence about outcomes is limited. The few studies out there contradict each other, which can make it nearly impossible to determine what practices to implement.

Dr. Shelton J. Goode, who has spent more than twenty years as a diversity and human r...